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==Reelection in 2011==

==Reelection in 2011==

Buffington won her third Senate term in the primary election held on October 22, 2011, having defeated fellow Republican Troy Neal Terrell (born August 1972), 10,570 votes (57.2 percent) to 7,912 (42.8 percent,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10222011/10222011_Legislative.html|title=Louisiana primary election returns, October 22, 2011|publisher=staticresults.sos.la.gov|accessdate=October 22, 2011}}</ref> who was backed by the [[Tea party movement]]. A native of Starkville, Mississippi, he was the co-pastor of The Church, a  nondenominational congregation in Mansfield.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bossierpress.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4481:the-race-is-on-officially&catid=7:other-opinion&Itemid=144|title=The race is on officially|date=September 8, 2011|publisher=''The Bossier Press''|accessdate=September 9, 2011}}</ref> Terrell was narrowly defeated in 2014 for his District B city alderman position in Mansfield.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, May 3, 2014.</ref> Terrell's father, Troy H. Terrell (born May 1941),  is the current mayor of Converse in Sabine Parish; a Republican, he was reelected in 2020.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/electedofficials|title=Elected officials: Sabine Parish |publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State |accessdate=January 27, 2021}}</ref>

Buffington won her third Senate term in the primary election held on October 22, 2011, having defeated fellow Republican Troy Neal Terrell (born August 1972), 10,570 votes (57.2 percent) to 7,912 (42.8 percent,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10222011/10222011_Legislative.html|title=Louisiana primary election returns, October 22, 2011|publisher=staticresults.sos.la.gov|accessdate=October 22, 2011}}</ref> who was backed by the [[Tea Party movement]]. A native of Starkville, Mississippi, he was the co-pastor of The Church, a  nondenominational congregation in Mansfield.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bossierpress.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4481:the-race-is-on-officially&catid=7:other-opinion&Itemid=144|title=The race is on officially|date=September 8, 2011|publisher=''The Bossier Press''|accessdate=September 9, 2011}}</ref> Terrell was narrowly defeated in 2014 for his District B city alderman position in Mansfield.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, May 3, 2014.</ref> Terrell's father, Troy H. Terrell (born May 1941),  is the current mayor of Converse in Sabine Parish; a Republican, he was reelected in 2020.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/electedofficials|title=Elected officials: Sabine Parish |publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State |accessdate=January 27, 2021}}</ref>

Buffington is only the second woman to hold the District 38 seat. The Democrat [[Virginia Shehee]] of Shreveport served in the slot from 1976 to 1980. She  is a daughter of former District 11 Caddo Parish Commissioner Jim Smith, also of Keithville.

Buffington is only the second woman to hold the District 38 seat. The Democrat [[Virginia Shehee]] of Shreveport served in the slot from 1976 to 1980. She  is a daughter of former District 11 Caddo Parish Commissioner Jim Smith, also of Keithville.