| | Mark, Sr., and Lura Pearson Milkovich | | Mark, Sr., and Lura Pearson Milkovich |
| | Milkovich fell short in the October 12 primary with 8,447 votes (26 percent). Republican [[Barry Milligan]] unseated Milkovich with 16,266 votes (50 percent). Also in the race was Democrat Katrina Early, an African-American [[insurance]] agent, who drew 7,359 votes (23 percent) that would have been crucial to Milkovich's reelection.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 12, 2019.</ref> Senator Milligan is a [[business]]man who was reared in Rayne in Acadia Parish, near [[Lafayette]], before his family moved to Shreveport in 1982. | | Milkovich fell short in the October 12 primary with 8,447 votes (26 percent). Republican [[Barry Milligan]] unseated Milkovich with 16,266 votes (50 percent). Also in the race was Democrat Katrina Early, an African-American [[insurance]] agent, who drew 7,359 votes (23 percent) that would have been crucial to Milkovich's reelection.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 12, 2019.</ref> Senator Milligan is a [[business]]man who was reared in Rayne in Acadia Parish, near [[Lafayette]], before his family moved to Shreveport in 1982. |
| | + | In 2021, Milkovich lost another election, this time for filling the vacancy on the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education created by the resignation of Republican [[Tony Davis]] of [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]]. He finished third in the race with 5,845 (16 percent) to be settled by a runoff contest between two Republicans.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, March 20, 2021.</ref> |