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Tarver won his Senate seat in 1983, when he unseated fellow Democrat [[Bill Keith]]. Tarver received 9,264 votes (51.4 percent) to Keith's 8,769 (48.6 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 19, 1983.</ref> Keith, an author, wrote the 1981 Louisiana law which had it been implemented would have required balanced treatment in the presentation of [[creation science]] and [[evolution]] in public schools. The measure was struck down in 1987 by the [[United States Supreme Court]]. Keith, who since relocated to [[Texas]], is the last white person to hold this particular Senate seat.
Tarver won his Senate seat in 1983, when he unseated fellow Democrat [[Bill Keith]]. Tarver received 9,264 votes (51.4 percent) to Keith's 8,769 (48.6 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 19, 1983.</ref> Keith, an author, wrote the 1981 Louisiana law which had it been implemented would have required balanced treatment in the presentation of [[creation science]] and [[evolution]] in public schools. The measure was struck down in 1987 by the [[United States Supreme Court]]. Keith, who since relocated to [[Texas]], is the last white person to hold this particular Senate seat.
Senator Tarver was chairman of the Insurance Committee and served on the Environmental Quality and Finance committees as well.<ref name=senate/> He did not seek a sixth term in the nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] held in October 2003.
Senator Tarver was chairman of the Insurance Committee and served on the Environmental Quality and Finance committees as well. He did not seek a sixth term in the nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] held in October 2003.
Tarver was unopposed in the senatorial elections of 1987, 1991, and 1999. In 1995, he polled 18,687 votes (56 percent) in the primary against two other Democrats, the Shreveport [[dentist]] C.O. Simpkins and Michael R. Ward.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 21, 1995.</ref>
Tarver was unopposed in the senatorial elections of 1987, 1991, and 1999. In 1995, he polled 18,687 votes (56 percent) in the primary against two other Democrats, the Shreveport [[dentist]] C.O. Simpkins and Michael R. Ward.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 21, 1995.</ref>