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→The battle of the Montgomerys, 1967
In a 1975 interview in [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], Harold Montgomery said that he thought that [[Tom Colten]], the [[Republican Party|Republican]] mayor of Minden, had done a good job in office, but he never understood Colten's reported favoritism toward Jack Montgomery, a loyal Democrat, in that Harold Montgomery had sometimes supported Republican candidates, including Barry Goldwater.
In a 1975 interview in [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], Harold Montgomery said that he thought that [[Tom Colten]], the [[Republican Party|Republican]] mayor of Minden, had done a good job in office, but he never understood Colten's reported favoritism toward Jack Montgomery, a loyal Democrat, in that Harold Montgomery had sometimes supported Republican candidates, including Barry Goldwater.
Harold Montgomery's loss was attributed to the pro-McKeithen sentiment in the district, but also to the impact of the [[Voting Rights Act of 1965]], which applied in Louisiana state senate elections for the first time in 1967. Large numbers of previously unregistered [[African-American]] voters came to the polls, and most of them chose the McKeithen-endorsed Jack Montgomery. Opposing McKeithen in the primary was segregationist [[U.S. Representative]] John Richard Rarick of St. Francisville in West Feliciana Parish. Rarick ran so poorly both statewide and in the Bossier-Webster district that his candidacy offered no help for Harold Montgomery's reelection prospects even though Montgomery concentrated on his own race and was not involved in the gubernatorial primary.
Harold Montgomery's loss was attributed to the pro-McKeithen sentiment in the district, but also to the impact of the [[Voting Rights Act of 1965]], which applied in Louisiana state senate elections for the first time in 1967. Large numbers of previously unregistered [[African-American]] voters came to the polls, and most of them chose the McKeithen-endorsed Jack Montgomery. Opposing McKeithen in the primary was segregationist [[U.S. Representative]] [[John Rarick]] of St. Francisville in West Feliciana Parish. Rarick ran so poorly both statewide and in the Bossier-Webster district that his candidacy offered no help for Harold Montgomery's reelection prospects even though Montgomery concentrated on his own race and was not involved in the gubernatorial primary.
===The battle of the Montgomerys, 1971===
===The battle of the Montgomerys, 1971===