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Rarick's victory coincided with the selection of another controversial conservative, [[Lester Maddox]] as the Democratic gubernatorial nominee in [[Georgia]]. Incidentally, both Rarick and his 1966 [[Republican Party|Republican]] opponent, Crayton Green "Sparky" Hall (c. 1925-2014), later left their major parties. In 1976, Hall was the 6th congressional district elector for the [[Libertarian Party]] . Hall polled only 23 percent of the ballots cast in his race against Rarick. A native of Columbus, Georgia who was reared in Leesville in Vernon Parish, Louisiana, Hall was a process development engineer for the Ethyl Corporation in Baton Rouge. He ran unsuccessfully as a Republican for mayor-president of East Baton Rouge Parish in 1968 against the Democrat [[Woodrow Wilson Dumas]]. He was a floor representative for [[Ronald Reagan]]'s 72-hour presidential bid at the 1968 [[Republican National Convention]] in Miami Beach, [[Florida]]. Hall soon left the GOP and was the founding chairman of the Louisiana Libertarian Party from the early 1970s until 1985, when he relocated to North Carolina, where he was an active Libertarian in that state as well. He died in Hendersonville, North Carolina, at the age of eighty-nine.<ref>Crayton Green "Sparky" Hall obituary, ''Hendersonville Times-News,'' August 21, 2014.</ref>

Rarick's victory coincided with the selection of another controversial conservative, [[Lester Maddox]] as the Democratic gubernatorial nominee in [[Georgia]]. Incidentally, both Rarick and his 1966 [[Republican Party|Republican]] opponent, Crayton Green "Sparky" Hall (c. 1925-2014), later left their major parties. In 1976, Hall was the 6th congressional district elector for the [[Libertarian Party]] . Hall polled only 23 percent of the ballots cast in his race against Rarick. A native of Columbus, Georgia who was reared in Leesville in Vernon Parish, Louisiana, Hall was a process development engineer for the Ethyl Corporation in Baton Rouge. He ran unsuccessfully as a Republican for mayor-president of East Baton Rouge Parish in 1968 against the Democrat [[Woodrow Wilson Dumas]]. He was a floor representative for [[Ronald Reagan]]'s 72-hour presidential bid at the 1968 [[Republican National Convention]] in Miami Beach, [[Florida]]. Hall soon left the GOP and was the founding chairman of the Louisiana Libertarian Party from the early 1970s until 1985, when he relocated to North Carolina, where he was an active Libertarian in that state as well. He died in Hendersonville, North Carolina, at the age of eighty-nine.<ref>Crayton Green "Sparky" Hall obituary, ''Hendersonville Times-News,'' August 21, 2014.</ref>

Rarick quickly compiled a very conservative voting record, even by Louisiana Democratic standards. According to one scoring method, published in ''The American Journal of Political Science,''<ref>"Estimating a Basic Space From A Set of Issue Scales," ''American Journal of Political Science,'' Vol. 42; Issue 32, July 1998, pp. 954-993.</ref> In a period of four years, 1971 to 1974, the [[American Conservative Union]] scored Rarick  100  three times and a 91 rating once, in 1973.<ref>"ACU Ratings of Congress: House Ratings," acuratings.org</ref>  Like colleague [[Joe Waggonner|Joe D. Waggonner Jr.]], of the 4th congressional district, Rarick was a former member of the pro-segregation [[White Citizens' Council]], founded in the middle 1950s by state Senator [[William Rainach]] of Claiborne Parish. Rarick also spoke at events sponsored by the anti-communist  [[John Birch Society]].

Rarick quickly compiled a very conservative voting record, even by Louisiana Democratic standards. According to one scoring method, published in ''The American Journal of Political Science,''<ref>"Estimating a Basic Space From A Set of Issue Scales," ''American Journal of Political Science,'' Vol. 42; Issue 32, July 1998, pp. 954-993.</ref> In a period of four years, 1971 to 1974, the [[American Conservative Union]] scored Rarick  100  three times and a 91 rating once, in 1973.<ref>"ACU Ratings of Congress: House Ratings," acuratings.org</ref>  Like colleague [[Joe Waggonner|Joe D. Waggonner Jr.]], of the 4th congressional district, Rarick was a former member of the pro-segregation White Citizens' Council, founded in the middle 1950s by Louisiana state Senator [[William Rainach]] of Claiborne Parish. Rarick also spoke at events sponsored by the anti-communist  [[John Birch Society]].

===Challenging John McKeithen===

===Challenging John McKeithen===