| − | In 1999, Hebert's son, Dennis "Bubba" Hebert, Jr., challenged Powell in the primary but lost, 4,258 votes (32 percent) to 9,037 (68 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 23, 1999.</ref> In the 2003 primary, Powell handily dispatched fellow Republican Charles J. "Chuck" Fulda, IV, 9,769 votes (75 percent) to 3,256 (25 percent).<ref>ouisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 4, 2003.</ref> In the 2007 primary, Powell was succeeded by fellow Republican Steve Pugh who had lost a bid for the seat in 1991 to Dennis Hebert. By 2007, the district had become so Republican that a lone Democratic House candidate received less than 12 percent of the vote.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 20, 2007.</ref> | + | In 1999, Hebert's son, Dennis "Bubba" Hebert, Jr., challenged Powell in the primary but lost, 4,258 votes (32 percent) to 9,037 (68 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 23, 1999.</ref> In the 2003 primary, Powell handily dispatched fellow Republican Charles J. "Chuck" Fulda, IV, 9,769 votes (75 percent) to 3,256 (25 percent).<ref>ouisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 4, 2003.</ref> In the 2007 primary, Powell was succeeded by fellow Republican [[Stephen Pugh]], who had lost a bid for the seat in 1991 to Dennis Hebert. By 2007, the district had become so Republican that a lone Democratic House candidate received less than 12 percent of the vote.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 20, 2007.</ref> |