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==Career==
==Career==
===Race for Louisiana State Senate===
===Race for Louisiana State Senate===
On October 19, 1991, Self ran as a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] for the District 37 seat in the Louisiana State Senate, which encompasses Caddo and Bossier parishes. The position opened when Sydney B. Nelson, also a Shreveport attorney, retired after three terms in the office. In the nonpartisan blanket primary, another Democrat, Gregory J. Barro of Shreveport, led the field with 11,224 votes (34 percent). [[Republican Party|Republican]] Ronald Bradford "Ron" Fayard (October 1, 1946 – March 7, 2011), a [[Mississippi]] native,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=ronald-bradford-fayard&pid=149165509&fhid=11119|title=Ronald Bradford Fayard obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=March 11, 2011|accessdate=March 11, 2011}}</ref> real estate broker, and civic leader<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.realproguide.com/USA/Louisiana/Bossier/Bossier-City/|title=Real Estate Guide Directory in Bossier City|publisher=realproguide.com|accessdate=April 24, 2010}}</ref> from Bossier City, trailed with 10,228 votes (31 percent). Self finished a strong third with 29 percent of the vote. A second Republican candidate, Shreveport attorney Leroy Havard Scott, Jr. (1922-2003), a former member of the Louisiana Republican State Central Committee, held the remaining 5.5 percent of the ballots cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10191991/10191991_Legislative.html|title=Louisiana election returns|date=October 19, 1991|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=September 28, 2014}}</ref> Barro subsequently defeated Fayard in the [[general election]].
On October 19, 1991, Self ran as a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] for the District 37 seat in the Louisiana State Senate, which encompasses Caddo and Bossier parishes. The position opened when [[Sydney B. Nelson]], also a Shreveport attorney, retired after three terms in the office. In the nonpartisan blanket primary, another Democrat, Gregory J. Barro of Shreveport, led the field with 11,224 votes (34 percent). [[Republican Party|Republican]] Ronald Bradford "Ron" Fayard (October 1, 1946 – March 7, 2011), a [[Mississippi]] native,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=ronald-bradford-fayard&pid=149165509&fhid=11119|title=Ronald Bradford Fayard obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=March 11, 2011|accessdate=March 11, 2011}}</ref> real estate broker, and civic leader<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.realproguide.com/USA/Louisiana/Bossier/Bossier-City/|title=Real Estate Guide Directory in Bossier City|publisher=realproguide.com|accessdate=April 24, 2010}}</ref> from Bossier City, trailed with 10,228 votes (31 percent). Self finished a strong third with 29 percent of the vote. A second Republican candidate, Shreveport attorney Leroy Havard Scott, Jr. (1922-2003), a former member of the Louisiana Republican State Central Committee, held the remaining 5.5 percent of the ballots cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10191991/10191991_Legislative.html|title=Louisiana election returns|date=October 19, 1991|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=September 28, 2014}}</ref> Barro subsequently defeated Fayard in the [[general election]].
===Judicial record===
===Judicial record===