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A [[Republican Party|Republican]], Nowlin defeated the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Gerald "Jerry" Longlois in the nonpartisan blanket primary held for the new position on November 6, 2012. The election was held in conjunction with the U.S. presidential and congressional contests. Nowlin received 9,283 votes (59.2 percent) to Longlois' 6,393 (40.8 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 6, 2012.</ref> He was reelected in 2015 but did not seek a third term as parish president in the primary held on October 12, 2019. That office is now chosen in the same election as the [[governor]].
A [[Republican Party|Republican]], Nowlin defeated the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Gerald "Jerry" Longlois in the nonpartisan blanket primary held for the new position on November 6, 2012. The election was held in conjunction with the U.S. presidential and congressional contests. Nowlin received 9,283 votes (59.2 percent) to Longlois' 6,393 (40.8 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 6, 2012.</ref> He was reelected in 2015 but did not seek a third term as parish president in the primary held on October 12, 2019. That office is now chosen in the same election as the [[governor]].
From 2008 to 2012, Nowlin was a one-term member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 23 (DeSoto, Natchitoches, and Red River parishes). Nowlin and the departing state Senator Gerald I. Long, are the first Republicans since [[Reconstruction]] to have represented Natchitoches Parish in the state legislature.<ref>
From 2008 to 2012, Nowlin was a one-term member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 23 (DeSoto, Natchitoches, and Red River parishes). Nowlin and the former term-limited state Senator [[Gerald Long]], are the first Republicans since [[Reconstruction]] to have represented Natchitoches Parish in the state legislature.<ref>
{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2020 (Natchitoches Parish)|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=October 24, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.senate.la.gov/Documents/Membership/Documents/SenateMembership1880ForwardRevisedMar2011.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana Senate, 1880 - Present (Natchitoches Parish)|publisher=Louisiana State Senate|accessdate=October 24, 2019}}</ref> Nowlin and Long took their oaths of office on January 14, 2008, the same day that Republican [[Governor]] [[Bobby Jindal]] was inaugurated.
{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2020 (Natchitoches Parish)|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=October 24, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.senate.la.gov/Documents/Membership/Documents/SenateMembership1880ForwardRevisedMar2011.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana Senate, 1880 - Present (Natchitoches Parish)|publisher=Louisiana State Senate|accessdate=October 24, 2019}}</ref> Nowlin and Long took their oaths of office on January 14, 2008, the same day that Republican [[Governor]] [[Bobby Jindal]] was inaugurated.