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==Politics==
 
==Politics==
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Orr contested the [[nonpartisan blanket primary]] in October 1987, and received 5,846 votes (44 percent), comfortably beating incumbent William R. Sumlin's 4,176 votes (31%). As a result, Sumlin did not contest the November election, and Orr was automatically declared representative-elect without a second round of voting.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 24, 1987.</ref>
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Orr contested the nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] in October 1987, and received 5,846 votes (44 percent), comfortably beating incumbent William R. Sumlin's 4,176 votes (31%). As a result, Sumlin did not contest the November election, and Orr was automatically declared representative-elect without a second round of voting.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 24, 1987.</ref>
    
In October 1991, he was himself defeated in a primary, by Jay McCallum, a fellow Democrat and later a Republican [[attorney]] and [[judge]]. McCallum received 8,286 votes (52 percent) to Orr's 7,528 (48 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 19, 1991.</ref> Orr served a single term on the Louisiana Ethics Board after finishing his term in the legislature.<ref name=lsu/>
 
In October 1991, he was himself defeated in a primary, by Jay McCallum, a fellow Democrat and later a Republican [[attorney]] and [[judge]]. McCallum received 8,286 votes (52 percent) to Orr's 7,528 (48 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 19, 1991.</ref> Orr served a single term on the Louisiana Ethics Board after finishing his term in the legislature.<ref name=lsu/>
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