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==The 2011 legislative defeat==

==The 2011 legislative defeat==

District 23 became a majority African American district in the 2011 [[redistricting]] based upon the 2010 [[census]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20111023/NEWS01/310230008/Hazel-re-elected-House-District-27-Harris-wins-House-District-25-seat|title=Hazel re-elected in House Distrrict 27; Harris wins House District 25|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk'|date=October 23, 2011|accessdate=October 24, 2011; no longer on-line}}</ref>

District 23 became a majority African American district in the 2011 [[redistricting]] based upon the 2010 [[census]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20111023/NEWS01/310230008/Hazel-re-elected-House-District-27-Harris-wins-House-District-25-seat|title=Hazel re-elected in House Distrrict 27; Harris wins House District 25|publisher=''[[Alexandria Town Talk]]''|date=October 23, 2011|accessdate=October 24, 2011; no longer on-line}}</ref>

In the general election held on November 19, 2011, Nowlin was unseated by the African-American Democrat [[Kenny Ray Cox]], a decorated retired lieutenant colonel in the [[United States Army]] from Mansfield in DeSoto Parish. Cox received 5,556 votes (53.4 percent) to Nowlin's 4,847 (46.6 percent). Nowlin won by some nine hundred votes in Natchitoches Parish but lost decisively in DeSoto and Red River parishes.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 19, 2011.</ref>

In the general election held on November 19, 2011, Nowlin was unseated by the African-American Democrat [[Kenny Ray Cox]], a decorated retired lieutenant colonel in the [[United States Army]] from Mansfield in DeSoto Parish. Cox received 5,556 votes (53.4 percent) to Nowlin's 4,847 (46.6 percent). Nowlin won by some nine hundred votes in Natchitoches Parish but lost decisively in DeSoto and Red River parishes.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 19, 2011.</ref>