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Before he left the legislature, Donelon ran in a special judicial election on March 27, 1999. He was defeated by Republican Ronald Bodenheimer (born 1953), who polled 8,981 votes (55 percent) to Donelon's 7,300 (45 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns (Jefferson Parish, March 27, 1999.</ref> In that race Donelon unsuccessfully used the slogan "Who Better to Interpret the Laws Than the Person Who Wrote Them?" Judge Bodenheimer, a former prosecutor, went to prison for three years on conviction of having conspired to plant the prescription painkiller [[OxyContin]] in the automobile of an [[FBI]] informant who frequently complained about drug trafficking and zoning violations at a seafood marina owned by Bodenheimer in Orleans Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.noethics.net/News/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2266:former-judge-ronald-bodenheimer-of-new-orleans-criminal-convict-&Itemid=82 |title=Former Judge Ronald Bodenheimer of New Orleans; criminal, convict|publisher=The Committee to Expose Dishonest and Incompetent Judges, Attorney, and Public Official|accessdate=August 14, 2019}}</ref>

Before he left the legislature, Donelon ran in a special judicial election on March 27, 1999. He was defeated by Republican Ronald Bodenheimer (born 1953), who polled 8,981 votes (55 percent) to Donelon's 7,300 (45 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns (Jefferson Parish, March 27, 1999.</ref> In that race Donelon unsuccessfully used the slogan "Who Better to Interpret the Laws Than the Person Who Wrote Them?" Judge Bodenheimer, a former prosecutor, went to prison for three years on conviction of having conspired to plant the prescription painkiller [[OxyContin]] in the automobile of an [[FBI]] informant who frequently complained about drug trafficking and zoning violations at a seafood marina owned by Bodenheimer in Orleans Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.noethics.net/News/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2266:former-judge-ronald-bodenheimer-of-new-orleans-criminal-convict-&Itemid=82 |title=Former Judge Ronald Bodenheimer of New Orleans; criminal, convict|publisher=The Committee to Expose Dishonest and Incompetent Judges, Attorney, and Public Official|accessdate=August 14, 2019}}</ref>

Donelon, along with fellow lawmakers [[Kernan "Skip" Hand]], Ken Hollis, and [[Steven Theriot]], all of the New Orleans [[suburb]]s, admitted to having given [[Tulane University]] scholarships to their children. Legislators are allowed under an 1884 law to designate one Tulane scholarship recipient per year, but the practice of giving such awards, totaling $17,000 in 1993 dollars, to family members had been previously unknown.<ref>Scott Dyer, "Scholarship Controversy Grows," ''The Baton Rouge Advocate,'' June 17, 1993, p. 1-A.</ref><ref name=asayre/>

Donelon, along with fellow lawmakers [[Kernan "Skip" Hand]], [[Ken Hollis]], and [[Steven Theriot]], all of the New Orleans [[suburb]]s, admitted to having given [[Tulane University]] scholarships to their children. Legislators are allowed under an 1884 law to designate one Tulane scholarship recipient per year, but the practice of giving such awards, totaling $17,000 in 1993 dollars, to family members had been previously unknown.<ref>Scott Dyer, "Scholarship Controversy Grows," ''The Baton Rouge Advocate,'' June 17, 1993, p. 1-A.</ref><ref name=asayre/>

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