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In 2002, Barham was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for the United States House of Representatives for Louisiana's 5th congressional district, a position won by [[Rodney Alexander]], then a state representative for Jackson Parish, who in 2004 switched to Republican affiliation<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 5, 2002.</ref> who remained in Congress for eleven years until his retirement in 2013. Among Barham's congressional campaign donors were later State Representative [[Frank A. Hoffmann]] and former state Senator [[Billy Boles]], both of Monroe, the [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]] timberman [[Roy O. Martin, Jr.]], the Bastrop architect [[Hugh G. Parker, Jr.]], and the[Lamar Advertising  Company executive and former legislator [[Kevin Reilly|Kevin  P. Reilly, Sr.]], of Baton Rouge,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.campaignmoney.com/candidate.asp?id=H2LA05076&cycle=02&yr=02|title=Campaign Contributions to "Robert J. Barham|publisher=campaignmoney.com|accessdate=October 22, 2014}}</ref>

In 2002, Barham was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for the United States House of Representatives for Louisiana's 5th congressional district, a position won by [[Rodney Alexander]], then a state representative for Jackson Parish, who in 2004 switched to Republican affiliation<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 5, 2002.</ref> who remained in Congress for eleven years until his retirement in 2013. Among Barham's congressional campaign donors were later State Representative [[Frank A. Hoffmann]] and former state Senator [[Billy Boles]], both of Monroe, the [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]] timberman [[Roy O. Martin, Jr.]], the Bastrop architect [[Hugh G. Parker, Jr.]], and the[Lamar Advertising  Company executive and former legislator [[Kevin Reilly|Kevin  P. Reilly, Sr.]], of Baton Rouge,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.campaignmoney.com/candidate.asp?id=H2LA05076&cycle=02&yr=02|title=Campaign Contributions to "Robert J. Barham|publisher=campaignmoney.com|accessdate=October 22, 2014}}</ref>

Michael Arthur "Mike" Walsworth, the Republican state representative from West Monroe, was elected to succeed Barham in the state Senate in the nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] held on  October 20, 2007; he defeated the outgoing Democratic representative from District 14, [[Charles McDonald (Louisiana politician)|Charles R. McDonald]] of Bastrop.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 20, 2007.</ref>

[[Mike Walsworth|Michael Arthur "Mike" Walsworth]], the Republican state representative from West Monroe, was elected to succeed Barham in the state Senate in the nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] held on  October 20, 2007; he defeated the outgoing Democratic representative from District 14, [[Charles McDonald (Louisiana politician)|Charles R. McDonald]] of Bastrop.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 20, 2007.</ref>

In the congressional primary, Barham had sought to succeed [[U.S. Representative]] John Cooksey of Monroe, who made an ill-fated run in 2002 for the [[U.S. Senate]] against [[Mary Landrieu]]. Barham entered the primary against two other major Republican candidates, former U.S. Representative Clyde Cecil Holloway (1943-2016) of Louisiana's 8th congressional district since disbanded, and [[Lee Fletcher]], a young Monroe businessman who had been Cooksey's former chief of staff. Barham ran fourth in the primary, with 34,522 votes (19 percent), in a multi-candidate field.

In the congressional primary, Barham had sought to succeed [[U.S. Representative]] John Cooksey of Monroe, who made an ill-fated run in 2002 for the [[U.S. Senate]] against [[Mary Landrieu]]. Barham entered the primary against two other major Republican candidates, former U.S. Representative Clyde Cecil Holloway (1943-2016) of Louisiana's 8th congressional district since disbanded, and [[Lee Fletcher]], a young Monroe businessman who had been Cooksey's former chief of staff. Barham ran fourth in the primary, with 34,522 votes (19 percent), in a multi-candidate field.