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Walsworth's former Senate district includes Ouachita, Claiborne, Morehouse, Union, and West Carroll parishes .
Walsworth's former Senate district includes Ouachita, Claiborne, Morehouse, Union, and West Carroll parishes .
He defeated the [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] State Representative [[Charles McDonald (Louisiana politician)|Charles McDonald]] of the Fairbanks community in northern Ouachita Parish to succeed the term-limited Republican Senator [[Robert J. Barham]] of Oak Ridge in Morehouse Parish. In that race, Walsworth polled 17,292 (51.7 percent) to McDonald's 16,058 (48.3 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Results, October 20, 2007.</ref> McDonald's House seat, to which he was term-limited, was narrowly won in the November 17, 2007, state election by a Republican, [[Sam Little]], a retired [[farmer]] from Bastrop, seat of Morehouse Parish.
He defeated the [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] State Representative [[Charles McDonald (Louisiana politician)|Charles McDonald]] of the Fairbanks community in northern Ouachita Parish to succeed the term-limited Republican Senator [[Robert J. Barham]] of Oak Ridge in Morehouse Parish. In that race, Walsworth polled 17,292 (51.7 percent) to McDonald's 16,058 (48.3 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Results, October 20, 2007.</ref> McDonald's House seat, to which he was term-limited, was narrowly won in the November 17, 2007, state election by a Republican, [[Sam Little]], a retired [[farmer]] from Bastrop, seat of Morehouse Parish.
In a 2013 committee meeting, a question which Walsworth raised, about the [[theory of evolution]] as it relates to [[E. Coli]] [[bacteria]], caused his critics to claim that he lacks basic scientific knowledge.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2013/01/23/creationist_louisiana_legislators_show_contempt_and_cluelessness_about_science.html|title=And These Are the People Making Laws in Louisiana|accessdate=May 3, 2015|author=Phil Plait|publisher=Slate.com}}</ref>
In a 2013 committee meeting, a question which Walsworth raised, about the [[theory of evolution]] as it relates to E. Coli [[bacteria]], caused his critics to claim that he lacks basic scientific knowledge.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2013/01/23/creationist_louisiana_legislators_show_contempt_and_cluelessness_about_science.html|title=And These Are the People Making Laws in Louisiana|accessdate=May 3, 2015|author=Phil Plait|publisher=Slate.com}}</ref>
From 1984 to 1996, Walsworth was a member of the Louisiana Republican State Central Committee. On February 9, 2008, he sought to return to the committee to represent his former State Representative District 15 berth. But he withdrew his candidacy two days before the closed [[primary]] election, and the position went by default to M. Randall "Randy" Donald. Walsworth was first elected to the state House in the 1995 primary when he unseated the two-term Democrat [[Charles Anding]] of West Monroe and assumed the seat in January 1996.
From 1984 to 1996, Walsworth was a member of the Louisiana Republican State Central Committee. On February 9, 2008, he sought to return to the committee to represent his former State Representative District 15 berth. But he withdrew his candidacy two days before the closed [[primary]] election, and the position went by default to M. Randall "Randy" Donald. Walsworth was first elected to the state House in the 1995 primary when he unseated the two-term Democrat [[Charles Anding]] of West Monroe and assumed the seat in January 1996.