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In his initial election to the House, Walsworth defeated Charles Anding, 7,745 (55 percent) to 6,403 (45 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Eection Returns, October 21, 1995.</ref> In 1999, with 9,060 votes (67 percent), Walsworth defeated Democrat Royce Calhoun, who had 4,441 votes (33 percent), to win a second term in the House. Walsworth ran unopposed in 2003 for his third and final term in the House.
In his initial election to the House, Walsworth defeated Charles Anding, 7,745 (55 percent) to 6,403 (45 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Eection Returns, October 21, 1995.</ref> In 1999, with 9,060 votes (67 percent), Walsworth defeated Democrat Royce Calhoun, who had 4,441 votes (33 percent), to win a second term in the House. Walsworth ran unopposed in 2003 for his third and final term in the House.
In 2013, Walsworth joined [[Moderate Republican]] [[Rob Shadoin]] of [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]] to rename the Louisiana Highway 33 bridge over Lake D’Arbonne in Farmerville after Representative [[James Peyton Smith]] of Union Parish, who had died in 2006.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thenewsstar.com/article/20130912/NEWS01/309120048/State-honors-late-Rep-Smith-bridge-renaming?nclick_check=1|author=[[Greg Hilburn]]|title=State honors the late Rep. Smith with bridge renaming, September 12, 2013|publisher=''[[Monroe News Star]]''|accessdate=September 13, 2013}}</ref>
In 2013, Walsworth joined [[Moderate Republican]] [[Rob Shadoin]] of [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]] to rename the Louisiana Highway 33 bridge over Lake D’Arbonne in Farmerville after Representative James Peyton Smith of Union Parish, who had died in 2006.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thenewsstar.com/article/20130912/NEWS01/309120048/State-honors-late-Rep-Smith-bridge-renaming?nclick_check=1|author=[[Greg Hilburn]]|title=State honors the late Rep. Smith with bridge renaming, September 12, 2013|publisher=''[[Monroe News Star]]''|accessdate=September 13, 2013}}</ref>
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