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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>

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>

[[Greg Hilburn]], "State honors the late Rep. Smith with bridge renaming,"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  ''[[Monroe News Star]],''September 12, 2013.</ref>

[[Greg Hilburn]], "State honors the late Rep. Smith with bridge renaming,"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  ''[[Monroe News Star]],'' September 12, 2013.</ref>

===Creationism and other controversy===

===Creationism and other controversy===

In a 2013 committee hearing on Louisiana Senate Bill 374, Walsworth raised a question which, according to Walsworth's critics, revealed his misapprehension, or misrepresentation, of the theory of evolution. Walsworth's question was about an experiment on ''E. coli'' bacteria. As a science teacher described Richard Lenski's decades-long study with E. coli bacteria which froze some and allowed others to evolve, Walsworth asked whether any of the bacteria evolved—during the experiment—into human beings.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Z1zKg2d6|title=A Creationist Senator in Louisiana lectured on Evolution|publisher=[[YouTube]]|accessdate=March7, 2022}}</ref> His critics claim that Walsworth either lacks knowledge of, or misrepresented, or expressed a jocular attitude toward, the scientific method by describing as "just a [[theory]]" the entire process of evolution. Louisiana Senate Bill 374 was designed to repeal the Louisiana Science Education Act.

In a 2013 committee hearing on Louisiana Senate Bill 374, Walsworth raised a question which, according to Walsworth's critics, revealed his misapprehension, or misrepresentation, of the theory of evolution. Walsworth's question was about an experiment on ''E. coli'' bacteria. As a science teacher described Richard Lenski's decades-long study with E. coli bacteria which froze some and allowed others to evolve, Walsworth asked whether any of the bacteria evolved—during the experiment—into human beings.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Z1zKg2d6|title=A Creationist Senator in Louisiana lectured on Evolution|publisher=[[YouTube]]|accessdate=March 7, 2022}}</ref> His critics claim that Walsworth either lacks knowledge of, or misrepresented, or expressed a jocular attitude toward, the scientific method by describing as "just a [[theory]]" the entire process of evolution. Louisiana Senate Bill 374 was designed to repeal the Louisiana Science Education Act.

In 2014, Walsworth was alleged to have been involved in conveying a video to the weekly newspaper, ''The Ouachita Citizen,'' published in West Monroe. The video showed Republican then [[United States Representative]] Vance McAllister of Louisiana's 5th congressional district in an ostensibly passionate kiss with his subordinate, Melissa Anne Hixon Peacock, who was married to a longtime friend of McAllister, who is also married. Walsworth firmly denied any connection with, or even knowledge of, the video prior to its publication. The video, which had been anonymously left with ''The Ouachita Citizen,'' evoked a national news story.<ref>Jim Mustian, "Voters let down by 'kissing congressman'," ''The Baton Rouge Advocate,'' April 9, 2014.</ref> Later in the same year McAllister failed to win re-election, being eliminated in the nonpartisan blanket primary. Advancing to the [[general election]] were the Monroe's Democrat Mayor, Jamie Mayo, an [[African-American]] and the [[veterinarian]] and [[physician]] [[Ralph Abraham]] of Mangham, in Richland Parish. Abraham, a Republican, won the seat and replacing McAllister. Abraham was also an unsuccessful GOP gubernatorial candidate in the primary held on October 12, 2019.

In 2014, Walsworth was alleged to have been involved in conveying a video to the weekly newspaper, ''The Ouachita Citizen,'' published in West Monroe. The video showed Republican then [[United States Representative]] Vance McAllister of Louisiana's 5th congressional district in an ostensibly passionate kiss with his subordinate, Melissa Anne Hixon Peacock, who was married to a longtime friend of McAllister, who is also married. Walsworth firmly denied any connection with, or even knowledge of, the video prior to its publication. The video, which had been anonymously left with ''The Ouachita Citizen,'' evoked a national news story.<ref>Jim Mustian, "Voters let down by 'kissing congressman'," ''The Baton Rouge Advocate,'' April 9, 2014.</ref> Later in the same year McAllister failed to win re-election, being eliminated in the nonpartisan blanket primary. Advancing to the [[general election]] were the Monroe's Democrat Mayor, Jamie Mayo, an [[African-American]] and the [[veterinarian]] and [[physician]] [[Ralph Abraham]] of Mangham, in Richland Parish. Abraham, a Republican, won the seat and replacing McAllister. Abraham was also an unsuccessful GOP gubernatorial candidate in the primary held on October 12, 2019.