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===2014 congressional race===
===2014 congressional race===
Tarpley said that he had considered running in Louisiana's 5th congressional district special election held in the fall of 2013 to choose a successor to Republican [[Rodney Alexander]], who resigned to join the administration of then [[Governor]] [[Bobby Jindal]]. However, Tarpley claimed that the timetable was too short to mount an effective campaign and he instead endorsed former U.S. Representative and Louisiana Public Service Commissioner Clyde Cecil Holloway (1943-2016) of Rapides Parish, who finished fourth in the balloting. Tarpley then switched his support to then state senator and now state Representative [[Neil Riser]] of Columbia in Caldwell Parish, the choice of the party establishment in the runoff election] against newcomer Vance McAllister,<ref name=polbio/> who carried Holloway's blessing in the second round of balloting.
Tarpley said that he had considered running in Louisiana's 5th congressional district special election held in the fall of 2013 to choose a successor to Republican [[Rodney Alexander]], who resigned to join the administration of then [[Governor]] [[Bobby Jindal]]. However, Tarpley claimed that the timetable was too short to mount an effective campaign and he instead endorsed former U.S. Representative and Louisiana Public Service Commissioner [[Clyde Holloway]] of Rapides Parish, who finished fourth in the balloting. Tarpley then switched his support to then state senator and now state Representative [[Neil Riser]] of Columbia in Caldwell Parish, the choice of the party establishment in the runoff election] against newcomer Vance McAllister,<ref name=polbio/> who carried Holloway's blessing in the second round of balloting.
With McAllister, a married man, having been videotaped in December 2013 kissing a married female congressional aide and the wife of McAllister's close friend, questions have arisen about his personal ethics and continued electability.<ref name=tarpleytorun/> Tarpley challenged as "unconscionable" McAllister's support for a budget resolution backed by then [[U.S. President]] [[Barack H. Obama]] that cut benefits to veterans while "dramatically expanding the welfare state."<ref name=polbio/> He favored the repeal of Obama's [[Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act]] of 2010 and the establishment of free-market reforms to promote patients' rights and freedom of choice.<ref name=polbio/>Tarpley vowed to wage an:<blockquote>
With McAllister, a married man, having been videotaped in December 2013 kissing a married female congressional aide and the wife of McAllister's close friend, questions have arisen about his personal ethics and continued electability.<ref name=tarpleytorun/> Tarpley challenged as "unconscionable" McAllister's support for a budget resolution backed by then [[U.S. President]] [[Barack H. Obama]] that cut benefits to veterans while "dramatically expanding the welfare state."<ref name=polbio/> He favored the repeal of Obama's [[Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act]] of 2010 and the establishment of free-market reforms to promote patients' rights and freedom of choice.<ref name=polbio/>Tarpley vowed to wage an:<blockquote>