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As results were still being tabulated, Pinac conceded and endorsed Holloway.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20090405/NEWS01/904050327/-1/NEWSFRONT2|title=Robert Morgan, "Holloway, McPherson go into May PSC runoff"|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|accessdate=April 5, 2009}}</ref> Republican Governor Jindal had raised funds for the Democrat McPherson, but had otherwise been silent on the PSC race.<ref>''The Moon Griffon Show,'' radio broadcast, April 1, 2009.</ref>

As results were still being tabulated, Pinac conceded and endorsed Holloway.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20090405/NEWS01/904050327/-1/NEWSFRONT2|title=Robert Morgan, "Holloway, McPherson go into May PSC runoff"|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|accessdate=April 5, 2009}}</ref> Republican Governor Jindal had raised funds for the Democrat McPherson, but had otherwise been silent on the PSC race.<ref>''The Moon Griffon Show,'' radio broadcast, April 1, 2009.</ref>

Numerous people described McPherson, a businessman, as "anti-business", and the state Republican Party endorsed Holloway. Thus the runoff would have pitted the Republican committee's pick, Holloway, against the beneficiary of Republican Governor [[Bobby Jindal]]'s fundraising largesse, McPherson. By withdrawing, McPherson removed a political embarrassment for Jindal.<ref>''The Moon Griffon Show,'' April 7, 2009.</ref> Meanwhile, the Jindal-endorsed Lee Domingue lost the special election for a state Senate seat on April 4 to another Republican, [[Dan Claitor]], scion of the Claitor's Publishing Company of Baton Rouge.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2009904070322|title=Jindal-backed candidate loses state Senate race|publisher=''The Lafayette Advertiser,'' April 7, 2009.</ref>

Numerous people described McPherson, a businessman, as "anti-business", and the state Republican Party endorsed Holloway. Thus the runoff would have pitted the Republican committee's pick, Holloway, against the beneficiary of Republican Governor [[Bobby Jindal]]'s fundraising largesse, McPherson. By withdrawing from the runoff, McPherson removed a political embarrassment for Jindal.<ref>''The Moon Griffon Show,'' April 7, 2009.</ref> Meanwhile, the Jindal-endorsed Lee Domingue lost the special election for a state Senate seat on April 4 to another Republican, [[Dan Claitor]], scion of the Claitor's Publishing Company of Baton Rouge.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2009904070322|title=Jindal-backed candidate loses state Senate race|publisher=''The Lafayette Advertiser,'' April 7, 2009.</ref>

In replacing Democrat Sittig, Holloway's addition to the PSC gave the body its first-ever Republican majority. Commissioners Scott Angelle and Eric Skrmetta are, like Holloway, Republican; and the PSC has just five seats. The Democratic PSC members are Foster Lonnie Campbell, Jr., of [[Bossier City]] (an unsuccessful gubernatorial candidate against Jindal in 2007) and Lambert C. Boissiere, III. The PSC is also the first electoral body in Louisiana to develop a Republican majority since [[Reconstruction]].<ref>A majority of the U.S. House delegation from Louisiana has been Republican since the 1990s. Democrats hold only one of the six House seats from Louisiana. Both houses of the state legislature]gained their first Republican majorities in 2011.</ref>

In replacing Democrat Sittig, Holloway's addition to the PSC gave the body its first-ever Republican majority. Commissioners Scott Angelle and Eric Skrmetta are, like Holloway, Republican; and the PSC has just five seats. The Democratic PSC members are Foster Lonnie Campbell, Jr., of [[Bossier City]] (an unsuccessful gubernatorial candidate against Jindal in 2007) and Lambert C. Boissiere, III. The PSC is also the first electoral body in Louisiana to develop a Republican majority since [[Reconstruction]].<ref>A majority of the U.S. House delegation from Louisiana has been Republican since the 1990s. Democrats hold only one of the six House seats from Louisiana. Both houses of the state legislature]gained their first Republican majorities in 2011.</ref>