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===1985 special election===

===1985 special election===

In 1985, Gillis Long died on the day of Reagan's second [[inauguration]]. A special election was held on March 30 to fill out his term, and Holloway entered the race as the lone Republican candidate. Long's widow, Catherine Small Long (1924-2019)<ref name=glong>{{cite web|url=http://www.lib.lsu.edu/special/williams/abstracts/gillis/dhemecourt.warren.htm|title=Gillis Long Biography|publisher=lib.lsu.edu|accessdate=March 11, 2012}}</ref> and [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]] attorney [[Jock Scott]], a state representative in his third and final term, also ran. "Cathy" Long, a native of Dayton, [[Ohio]], was a landslide winner, with 59,836 votes (55.4 percent). Scott finished second with 26,573 (24.6 percent), and Holloway trailed with 17,920 votes (16.6 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, March 30, 1985.</ref>

In 1985, Gillis Long died on the day of Reagan's second [[inauguration]]. A special election was held on March 30 to fill out his term, and Holloway entered the race as the lone Republican candidate. Long's widow, Catherine Small Long (1924-2019)<ref name=glong>{{cite web|url=http://www.lib.lsu.edu/special/williams/abstracts/gillis/dhemecourt.warren.htm|title=Gillis Long Biography|publisher=lib.lsu.edu|accessdate=March 11, 2012; material no longer accessible on-line}}</ref> and [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]] attorney [[Jock Scott]], a state representative in his third and final term, also ran. "Cathy" Long, a native of Dayton, [[Ohio]], was a landslide winner, with 59,836 votes (55.4 percent). Scott finished second with 26,573 (24.6 percent), and Holloway trailed with 17,920 votes (16.6 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, March 30, 1985.</ref>

[[Bill Dodd]], an astute observer of Louisiana politics, called Cathy Long "the perfect political wife." She once told  

[[Bill Dodd]], an astute observer of Louisiana politics, called Cathy Long "the perfect political wife." She once told