Changes

===1986 election===

===1986 election===

In 1986, in his third attempt to gain a seat in Congress, Holloway was the lone Republican in the nonpartisan blanket primary to succeed Mrs. Long in the majority [[African-American]] district.<ref>''Jet Magazine,'' September 21, 1992, Vol 82, Number 22, p. 6.</ref> His principal opponent was E. Faye Williams, an African-American woman [[attorney]] from Alexandria born in 1941 who supported [[abortion]] and expanded federal social programs. Had she won, Williams would have been the first African American to represent Louisiana in the U.S. Housw since [[Reconstruction]].<ref> E. Faye Williams's Biography (thehistorymakers.org, accessed April 11, 2022.</ref>

In 1986, in his third attempt to gain a seat in Congress, Holloway was the lone Republican in the nonpartisan blanket primary to succeed Mrs. Long in the majority [[African-American]] district.<ref>''Jet Magazine,'' September 21, 1992, Vol 82, Number 22, p. 6.</ref> His principal opponent was E. Faye Williams, an African-American woman [[attorney]] from Alexandria born in 1941 who supported [[abortion]] and expanded federal social programs. Had she won, Williams would have been the first African American to represent Louisiana in the U.S. House since [[Reconstruction]].<ref>E. Faye Williams's Biography (thehistorymakers.org, accessed April 11, 2022.</ref>

The other contenders were [[Morgan Goudeau]], state Senator [[Joe Sevario]] of Prairieville in Ascension Parish, and  Carson K. Killen, of St. Amant,  also in Ascension Parish. Killen had been an aide to Gillis Long and had been groomed as Long's long-term successor.<ref name=glong/> Killen was later elected to the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and was the executive director of the Louisiana Police Jury Association (the equivalent of a county commission in other states). Williams led Holloway in the primary, 46,025 (26 percent) to 41,618 (23 percent), a margin of 4,407 votes. Goudeau was third with 36,304 ballots (20 percent), followed by Sevario with 34,847 votes (19 percent), and Killen with 21,116 votes (11.8 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, September 27, 1986.</ref>

The other contenders were [[Morgan Goudeau]], state Senator [[Joe Sevario]] of Prairieville in Ascension Parish, and  Carson K. Killen, of St. Amant,  also in Ascension Parish. Killen had been an aide to Gillis Long and had been groomed as Long's long-term successor.<ref name=glong/> Killen was later elected to the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and was the executive director of the Louisiana Police Jury Association (the equivalent of a county commission in other states). Williams led Holloway in the primary, 46,025 (26 percent) to 41,618 (23 percent), a margin of 4,407 votes. Goudeau was third with 36,304 ballots (20 percent), followed by Sevario with 34,847 votes (19 percent), and Killen with 21,116 votes (11.8 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, September 27, 1986.</ref>