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===1986 election===
===1986 election===
[[File:Clyde Holloway in his early congressional years.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Holloway pictured during his congressional tenure]]
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>
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>