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Lynn narrowly won the general election to succeed Wilson. He defeated Democrat Powell Alexander Layton (1922-2022),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/obituaries/spt081381|title=Dr. Powell Alexander Layton obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=July 14, 2022|accessdate=July 15, 2022}}</ref> then the principal of Northwood High School in Shreveport, by only 40 votes: 2,894 (50.3 percent) to Layton's 2,854 (49.7 percent). Lynn's House terms coincided with six other Republicans, including [[B. F. O'Neal, Jr.|Benjamin Franklin "B. F." O'Neal, Jr.]], [[Art Sour|Arthur William Sour, Jr.]], and [[E. Clark Gaudin]]. Three other members, [[A. J. McNamara]], [[Lane Carson]], and [[Michael F. Thompson]], had been elected as Democrats but switched their affiliations.
Lynn narrowly won the general election to succeed Wilson. He defeated Democrat Powell Alexander Layton (1922-2022),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/obituaries/spt081381|title=Dr. Powell Alexander Layton obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=July 14, 2022|accessdate=July 15, 2022}}</ref> then the principal of Northwood High School in Shreveport, by only 40 votes: 2,894 (50.3 percent) to Layton's 2,854 (49.7 percent). Lynn's House terms coincided with six other Republicans, including [[B. F. O'Neal, Jr.|Benjamin Franklin "B. F." O'Neal, Jr.]], [[Art Sour|Arthur William Sour, Jr.]], and [[E. Clark Gaudin]]. Three other members, [[A. J. McNamara]], [[Lane Carson]], and [[Michael F. Thompson]], had been elected as Democrats but switched their affiliations.
Thereafter, Jimmy Wilson joined the Republican Party and waged two unsuccessful campaigns for Louisiana's 4th congressional district after the seat was vacated in January 1979 by popular long-term Democrat [[Joe Waggonner]]. Wilson lost the first time to Claude Anthony "Buddy" Leach, and then to [[Buddy Roemer]]
Thereafter, Jimmy Wilson joined the Republican Party and waged two unsuccessful campaigns for Louisiana's 4th congressional district after the seat was vacated in January 1979 by popular long-term Democrat [[Joe Waggonner]]. Wilson lost the first time to [[Buddy Leach|Claude Anthony "Buddy" Leach, Jr.]], and then to [[Buddy Roemer]].
Lynn was narrowly reelected in the 1979 general election, 51.7 percent to 48.3 percent for the late Democrat Jack Miller, a businessman from Blanchard, also in Caddo Parish. He defeated Miller again in 1983. When Lynn declined to run in 1987, the seat went Democratic with the election of Caddo Parish Commission president [[Roy M. Hopkins|Roy M. "Hoppy" Hopkins]] of Oil City in Caddo Parish, who subsequently died in office during the last year of his fifth term. Hopkins' commission seat was filled for a term by [[James Whitfield Williamson]], a businessman who served as the mayor of Vivian from 1972 to 1986 and was an older brother of Don Williamson.
Lynn was narrowly reelected in the 1979 general election, 51.7 percent to 48.3 percent for the late Democrat Jack Miller, a businessman from Blanchard, also in Caddo Parish. He defeated Miller again in 1983. When Lynn declined to run in 1987, the seat went Democratic with the election of Caddo Parish Commission president [[Roy M. Hopkins|Roy M. "Hoppy" Hopkins]] of Oil City in Caddo Parish, who subsequently died in office during the last year of his fifth term. Hopkins' commission seat was filled for a term by [[James Whitfield Williamson]], a businessman who served as the mayor of Vivian from 1972 to 1986 and was an older brother of Don Williamson.