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==Political life==
==Political life==
In the nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] held on October 22, 1983, Blackmon led the [[Republican Party|Republican]] insurance agent Robert Charles Payne (born c. 1943) by 14 votes, 3,244 (22.5 percent) to 3,230 (22.4 percent). Four other candidates held the actual majority of the votes cast, 55 percent, but were eliminated in the general election between frontrunners Blackmon and Payne.<ref name=primary>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 22, 1983. In the [[general election]] runoff on November 19, 1983, Blackmon prevailed, 5,295 (54 percent) to Paynes 4,523 votes (46 percebt);<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Results, November 19, 1983.</ref>v|accessdate=May 22, 2014}}</ref> t her seat turned Republican in 1995.
In the nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] held on October 22, 1983, Blackmon led the [[Republican Party|Republican]] insurance agent Robert Charles Payne (born c. 1943) by 14 votes, 3,244 (22.5 percent) to 3,230 (22.4 percent). Four other candidates held the actual majority of the votes cast, 55 percent, but were eliminated in the general election between frontrunners Blackmon and Payne.<ref name=primary>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 22, 1983.</ref> In the [[general election]] runoff on November 19, 1983, Blackmon prevailed, 5,295 (54 percent) to Paynes 4,523 votes (46 percebt);<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Results, November 19, 1983.</ref>v|accessdate=May 22, 2014}}</ref> t her seat turned Republican in 1995.
During her one term in the legislature, Blackmon and [[Kathleen Blanco]] of [[Lafayette]] were two of only five women in both houses of the state legislature. Blanco was subsequently elected [[governor]] in 2003, with her friend Blackmon's support.<ref name=eblackmon>"Former state representative Blackmon dead at 89, ''Monroe News-Star,'' May 22, 2014.</ref> While serving in the state House, she helped to secure the I-20 Camp Road Interchange in Ouachita Parish.<ref name=obit/>
During her one term in the legislature, Blackmon and [[Kathleen Blanco]] of [[Lafayette]] were two of only five women in both houses of the state legislature. Blanco was subsequently elected [[governor]] in 2003, with her friend Blackmon's support.<ref name=eblackmon>"Former state representative Blackmon dead at 89, ''Monroe News-Star,'' May 22, 2014.</ref> While serving in the state House, she helped to secure the I-20 Camp Road Interchange in Ouachita Parish.<ref name=obit/>