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==Politics==
==Politics==
Orr contested the nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] in October 1987, and received 5,846 votes (44 percent), comfortably beating incumbent [[William Sumlin]]'s 4,176 votes (31%). As a result, Sumlin did not contest the November election, and Orr was automatically declared representative-elect without a second round of voting.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 24, 1987.</ref>
Orr contested the nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] in October 1987, and received 5,846 votes (44 percent), comfortably beating incumbent [[William Sumlin]]'s 4,176 votes (31%). As a result, Sumlin did not contest the November election, and Orr was automatically declared representative-elect without a second round of voting.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 24, 1987.</ref>
In 2010, Orr was appointed to the Lincoln Parish Library Board.<ref>Laura Bond, "Taxing decision: Board OKs ad valorem proposal," ''The Ruston Daily Leader,'' July 2, 2010.</ref>
In 2010, Orr was appointed to the Lincoln Parish Library Board.<ref>Laura Bond, "Taxing decision: Board OKs ad valorem proposal," ''The Ruston Daily Leader,'' July 2, 2010.</ref>
[[Image:Myrtis Orr of LA.jpg|200px|left|thumb|Mrs. Orr in her later years]]
==Personal life==
==Personal life==