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In 1968, when Rockefeller was re-elected to his second and last two-year term as governor, Troxell was the unsuccessful candidate for state treasurer. She was defeated by the [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[incumbent]] Nancy J. Hall (1904–1991). Troxell polled 218,804 votes (37.4 percent) to Hall's 365,540 (62.6 percent). Troxell won five of the seventy-five Arkansas counties: Searcy, Baxter, Benton, Carroll, and Washington, but she did not prevail in her own White County. Hall, the wife of the late Secretary of State C.G. "Crip" Hall, was first elected treasurer in 1962 and served until 1981. Nancy Hall was also the first woman ever elected to statewide constitutional office in Arkansas.​

In 1968, when Rockefeller was re-elected to his second and last two-year term as governor, Troxell was the unsuccessful candidate for state treasurer. She was defeated by the [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[incumbent]] Nancy J. Hall (1904–1991). Troxell polled 218,804 votes (37.4 percent) to Hall's 365,540 (62.6 percent). Troxell won five of the seventy-five Arkansas counties: Searcy, Baxter, Benton, Carroll, and Washington, but she did not prevail in her own White County. Hall, the wife of the late Secretary of State C.G. "Crip" Hall, was first elected treasurer in 1962 and served until 1981. Nancy Hall was also the first woman ever elected to statewide constitutional office in Arkansas.​

In 1974, Troxell ran for lieutenant governor on the Republican gubernatorial ticket headed by the more [[conservative]] [[Ken Coon]]. First of Cave City in Sharp County in northern Arkansas, whose work led to a landmark change in state [[libel]] law.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/11/19/obituaries/joseph-h-weston-publisher-of-an-arkansas-newspaper.html|title=Joseph H. Weston, Publisher of an Arkansas Newspaper|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''|date=November 19, 1983|accessed May 11, 2010}}</ref>

In 1974, Troxell ran for lieutenant governor on the Republican gubernatorial ticket headed by the more [[conservative]] [[Ken Coon]]. Her controversial opponent, who resided in Cave City in Sharp County in northern Arkansas. HIs work led to a landmark change in state [[libel]] law.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/11/19/obituaries/joseph-h-weston-publisher-of-an-arkansas-newspaper.html|title=Joseph H. Weston, Publisher of an Arkansas Newspaper|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''|date=November 19, 1983|accessed May 11, 2010}}</ref>

As the Republican nominee, Troxell pledged to bring "decorum" to the Arkansas State Senate, over which the lieutenant governor presides.<ref>''Arkansas Gazette,'' November 3, 1974.</ref> However, she was handily defeated by the Democratic former state Attorney General Joe Purcell (1923–1987) of Benton in Saline County in a heavily Democratic year, Troxell received only 121,302 votes (23 percent) to Purcell's 406,040 (77 percent). She carried no counties in what turned out to have been her last venture on a ballot. Coon was defeated by David Hampton Pryor, but he ran some 65,000 votes ahead of ticket-mate Troxell. Purcell served as lieutenant governor until 1981. He ran in the primary in 1982 against then former Governor [[Bill Clinton]].

As the Republican nominee, Troxell pledged to bring "decorum" to the Arkansas State Senate, over which the lieutenant governor presides.<ref>''Arkansas Gazette,'' November 3, 1974.</ref> However, she was handily defeated by the Democratic former state Attorney General Joe Purcell (1923–1987) of Benton in Saline County in a heavily Democratic year, Troxell received only 121,302 votes (23 percent) to Purcell's 406,040 (77 percent). She carried no counties in what turned out to have been her last venture on a ballot. Coon was defeated by [[David Pryor|David Hampton Pryor]], but he ran some 65,000 votes ahead of ticket-mate Troxell. Purcell served as lieutenant governor until 1981. He ran in the primary in 1982 against then former Governor [[Bill Clinton]].

In 1981, Mrs. Troxell questioned the appointment of former Governor [[Orval E. Faubus]], a Democrat, as director of the scandal-plagued Arkansas Veterans's Affairs Department. The selection was made by Governor [[Frank D. White]], only the second Republican governor of Arkansas since [[Reconstruction]].  "... Obviously, I do not want to go back to the kind of regime we had when he was governor ... Believe me, that was machine politics at its worst," Mrs. Troxell said of the Faubus era (1955–1967).<ref>''Arkansas Gazette,'' August 5, 1981.</ref> Among those defending the selection were former gubernatorial candidate [[Len Blaylock]] of Perry County, [[U.S. Representative]] [[John Paul Hammerschmidt]] of Harrison in Boone County and former state Representative [[Danny L. Patrick]]. These Republicans argued that Faubus was ideally suited for the particular position.​<ref>Ellen Debenport, "Segregation-era governor makes political comeback," UPI, September 14, 1981.</ref>

In 1981, Mrs. Troxell questioned the appointment of former Governor [[Orval E. Faubus]], a Democrat, as director of the scandal-plagued Arkansas Veterans's Affairs Department. The selection was made by Governor [[Frank D. White]], only the second Republican governor of Arkansas since [[Reconstruction]].  "... Obviously, I do not want to go back to the kind of regime we had when he was governor ... Believe me, that was machine politics at its worst," Mrs. Troxell said of the Faubus era (1955–1967).<ref>''Arkansas Gazette,'' August 5, 1981.</ref> Among those defending the selection were former gubernatorial candidate [[Len Blaylock]] of Perry County, [[U.S. Representative]] [[John Paul Hammerschmidt]] of Harrison in Boone County and former state Representative [[Danny L. Patrick]]. These Republicans argued that Faubus was ideally suited for the particular position.​<ref>Ellen Debenport, "Segregation-era governor makes political comeback," UPI, September 14, 1981.</ref>