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On January 13, 2020, Magee was among twenty-three Republican lawmakers, known as the [[Louisiana Republican Fraud Squad|Fraud Squad]], who voted for the [[Moderate Republican]] [[Clay Schexnayder]] of Ascension Parish, whose election as House [[Speaker]], sixty to forty-five, depended heavily on the votes of thirty-five Democratic lawmakers, along with two [[Independent]]s, and the Republican defectors. Statewide [[radio]] commentator [[Moon Griffon]] coined the term "Fraud Squad" for the twenty-three dissidents nominally in the Republican Party.<ref>''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]],'' January 23, 2020.</ref>
On January 13, 2020, Magee was among twenty-three Republican lawmakers, known as the [[Louisiana Republican Fraud Squad|Fraud Squad]], who voted for the [[Moderate Republican]] [[Clay Schexnayder]] of Ascension Parish, whose election as House [[Speaker]], sixty to forty-five, depended heavily on the votes of thirty-five Democratic lawmakers, along with two [[Independent]]s, and the Republican defectors. Statewide [[radio]] commentator [[Moon Griffon]] coined the term "Fraud Squad" for the twenty-three dissidents nominally in the Republican Party.<ref>''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]],'' January 23, 2020.</ref>
Magee did not seek reelection to a third term in the October 14, 2023, primary. Three Republicans, Jessica Domangue, Dirk Guidry, and Willis Trosclair, Jr., sought to succeed him.
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