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Kenney was term-limited in the primary held on October 20, 2007. The seat is currently held by the Republican [[Steve Pylant]], a former sheriff of Franklin Parish. | Kenney was term-limited in the primary held on October 20, 2007. The seat is currently held by the Republican [[Steve Pylant]], a former sheriff of Franklin Parish. | ||
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| + | Kenney died at the age of eighty-three in Fayetteville, [[North Carolina]]. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 14:16, June 25, 2018
| Lelon Luther Kenney | |
Louisiana State Representative
for District 20 (Caldwell, Catahoula, Franklin, LaSalle, and Tensas parishes) | |
| In office January 1996 – January 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Noble Edward Ellington, II |
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| Succeeded by | Noble Ellington |
| Born | March 25, 1935 |
| Died | June 18, 2018 (aged 83) |
| Political party | Democrat |
| Residence | Columbia, Caldwell Parish |
| Occupation | Educator |
Lelon Luther Kenney (March 25, 1935[1] – June 18, 2018),[2] was a Democrat educator from Caldwell Parish in northeastern Louisiana, who represented District 20 in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1996 to 2008. He was preceded and succeeded in his House seat by Democrat (later Republican) Noble Edward Ellington, II, from Winnsboro in Franklin Parish.[3]
House District 20 includes all or portions of Caldwell, Franklin, Catahoula, LaSalle, and Tensas parishes in the northeastern section of Louisiana. In the nonpartisan blanket primary in 1995, in which five Democratic candidates sought the position, Kenney trailed fellow Democrat, Billy Wayne Cobb (born November 23, 1946) of Winnsboro, 4,194 (23 percent) to 5,632 (32 percent). In the ensuing runoff election, Kenney defeated Cobb, 9,150 (53 percent) to 8,217 (47 percent). Kenney won election in 1999 over fellow Democrat Roger Edward Beall (born July 11, 1939) of Winnsboro, 9,315 (69 percent) to 4,269 (31 percent). In 2003, after finishing with 46 percent of the ballots cast in the first round of voting, Kenney won a lopsided runoff contest with former opponent Roger Beall, 8,686 (63 percent) to 5,064 (37 percent).[4]
Kenney was term-limited in the primary held on October 20, 2007. The seat is currently held by the Republican Steve Pylant, a former sheriff of Franklin Parish.
Kenney died at the age of eighty-three in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
References
- ↑ Lelon Kenney. Mylife.com. Retrieved on June 24, 2018.
- ↑ Lelon Kenney. The Monroe News-Star (June 23, 2018). Retrieved on June 24, 2018.
- ↑ Historial Membership of Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2020. House.louisiana.gov. Retrieved on June 24, 2018.
- ↑ Election Returns. Louisiana Secretary of State (November 15, 2003). Retrieved on June 24, 2018.