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Michot's opponent in the general election was Republican [[Robert Frye]], a native of Shongaloo in central Webster Parish and an education professor at Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond. After Michot unseated Dodd, Frye telephoned him to offer congratulations. A few weeks later, Frye alleged that Michot had operated with his brother a bar in Lafayette and had offered Frye a high level job in a new Michot education department if Frye would withdraw from the contest. Michot denied the charges and easily prevailed,<ref>"Frye Released Papers Say Michot Unethical," ''Minden Press-Herald,'' January 27, 1972, p. 1.</ref> 662,597 votes (63.5 percent) to Frye's 380,896 (36.5 percent). Frye carried East Baton Rouge Parish and five north Louisiana parishes, including the Long ancestral stronghold of Winn Parish.<ref>State of Louisiana, Secretary of State, General election returns, February 1, 1972.</ref>
Michot's opponent in the general election was Republican [[Robert Frye]], a native of Shongaloo in central Webster Parish and an education professor at Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond. After Michot unseated Dodd, Frye telephoned him to offer congratulations. A few weeks later, Frye alleged that Michot had operated with his brother a bar in Lafayette and had offered Frye a high level job in a new Michot education department if Frye would withdraw from the contest. Michot denied the charges and easily prevailed,<ref>"Frye Released Papers Say Michot Unethical," ''Minden Press-Herald,'' January 27, 1972, p. 1.</ref> 662,597 votes (63.5 percent) to Frye's 380,896 (36.5 percent). Frye carried East Baton Rouge Parish and five north Louisiana parishes, including the Long ancestral stronghold of Winn Parish.<ref>State of Louisiana, Secretary of State, General election returns, February 1, 1972.</ref>
According to his faith in free enterprise, Michot advanced the tenets of "career education" during his term as superintendent.<ref name=obit/> One of his assistant superintendents with duties in special education, was later Superintendent [[Thomas G. Clausen]], a native of St. Mary Parish then from [[Baton Rouge]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parlouisiana.org/s3web/1002087/docs/Constitutional%20Amendment%20Archive/CA1979_Sept.pdf|title=Thomas G. Clausen, p. 18|publisher=parlouisiana.org|accessdate=October 8, 2013}}</ref> Michot was defeated for a second term in 1975 by his fellow Democrat, J. Kelly Nix, the first executive assistant to Governor [[Edwin Edwards]] and originally from West Carroll Parish. In 1984, Nix was succeeded as the last of the elected superintendents by Tom Clausen.
According to his faith in free enterprise, Michot advanced the tenets of "career education" during his term as superintendent.<ref name=obit/> One of his assistant superintendents with duties in special education, was later Superintendent [[Thomas Clausen]], a native of St. Mary Parish then from [[Baton Rouge]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parlouisiana.org/s3web/1002087/docs/Constitutional%20Amendment%20Archive/CA1979_Sept.pdf|title=Thomas G. Clausen, p. 18|publisher=parlouisiana.org|accessdate=October 8, 2013}}</ref> Michot was defeated for a second term in 1975 by his fellow Democrat, J. Kelly Nix, the first executive assistant to Governor [[Edwin Edwards]] and originally from West Carroll Parish. In 1984, Nix was succeeded as the last of the elected superintendents by Tom Clausen.
==The Republican Michots==
==The Republican Michots==