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Doerge pulled strings to obtain special surgery in [[St. Louis]], [[Missouri]], for a [[cerebral palsy]] patient, 5-year-old Jeremy Logan Curtis. Had she not acted, the child would have been a permanent invalid. The surgery was successful, and the child was thereafter able to walk and play and face a bright future.
Doerge pulled strings to obtain special surgery in [[St. Louis]], [[Missouri]], for a [[cerebral palsy]] patient, 5-year-old Jeremy Logan Curtis. Had she not acted, the child would have been a permanent invalid. The surgery was successful, and the child was thereafter able to walk and play and face a bright future.
Doerge's ''alma mater'', NSU, inducted her into the College of Business Hall of Distinction. Her name is engraved on a plaque located in the foyer of Russell Hall.
Doerge's ''alma mater'', NSU, inducted her into the College of Business Hall of Distinction. Her name is engraved on a plaque located in the foyer of Russell Hall.
==Last reelection in 2007==
==Last reelection in 2007==
Broughton had committed to the victorious Republican gubernatorial candidate [[Bobby Jindal]], but Doerge had proclaimed her neutrality in the governor's race in which her former legislative colleague, Foster Lonnie Campbell, was also a candidate. Broughton questioned why Louisiana Highway 371 remains a two-lane road. He had promised if elected to "bring transportation dollars home to our area." Broughton also proclaimed himself a[[ pro-life]] candidate: "Life starts at conception, marriage is between a man and woman, and the [[Second Amendment]] should be protected and held sacred."
Broughton had committed to the victorious Republican gubernatorial candidate [[Bobby Jindal]], but Doerge had proclaimed her neutrality in the governor's race in which her former legislative colleague, Foster Lonnie Campbell, was also a candidate. Broughton questioned why Louisiana Highway 371 remains a two-lane road. He had promised if elected to "bring transportation dollars home to our area." Broughton also proclaimed himself a[[ pro-life]] candidate: "Life starts at conception, marriage is between a man and woman, and the [[Second Amendment]] should be protected and held sacred."
==Term-limited in 2011==
==Term-limited in 2011==
Doerge was term-limited in 2011. In the primary election held on October 22, three Republicans, Ronnie Broughton making a second bid for the seat, businessman and former banker Gerald Holland of Springhill, and educator and businesswoman Jeri de Pingre of Minden, and a Democrat, [[Gene Reynolds]] of Dubberly, sought to succeed Doerge.<ref name=returns>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 22, 2011.</ref>
Doerge was term-limited in 2011. In the primary election held on October 22, three Republicans, Ronnie Broughton making a second bid for the seat, businessman and former banker Gerald Holland of Springhill, and educator and businesswoman Jeri de Pingre of Minden, and a Democrat, [[Gene Reynolds]] of Dubberly, sought to succeed Doerge.<ref name=returns>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 22, 2011.</ref>
[[U.S. Senator]] [[David Vitter]]'s campaign organization, the Louisiana Committee for a Republican Majority, has urged primary voters to support either Broughton or Holland but omitted de Pingre from the recommended choices.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/newsflash/index.ssf/story/a-look-at-the-la-races-targeted-by-vitter-group/040a85707eb64de5a2df981301da0733|title=A look at the La. races targeted by the Vitter group|date=August 4, 2011|publisher=''The New Orleans Times-Picayune''|accessdate=October 22, 2011}}</ref> Area Democrats, including Doerge, endorsed Reynolds, who like Doerge is a former educator.
In 2007, then [[U.S. Senator]] [[David Vitter]]'s campaign organization, the Louisiana Committee for a Republican Majority, has urged primary voters to support either Broughton or Holland but omitted de Pingre from the recommended choices.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/newsflash/index.ssf/story/a-look-at-the-la-races-targeted-by-vitter-group/040a85707eb64de5a2df981301da0733|title=A look at the La. races targeted by the Vitter group|date=August 4, 2011|publisher=''The New Orleans Times-Picayune''|accessdate=October 22, 2011}}</ref> Area Democrats, including Doerge, endorsed Reynolds, who like Doerge is a former educator.
Reynolds led the four-candidate field with 3,725 votes (39 percent), and de Pingre trailed with 2,498 votes (26.1 percent). Both candidates backed by Senator Vitter finished out of the running. Gerald Holland received 2,131 votes (22.3 percent), and Ronnie Broughton, Doerge's opponent from 2007, trailed with 1,205 votes (12.6 percent).<ref name=returns/>
Reynolds led the four-candidate field with 3,725 votes (39 percent), and de Pingre trailed with 2,498 votes (26.1 percent). Both candidates backed by Senator Vitter finished out of the running. Gerald Holland received 2,131 votes (22.3 percent), and Ronnie Broughton, Doerge's opponent from 2007, trailed with 1,205 votes (12.6 percent).<ref name=returns/>