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Lonnie Odell Aulds<br>

Lonnie Odell Aulds<br>

Algie Dee Brown<br>

Algie Dee Brown<br>

Frank Russo Fulco, Sr.<br>

[[Frank Fulco]]<br>

Percy Joseph "P.J." Mills, Jr.<br>

Percy Joseph "P.J." Mills, Jr.<br>

Dr. James Robert "Jimmy" Strain<br>

Dr. James Robert "Jimmy" Strain<br>

Dayton Hollis Waller, Jr.<br>

Dayton Hollis Waller, Jr.<br>

Don W. Williamson

[[Don Williamson]]

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Willie Singleton

Willie Singleton

===Political life, 1972-1984===

===Political life, 1972-1984===

Dunn's first venture in politics was his relatively brief tenure on the Caddo Parish School Board from 1969 to 1972. Ironically, Don Williamson had also served on the school board, including a  stint as its president. Williamson left the board to assume his legislative seat just as Dunn was beginning his board service.

Dunn's first venture in politics was his relatively brief tenure on the Caddo Parish School Board from 1969 to 1972. Coincidentally, [[Don Williamson]] had also served on the school board, including a  stint as its president. Williamson left the board to assume his legislative seat just as Dunn was beginning his board service.

Dunn was elected to the state legislature from District 3 in the 1971-1972 cycle, which brought [[Edwin Edwards]] to the governorship. He worked in the House with Senator Williamson to obtain four-year status for Louisiana State University at Shreveport. He also fought to place Shreveport police and firefighters under the Louisiana state retirement system. He supported a successful constitutional amendment to require members of the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to run at the same time, rather than with staggered terms.

Dunn was elected to the state legislature from District 3 in the 1971-1972 cycle, which brought [[Edwin Edwards]] to the governorship. He worked in the House with Senator Williamson to obtain four-year status for Louisiana State University at Shreveport. He also fought to place Shreveport police and firefighters under the Louisiana state retirement system. He supported a successful constitutional amendment to require members of the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to run at the same time, rather than with staggered terms.

Dunn also obtained state funds for a master plan for the Louisiana State Fair, held each fall in Shreveport, and a master plan and outlay plans for the museum which he administered.  

Dunn also obtained state funds for a master plan for the Louisiana State Fair, held each fall in Shreveport, and a master plan and outlay plans for the museum which he administered.  

One of Dunn's legislative colleagues was Richard Harmon Drew, Sr. (1917-1995), of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] in Webster Parish. Drew's son, Louisiana Circuit Court [[Judge]] Harmon Drew, Jr., said that his father considered Dunn one of the hardest working and overall best legislators in Baton Rouge. Their terms coincided from 1972 to 1978, when the senior Drew returned to his previous post of Minden municipal judge.

One of Dunn's legislative colleagues was Richard Harmon Drew, Sr. (1917-1995), of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] in Webster Parish. Drew's son, Louisiana Circuit Court [[Judge]] [[Harmon Drew, Jr.]], said that his father considered Dunn one of the hardest working and overall best legislators in Baton Rouge. Their terms coincided from 1972 to 1978, when the senior Drew returned to his previous post of Minden municipal judge.

==1980 congressional race==

==1980 congressional race==

Though he maintains Democratic affiliation, Dunn endorsed Republican President [[Gerald Ford]], in the 1976 presidential election. In 1980, he ran for the 4th congressional district seat then held for a single term by former Representative Anthony Claude "Buddy" Leach, Jr., then of Leesville in Vernon Parish in western Louisiana. He finished fifth among the six candidates, including former state Senator Cecil Kay Carter, Jr. (1929-1987), of Shreveport, then state Senator Foster Campbell of Bossier Parish, and state Representative [[Loy Weaver]] of Homer in Claiborne Parish.

Though he maintains Democratic affiliation, Dunn endorsed Republican President [[Gerald Ford]], in the 1976 presidential election. In 1980, he ran for the 4th congressional district seat then held for a single term by former Representative Anthony Claude "Buddy" Leach, Jr., then of Leesville in Vernon Parish in western Louisiana. He finished fifth among the six candidates, including former state Senator Cecil Kay Carter, Jr. (1929-1987), of Shreveport, then state Senator Foster Lonnie Campbell, Jr., of Bossier Parish, and state Representative [[Loy Weaver]] of Homer in Claiborne Parish.

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The seat was won by Buddy Roemer, who unseated Leach in the runoff election; technically, the general election held on the same day that [[Ronald W. Reagan]] unseated Democrat [[Jimmy Carter]] for the presidency. When asked about his congressional race, the tight-lipped Dunn said simply, "I did not get enough votes." He declined to support either Leach or Roemer in the second round of balloting. Dunn received 8,208 ballots (6.7 percent). As predicted by some Republicans, Dunn polled more than enough votes to have kept the Republican candidate, James H. "Jimmy" Wilson (1931-1986) of Vivian, from a first- or second-place primary finish, presuming that Dunn voters' second choice in most cases may have been Wilson because the two shared ideas of fiscal conservatism.  

The seat was won by Buddy Roemer, who unseated Leach in the runoff election; technically, the general election held on the same day that [[Ronald W. Reagan]] unseated Democrat [[Jimmy Carter]] for the presidency. When asked about his congressional race, the tight-lipped Dunn said simply, "I did not get enough votes." He declined to support either Leach or Roemer in the second round of balloting. Dunn received 8,208 ballots (6.7 percent). As predicted by some Republicans, Dunn polled more than enough votes to have kept the Republican candidate, James H. "Jimmy" Wilson (1931-1986) of Vivian, from a first- or second-place primary finish, presuming that Dunn voters' second choice in most cases may have been Wilson because the two shared ideas of fiscal conservatism.