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==Political career==

==Political career==

Morrish won his Senate seat in the [[general election]] held on November 17, 2007, when he defeated the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Gil Pinac]] of Crowley in Acadia Parish, a departing state representative from a nearby district. In a low-turnout contest, Morrish polled 11,186 votes (53.9 percent) to Pinac's 9,556 (46.1 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 17, 2007.</ref> Shortly after his defeat by Morrish, Pinac switched to Republican affiliation and ran third in a [[special election]] held on April 4, 2009, for the Louisiana Public Service Commission. Former [[U.S. Representative]] Clyde Cecil Holloway (1943-2016) of Forest Hill in Rapides Parish won the PSC  seat, after the second-place candidate, Democratic state Senator [[Joe McPherson]], also of Rapides Parish, withdrew.<ref>"Senator drops out of runoff for PSC," ''The New Orleans Times-Picayune,'' April 14, 2009, p. B2.</ref>​

Morrish won his Senate seat in the [[general election]] held on November 17, 2007, when he defeated the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Gillis James "Gil" Pinac of Crowley in Acadia Parish, a departing state representative from a nearby district. In a low-turnout contest, Morrish polled 11,186 votes (53.9 percent) to Pinac's 9,556 (46.1 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 17, 2007.</ref> Shortly after his defeat by Morrish, Pinac switched to Republican affiliation and ran third in a [[special election]] held on April 4, 2009, for the Louisiana Public Service Commission. Former [[U.S. Representative]] Clyde Cecil Holloway (1943-2016) of Forest Hill in Rapides Parish won the PSC  seat, after the second-place candidate, Democratic state Senator [[Joe McPherson]], also of Rapides Parish, withdrew.<ref>"Senator drops out of runoff for PSC," ''The New Orleans Times-Picayune,'' April 14, 2009, p. B2.</ref>​

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Prior to his state Senate service, Morrish was a Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 37 (Jefferson Davis and Calcasieu parishes) from 1996 to 2008. He won a special election in 1996 to succeed Gerald J. Theunissen, who resigned from the House upon election to the state Senate seat that Morrish won. Morrish was then unopposed as a Democrat for the House seat in the nonpartisan blanket primaries held in 1999 and 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2020 (Jefferson Davis Parish)|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=October 14, 2019}}</ref> Morrish switched parties on November 18, 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=272551|title=Our Campaigns: Louisiana House race 2005, party switch|publisher=ourcampaigns.com|accessdate=October 14, 2009}}</ref> Like Morrish, Theunissen, another Democrat-turned-Republican from Jennings, served first in the House and then the Senate. Theunissen, a banker, was term-limited and ineligible to seek a fourth Senate term in the 2007 primary. Meanwhile, Morrish was succeeded in the House by another Jennings Republican businessman, John E. Guinn, who ran unsuccessfully against [[Moderate Republican]] Mark Abraham for state senator in the primary held on October 12, 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_Reps/members.asp?ID=37|title=Louisiana House of Representatives: John E. Guinn|publisher=louisiana.gov|accessdate=October 14, 2009}}</ref>​<ref name=ereturns>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 12, 2019.</ref>  

Prior to his state Senate service, Morrish was a Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 37 (Jefferson Davis and Calcasieu parishes) from 1996 to 2008. He won a special election in 1996 to succeed Gerald J. Theunissen, who resigned from the House upon election to the state Senate seat that Morrish won. Morrish was then unopposed as a Democrat for the House seat in the nonpartisan blanket primaries held in 1999 and 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2020 (Jefferson Davis Parish)|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=October 14, 2019}}</ref> Morrish switched parties on November 18, 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=272551|title=Our Campaigns: Louisiana House race 2005, party switch|publisher=ourcampaigns.com|accessdate=October 14, 2009}}</ref> Like Morrish, Theunissen, another Democrat-turned-Republican from Jennings, served first in the House and then the Senate. Theunissen, a banker, was term-limited and ineligible to seek a fourth Senate term in the 2007 primary. Meanwhile, Morrish was succeeded in the House by another Jennings Republican businessman, John E. Guinn, who ran unsuccessfully against [[Moderate Republican]] Mark Abraham for state senator in the primary held on October 12, 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_Reps/members.asp?ID=37|title=Louisiana House of Representatives: John E. Guinn|publisher=louisiana.gov|accessdate=October 14, 2009}}</ref>​<ref name=ereturns>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 12, 2019.</ref>