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In 1966, Guice challenged entrenched U.S. Senator [[Allen J. Ellender]] of Houma in Terrebonne Parish in south Louisiana. A liberal candidate who supported the [[civil rights]] agenda also entered the race, then state Senator Joseph Davis "J. D." DeBlieux (1912-2005), a Caldwell Parish native who represented a [[Baton Rouge]]-area district. Ellender swept to his sixth and, as it turned out, last term. Guice, unable to gain sufficient name recognition, finished last in the race with some 74,000 votes (11 percent).<ref>''Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report's Guide to U.S. Elections, Senate primary elections, 1966.''</ref>

In 1966, Guice challenged entrenched U.S. Senator [[Allen J. Ellender]] of Houma in Terrebonne Parish in south Louisiana. A liberal candidate who supported the [[civil rights]] agenda also entered the race, then state Senator Joseph Davis "J. D." DeBlieux (1912-2005), a Caldwell Parish native who represented a [[Baton Rouge]]-area district. Ellender swept to his sixth and, as it turned out, last term. Guice, unable to gain sufficient name recognition, finished last in the race with some 74,000 votes (11 percent).<ref>Senate primary elections of 1966, ''Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report's Guide to U.S. Elections.''</ref>

In 1975, Guice entered the first-ever nonpartisan blanket primary held in Louisiana for the open District 21 seat in the Louisiana House of Representatives. He sought to succeed Representative (and former state senator) [[J. C. "Sonny" Gilbert]] of Catahoula Parish. However, Guice, despite backing from the Concordia Parish [[sheriff]], did not make the second round of balloting, called the general election in Louisiana. [[Dan Richey]], a former neighbor of Guice in Ferriday, defeated former state Representative David I. Patten (1923-1998) for the state House seat.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2020 (Catahoula Parish)|accessdate=October 16, 2019}}</ref>

In 1975, Guice entered the first-ever nonpartisan blanket primary held in Louisiana for the open District 21 seat in the Louisiana House of Representatives. He sought to succeed Representative (and former state senator) [[J. C. "Sonny" Gilbert]] of Catahoula Parish. However, Guice, despite backing from the Concordia Parish [[sheriff]], did not make the second round of balloting, called the general election in Louisiana. [[Dan Richey]], a former neighbor of Guice in Ferriday, defeated former state Representative David I. Patten (1923-1998) for the state House seat.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2020 (Catahoula Parish)|accessdate=October 16, 2019}}</ref>