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==Political life==

==Political life==

Morrish won his Senate seat in the [[general election]] held on November 17, 2007, when he defeated the then Democrat Gillis James "Gil" Pinac of Crowley in Acadia Parish, who was  also 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><ref>Gil Pinac thereafter switched to Republican affiliation and ran third in  a [[special election]] held on April 4, 2009, for the Louisiana Public Service Commissi]. Former [[U.S. Representative]] Clyde Cecil Holloway of Rapides Parish won the seat after the second-place candidate, then state Senator  [[Joe McPherson]], also of Rapides Parish, withdrew from a runoff contest</ref><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 then Democrat Gillis James "Gil" Pinac of Crowley in Acadia Parish, who was  also 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><ref>Gil Pinac thereafter 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 of Rapides Parish won the seat after the second-place candidate, then state Senator  [[Joe McPherson]], also of Rapides Parish, withdrew from a runoff contest. See "Senator drops out of runoff for PSC," ''The New Orleans Times-Picayune,'' April 14, 2009, p. B2.</ref>​

Prior to his state Senate tenure, Morrish was the Democratic state representative 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 would hold for twelve years. Morrish was then unopposed as a Democrat for the House seat in the nonpartisan blanket [[Primary|primaries]] held in 1999 and 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legis.state.la.us/members/h1880-2008.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2020 (Calcasieu and Jefferson Davis parishes)|publisher=legis.state.la.us|accessdate=December 5, 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=December 5, 2019}</ref>  

Prior to his state Senate tenure, Morrish was the Democratic state representative 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 would hold for twelve years. Morrish was then unopposed as a Democrat for the House seat in the nonpartisan blanket [[Primary|primaries]] held in 1999 and 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legis.state.la.us/members/h1880-2008.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2020 (Calcasieu and Jefferson Davis parishes)|publisher=legis.state.la.us|accessdate=December 5, 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=December 5, 2019}</ref>