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Wiggins ran for the state Senate when [[B. G. Dyess]], an Alexandria [[Southern Baptist]] minister and former Rapides Parish registrar of voters, declined to seek a second term, having served only from 1996 to 2000. In the primary held on October 23, 1999, McPherson prevailed, 13,820 (50.4 percent) to Wiggins's 12,393 (45.2 percent), and another 1,212 votes (4.4 percent) for Democrat Jerry M. Guillory.<ref name=oct99/>

Wiggins ran for the state Senate when [[B. G. Dyess]], an Alexandria [[Southern Baptist]] minister and former Rapides Parish registrar of voters, declined to seek a second term, having served only from 1996 to 2000. In the primary held on October 23, 1999, McPherson prevailed, 13,820 (50.4 percent) to Wiggins's 12,393 (45.2 percent), and another 1,212 votes (4.4 percent) for Democrat Jerry M. Guillory.<ref name=oct99/>

Wiggins is a contributor to such Republicans as former [[U.S. Representative]] [[Rodney Alexander]], former [[U.S. Senator]] [[David Vitter]], and the 2002 Republican senatorial nominee Suzanne Haik Terrell of [[New Orleans, defeated by the Democratic incumbent [[Mary Landrieu], who won the second of her three terms.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://watchdog.net/contrib/71301/randy_wiggins|title=Randy Wiggins from zip code 71301|publisher=watchdog.net|accessdate=September 19, 2009; no longer on-line}}</ref> In 1998, he contributed to current Insurance Commissioner [[Jim Donelon]] in Donelon’s unsuccessful Republican challenge to U.S. Senator [[John Breaux]] of Crowley in Acadia Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.city-data.com/elec2/elec-PINEVILLE-LA.html|title=Pineville, LA Political Contributions by Individuals|publisher=city-data.com|accessdate=December 27, 2019}}</ref>

Wiggins is a contributor to such Republicans as former [[U.S. Representative]] [[Rodney Alexander]], former [[U.S. Senator]] [[David Vitter]], and the 2002 Republican senatorial nominee, Suzanne Haik Terrell of [[New Orleans]], defeated by the Democratic incumbent [[Mary Landrieu]], who won the second of her three terms.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://watchdog.net/contrib/71301/randy_wiggins|title=Randy Wiggins from zip code 71301|publisher=watchdog.net|accessdate=September 19, 2009; no longer on-line}}</ref> In 1998, he contributed to current Insurance Commissioner [[Jim Donelon]] in Donelon’s unsuccessful Republican challenge to U.S. Senator [[John Breaux]] of Crowley in Acadia Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.city-data.com/elec2/elec-PINEVILLE-LA.html|title=Pineville, LA Political Contributions by Individuals|publisher=city-data.com|accessdate=December 27, 2019}}</ref>

In 2011, Wiggins failed in a bid to unseat fellow Republican State Representative [[Chris Hazel]] of Ball, north of Pineville, who won a second term in the District 27 seat<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Return, October 22, 2011.</ref> since elected to a state district judgeship.  

In 2011, Wiggins failed in a bid to unseat fellow Republican State Representative [[Chris Hazel]] of Ball, north of Pineville, who won a second term in the District 27 seat<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Return, October 22, 2011.</ref> since elected to a state district judgeship.