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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 [[J. D. DeBlieux]], 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 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 [[J. D. DeBlieux]], 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]] 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>

Guice re-entered politics in the 1996 race, after Democratic U.S. Senator [[J. Bennett Johnston, Jr.]], Ellender's long-term successor, first elected in 1972, retired after four terms. Guice was a minor candidate in that race, having finished with 15,277 votes (1.24 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, September 21, 1996.</ref> Victory went to the Democrat [[Mary Landrieu]], a narrow disputed winner in a runoff contest over state Representative [[Woody Jenkins]]. At some point thereafter, Guice began donating to Republican candidates.​

Guice re-entered politics in the 1996 race, after Democratic U.S. Senator [[J. Bennett Johnston, Jr.]], Ellender's long-term successor, first elected in 1972, retired after four terms. Guice was a minor candidate in that race, having finished with 15,277 votes (1.24 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, September 21, 1996.</ref> Victory went to the Democrat [[Mary Landrieu]], a narrow disputed winner in a runoff contest over state Representative [[Woody Jenkins]]. At some point thereafter, Guice began donating to Republican candidates.​