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{{Infobox officeholder
{{Infobox officeholder
|name= James David Cain, Sr.
|name= James David Cain, Sr.
|office=[[Louisiana]] State Senator for<br> District 30 (Beauregard, Calcasieu,<br> and Vernon parishes)]]
|office=[[Louisiana]] State Senator for<br> District 30 (Beauregard, Calcasieu,<br> and Vernon parishes)
|term_start=1992
|term_start=1992
|term_end=2008
|term_end=2008
|preceded=Bryan A. Poston
|preceded=Bryan A. Poston
|succeeded=John R. Smith
|succeeded=John R. Smith
|office2=Louisiana State Representative for<br> District 32 (Allen, Beauregard, and Calcasieu parishes)]]
|office2=Louisiana State Representative for<br> District 32 (Allen, Beauregard, and Calcasieu parishes)
|term_start2=1972
|term_start2=1972
|term_end2=1992
|term_end2=1992
In the end though, voters stuck with Donelon: 284,281 (50 percent) to Cain's 222,732 (39 percent), and 60,182 (11 percent) for the [[Libertarian Party|Libertarian]] S. B. A. Zaitoon of Baton Rouge. Had either Cain or Zaitoon polled an additional 1,368 votes, there would have been a second race between Donelon and Cain in conjunction with the November 7, 2006, general election.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, September 30, 2006.</ref>
In the end though, voters stuck with Donelon: 284,281 (50 percent) to Cain's 222,732 (39 percent), and 60,182 (11 percent) for the [[Libertarian Party|Libertarian]] S. B. A. Zaitoon of Baton Rouge. Had either Cain or Zaitoon polled an additional 1,368 votes, there would have been a second race between Donelon and Cain in conjunction with the November 7, 2006, general election.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, September 30, 2006.</ref>
==2007 state House election==
==2007 state House election==
In 2007, Cain, term-limited in the state Senate, sought to return to the Louisiana House in District 32. Democrat Dorothy Sue Hill, a rancher and retired educator from Dry Creek in Beauregard Parish, led in the primary with 6,254 votes (46.4 percent), followed by Cain's 5,528 votes (41 percent). Two other candidates, Democrat Benjamin Jack and No Party hopeful Richard "Dickey" Crider, held the remaining but critical 1,712 votes.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 20, 2007.</ref> Hill, the wife of former Representative Herman Ray Ray "Coach" Hill, then defeated Cain by 311 votes in the 2007 general election, 6,070 votes (51.3 percent) to 5,759 (48.7 percent).<ref name=genelection>ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 17, 2007.</ref></ref>
In 2007, Cain, term-limited in the state Senate, sought to return to the Louisiana House in District 32. Democrat Dorothy Sue Hill, a rancher and retired educator from Dry Creek in Beauregard Parish, led in the primary with 6,254 votes (46.4 percent), followed by Cain's 5,528 votes (41 percent). Two other candidates, Democrat Benjamin Jack and No Party hopeful Richard "Dickey" Crider, held the remaining but critical 1,712 votes.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 20, 2007.</ref> Hill, the wife of former Representative Herman Ray Ray "Coach" Hill, then defeated Cain by 311 votes in the 2007 general election, 6,070 votes (51.3 percent) to 5,759 (48.7 percent).<ref name=genelection>ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 17, 2007.</ref></ref>