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==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>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 17, 2007.</ref>
Cain's Senate District 30 encompasses parts of Beauregard, Calcasieu,, and Vernon parishes in western Louisiana. In the general election held on November 17, 2007, to choose a successor to Cain, John R. Smith of Leesville defeated another Democrat Claude "Buddy" Leach, a former member of both the Louisiana House and the [[United States House of Representatives]] for Louisiana's 4th congressional district.<ref name=genelection/>
Cain's Senate District 30 encompasses parts of Beauregard, Calcasieu,, and Vernon parishes in western Louisiana. In the general election held on November 17, 2007, to choose a successor to Cain, John R. Smith of Leesville defeated another Democrat Claude "Buddy" Leach, a former member of both the Louisiana House and the [[United States House of Representatives]] for Louisiana's 4th congressional district.<ref name=genelection/>