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Line 40: − − ===House reelection=== − Champagne won reelection to a full term which she did not complete in the primary election held on October 22, 2011, having amassed more than two-thirds of the ballots cast over both Democratic and Republican opponents.<ref>Louisianan Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 22, 2011.</ref> − − In a [[special election]] to choose a successor for the year remaining in Champagne's House term, [[attorney]] [[Blake Miguez]] of Iberia Parish was elected to succeed Champagne.<ref>{{cite web|author=Zane Hill|date=February 22, 2015|title= Miguez a state rep |url=http://www.iberianet.com/news/miguez-a-state-rep/article_ca342a3a-ba4c-11e4-aa19-03a2cc5aad9d.html|publisher=''The Daily Iberian''|access-date= }}</ref> On January 13, 2019, Miguez is slated to become the House Majority Leader, replacing [[Lance Harris]] of [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]]. −
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Representative Champagne served on the House committees on (1) Appropriations, (2) Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs, (3) Natural Resources and Environment, (4) House Executive Committee, and (5) Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget. She was a member of the Acadiana delegation, the Legislative Women's Caucus, the Republican legislative delegation, and the Louisiana Rural Caucus.<ref name=bio/> In 2009, Champagne was rated 100 percent by the Louisiana [[Right to Life]] Federation and the [[conservative]] Louisiana Family Forum and 65 percent by the trade association, the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry.<ref name=vsmart/>
Representative Champagne served on the House committees on (1) Appropriations, (2) Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs, (3) Natural Resources and Environment, (4) House Executive Committee, and (5) Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget. She was a member of the Acadiana delegation, the Legislative Women's Caucus, the Republican legislative delegation, and the Louisiana Rural Caucus.<ref name=bio/> In 2009, Champagne was rated 100 percent by the Louisiana [[Right to Life]] Federation and the [[conservative]] Louisiana Family Forum and 65 percent by the trade association, the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry.<ref name=vsmart/>
Champagne won reelection to a full term which she did not complete in the primary election held on October 22, 2011, having amassed more than two-thirds of the ballots cast over both Democratic and Republican opponents.<ref>Louisianan Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 22, 2011.</ref>
In a [[special election]] in 2015 to choose a successor for the year remaining in Champagne's House term, [[attorney]] [[Blake Miguez]] of Iberia Parish was elected to succeed Champagne.<ref>{{cite web|author=Zane Hill|date=February 22, 2015|title= Miguez a state rep |url=http://www.iberianet.com/news/miguez-a-state-rep/article_ca342a3a-ba4c-11e4-aa19-03a2cc5aad9d.html|publisher=''The Daily Iberian''|access-date= }}</ref> On January 13, 2019, Miguez is slated to become the House Majority Leader, replacing [[Lance Harris]] of [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]].
===Special Senate election===
===Special Senate election===
Champagne ran in a [[special election]] for the state Senate but lost to a House colleague, [[Fred Mills (Louisiana politician)|Fred Henry Mills, Jr.]], a banker and pharmacist from St. Martin Parish. Mills also switched from Democrat-to-Republican in 2010.<ref name=ereturns>Louisiana Secretary of
State, Election Returns, January 22, 2011.</ref>
State, Election Returns, January 22, 2011.</ref>
Mills polled 12,812 votes in the special Senate election, or 60 percent of the total cast in the first round of balloting. Champagne finished second with 4,040 votes (19 percent).<ref name=ereturns/> Champagne campaigned as a "[[Ronald Reagan|Reagan Republican" and had the open support of Republican [[U.S. Senator]] [[David Vitter]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Can anyone knock out frontrunner Fred Mills in the District 22 state Senate race?|author=Nathan Stubbs |date=January 19, 2011|url=http://www.theind.com/cover-story/7633-fight-card |work=theind.com |accessdate=February 26, 2011}}</ref> Independent David Groner finished third with 2,534 votes (12 percent). The remaining ballots favored two other Republican candidates and a second Independent hopeful. No Democrats contested the position.<ref name=ereturns/>
Mills polled 12,812 votes in the special Senate election, or 60 percent of the total cast in the first round of balloting. Champagne finished second with 4,040 votes (19 percent).<ref name=ereturns/> Champagne campaigned as a "[[Ronald Reagan|Reagan Republican" and had the open support of Republican [[U.S. Senator]] [[David Vitter]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Can anyone knock out frontrunner Fred Mills in the District 22 state Senate race?|author=Nathan Stubbs |date=January 19, 2011|url=http://www.theind.com/cover-story/7633-fight-card |work=theind.com |accessdate=February 26, 2011}}</ref> Independent David Groner finished third with 2,534 votes (12 percent). The remaining ballots favored two other Republican candidates and a second Independent hopeful. No Democrats contested the position.<ref name=ereturns/>
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