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From 1988 to 1992, during the administration of [[Governor]] [[Buddy Roemer]], Volentine served a single term in the state House of Representatives.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legis.state.la.us/members/h1812-2012.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives|publisher=legis.state.la.us|accessdate=January 2, 2011}}</ref> Volentine was unseated in the [[general election]] held on November 16, 1991, by his fellow [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Pinkie  Wilkerson]], an [[African American]] [[attorney]] from Grambling in Lincoln Parish. Volentine's defeat occurred after [[redistricting]] and in the same election in which [[Edwin Edwards]] returned to the Louisiana governorship for his fourth term in a ringing defeat of the unendorsed [[Republican Party|Republican]] candidate, short-term state Representative [[David Duke]]. Volentine had led Wilkerson in the nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] held in October 1991. He received 6,150 votes (46.9 percent) to Wilkerson’s 4,358 ballots (33.2 percent). Two other candidates held the remaining 20 percent of the vote.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 19, 1991.</ref> In the general election, Wilkerson unseated Volentine, 8,590 (51.8 percent) to 7,992 (48.2 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 16, 1991.</ref>​

From 1988 to 1992, during the administration of [[Governor]] [[Buddy Roemer]], Volentine served a single term in the state House of Representatives.<ref>{{cite web|url=

https://www.legis.la.gov/legisdocs/members/h1812-2020.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives (Claiborne Parish)|publisher=Louisiana House3 of Representatives|accessdate=January 29, 2020}}</ref> Volentine was unseated in the [[general election]] held on November 16, 1991, by his fellow [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Pinkie  Wilkerson]], an [[African American]] [[attorney]] from Grambling in Lincoln Parish. Volentine's defeat occurred after [[redistricting]] and in the same election in which [[Edwin Edwards]] returned to the Louisiana governorship for his fourth term in a ringing defeat of the unendorsed [[Republican Party|Republican]] candidate, short-term state Representative [[David Duke]]. Volentine had led Wilkerson in the nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] held in October 1991. He received 6,150 votes (46.9 percent) to Wilkerson’s 4,358 ballots (33.2 percent). Two other candidates held the remaining 20 percent of the vote.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 19, 1991.</ref> In the general election, Wilkerson unseated Volentine, 8,590 (51.8 percent) to 7,992 (48.2 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 16, 1991.</ref>​

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