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|name=Herman Ray Hill
|name=Herman Ray Hill
|image=Herman Hill of LA.jpg
|image=Herman Hill of LA.jpg
|office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative<br> for District 32 (Allen, Beauregard,<br> and Calcasieu parishes
|office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative<br> for District 32 (Allen, Beauregard,<br> and Calcasieu parishes)
|term_start=1992
|term_start=1992
|term_end=January 2008
|term_end=January 2008
Hill was term-limited and ineligible to seek a fifth term in the legislature in the nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] held on October 20, 2007. Lawmakers are now restricted to three terms. Instead his wife, Dorothy Sue Hill, also a retired educator, was elected to succeed him in the House.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 17, 2007.</ref> She served the full three terms. She defeated [[Republican Party|Republican]] convert [[James David Cain]], an outgoing state senator and a former Democratic state representative who had coincidentally preceded Herman Hill in the same state House seat prior to 1992.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 24, 1987.</ref>
Hill was term-limited and ineligible to seek a fifth term in the legislature in the nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] held on October 20, 2007. Lawmakers are now restricted to three terms. Instead his wife, Dorothy Sue Hill, also a retired educator, was elected to succeed him in the House.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 17, 2007.</ref> She served the full three terms. She defeated [[Republican Party|Republican]] convert [[James David Cain]], an outgoing state senator and a former Democratic state representative who had coincidentally preceded Herman Hill in the same state House seat prior to 1992.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 24, 1987.</ref>
Hill was a coach for the Beauregard Parish School Board. He and his wife own and operate T&H Hereford Farms.<ref name=pvs>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/93754/dorothy-hill#.VTes0MstEqQ|title=Dorothy Hill's Biography|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=February 28, 2021}}</ref> The couple has one son, Craig Ray Hill<ref name=pvs/> (born July 1968) an [[attorney]] in Allen Parish.
Hill was a coach for the Beauregard Parish School Board. He and his wife own and operate T&H Hereford Farms.<ref name=pvs>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/93754/dorothy-hill#.VTes0MstEqQ|title=Dorothy Hill's Biography|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=February 28, 2021}}</ref> The couple has one son, Craig Ray Hill<ref name=pvs/> (born July 13, 1968) an [[attorney]] in Allen Parish.
Hill was first elected in House District 32 in a runoff contest on November 16, 1991, with his fellow Democrat Thomas M. "Tommy" Abrusley (born c. 1959) of Oakdale in llen Parish. Hill polled 10,318 votes (56 percent) to Abrusley's 8,132 (44 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 16, 1991.</ref> In the previous nonpartisan blanket primary] on October 19, Abrusley and Hill emerged, respectively, as the top two vote-getters over five opponents, four of whom were Democrats.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 19, 1991.</ref>
Hill was first elected in House District 32 in a runoff contest on November 16, 1991, with his fellow Democrat Thomas M. "Tommy" Abrusley (born c. 1959) of Oakdale in llen Parish. Hill polled 10,318 votes (56 percent) to Abrusley's 8,132 (44 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 16, 1991.</ref> In the previous nonpartisan blanket primary] on October 19, Abrusley and Hill emerged, respectively, as the top two vote-getters over five opponents, four of whom were Democrats.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 19, 1991.</ref>