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Maness received his [[bachelor's degree]] from the University of Tampa in [[Tampa]], [[Florida]], and his master's degree from [[Harvard University]]'s [[Kennedy School of Government]]. He attended the Air Command and Staff College and the College of Naval Warfare.<ref name=ballot/> He and his wife, Candace, reside in Madisonville in St. Tammany Parish in [[suburb]]an New Orleans. The couple has five children.
Maness received his [[bachelor's degree]] from the University of Tampa in [[Tampa]], [[Florida]], and his master's degree from [[Harvard University]]'s [[Kennedy School of Government]]. He attended the Air Command and Staff College and the College of Naval Warfare.<ref name=ballot/> He and his wife, Candace, reside in Madisonville in St. Tammany Parish in [[suburb]]an New Orleans. The couple has five children.
In December 2015, Maness announced his candidacy to succeed Vitter in the Senate. With 90,812 votes (5 percent), Maness finished sixth in the primary election on November 8, 2016, held in conjunction with the U.S. presidential election in which [[Donald Trump]] handily carried the state over [[Hillary Clinton]]. The two leading Senate candidates, state Treasurer John Neely Kennedy, a Democrat-turned-Republican, and veteran Democratic former state senator and current Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell, compete in a December 10 runoff election for the right to succeed Vitter. Eliminated in the primary were Republican U.S. Representatives Charles Boustany of Lafayette and [[John Fleming]] of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]], two physicians<ref name=returns>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical|title=Election Returns|date=November 8, 2016|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=November 10, 2016}]</ref>
In December 2015, Maness announced his candidacy to succeed Vitter in the Senate. With 90,812 votes (5 percent), Maness finished sixth in the primary election on November 8, 2016, held in conjunction with the U.S. presidential election in which [[Donald Trump]] handily carried the state over [[Hillary Clinton]]. The two leading Senate candidates, state Treasurer John Neely Kennedy, a Democrat-turned-Republican, and veteran Democratic former state senator and current Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell, compete in a December 10 runoff election for the right to succeed Vitter. Eliminated in the primary were Republican U.S. Representatives Charles Boustany of Lafayette and [[John Fleming]] of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]], two physicians<ref name=returns>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical|title=Election Returns|date=November 8, 2016|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=November 10, 2016}}</ref>
who gave up safe House seats for the Senate race. [[David Duke]], a former figure in the [[Ku Klux Klan]], who joined the GOP in 1989 finished seventh with 58,581 votes (3 percent).<ref name=returns/>
who gave up safe House seats for the Senate race. [[David Duke]], a former figure in the [[Ku Klux Klan]], who joined the GOP in 1989 finished seventh with 58,581 votes (3 percent).<ref name=returns/>
Maness received some 112,000 votes fewer than he had in the 2014 Senate election and had been urged to drop out of the race to support the equally conservative Fleming, who led in six parishes but finished fifth in the voting. Maness is now pursuing a position with the incoming Trump administration in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/news/politics/elections/article_5bc8107e-a6d2-11e6-8011-9f0284eb23bf.html|title=Foster Campbell seen as facing steep climb in U.S. Senate race against John Kennedy|publisher=''Baton Rouge Advocate''|author=Tyler Bridges|date=November 9, 2016|accessdate=November 10, 2016}}</ref>
Maness received some 112,000 votes fewer than he had in the 2014 Senate election and had been urged to drop out of the race to support the equally conservative Fleming, who led in six parishes but finished fifth in the voting. Maness is now pursuing a position with the incoming Trump administration in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/news/politics/elections/article_5bc8107e-a6d2-11e6-8011-9f0284eb23bf.html|title=Foster Campbell seen as facing steep climb in U.S. Senate race against John Kennedy|publisher=''Baton Rouge Advocate''|author=Tyler Bridges|date=November 9, 2016|accessdate=November 10, 2016}}</ref>
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