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On October 20, 2007, Peacock finished third in the Senate primary election with 4,620 votes (18 percent). The two top votegetters in the race, Republicans Billy Montgomey and B. L. Shaw, met in the general election, in which Shaw emerged victorious.Louisiana Secretary of State, Primary election returns, October 20, 2007 Peacock also made two unsuccessful races for the Louisiana House in District 6, the most recent in a low-turnout special election held on February 9, 2008, against Republican Thomas G. Carmody, who prevailed with 4,027 votes (52 percent) to Peacock's 3,709 ballots (48 percent), a considerable improvement over Peacock's first race for the House when he polled 13 percent of the ballots.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Special legislative election, February 9, 2008</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bossierpress.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3392:ever-wonder-why-barrow-peacock-keeps-running-for-office&catid=7:other-opinion&Itemid=144|title=Lou Gehrig Burnett, "Ever wonder why Barrow Peacock keeps running for office"|publisher=bossierpress.com, June 1, 2011|accessdate=February 1, 2012}}</ref>

On October 20, 2007, Peacock finished third in the Senate primary election with 4,620 votes (18 percent). The two top votegetters in the race, Republicans Billy Montgomey and B. L. Shaw, met in the general election, in which Shaw emerged victorious.Louisiana Secretary of State, Primary election returns, October 20, 2007 Peacock also made two unsuccessful races for the Louisiana House in District 6, the most recent in a low-turnout special election held on February 9, 2008, against Republican Thomas G. Carmody, who prevailed with 4,027 votes (52 percent) to Peacock's 3,709 ballots (48 percent), a considerable improvement over Peacock's first race for the House when he polled 13 percent of the ballots.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Special legislative election, February 9, 2008</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bossierpress.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3392:ever-wonder-why-barrow-peacock-keeps-running-for-office&catid=7:other-opinion&Itemid=144|title=Lou Gehrig Burnett, "Ever wonder why Barrow Peacock keeps running for office"|publisher=bossierpress.com, June 1, 2011|accessdate=February 1, 2012}}</ref>

   

   

Upon taking office as senator, Peacock cast the only vote against Republican Governor Bobby Jindal's choice of John Alario, a [[Democrat]]-turned-Republican from Westwego in Jefferson Parish, to become the new president of the state Senate, succeeding the term-limited former Senator Joel Chaisson of Destrehan. In the campaign against Jane Smith, Peacock had voiced his opposition to Alario because the veteran lawmaker had been a key legislative ally in the state House during the four administrations of former Democratic Governor [[Edwin Edwards]] and had seemed unenthusiastic when he switched parties after so many years as a Democrat. Alario in turn gave Peacock the least-desired assignments in the chamber -- on the Retirement and Labor committees. "We'll have our differences, but we can still be colleagues and be sociable," said Peacock, who then hitched a ride with Alario's son  from Baton Rouge to [[New Orleans]] for the LSU-[[University of Alabama football game.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businessreport.com/article/20120123/BUSINESSREPORT0203/301239986|title=John Maginnis, "Standing Up to Jindal", January 23, 2012|publisher=businessreport.com|accessdate=January 31, 2012}}</ref>

Upon taking office as senator, Peacock cast the only vote against Republican Governor Bobby Jindal's choice of John Alario, a [[Democrat]]-turned-Republican from Westwego in Jefferson Parish, to become the new president of the state Senate, succeeding the term-limited former Senator Joel Chaisson of Destrehan. In the campaign against Jane Smith, Peacock had voiced his opposition to Alario because the veteran lawmaker had been a key legislative ally in the state House during the four administrations of former Democratic Governor [[Edwin Edwards]] and had seemed unenthusiastic when he switched parties after so many years as a Democrat. Alario in turn gave Peacock the least-desired assignments in the chamber -- on the Retirement and Labor committees. "We'll have our differences, but we can still be colleagues and be sociable," said Peacock, who then hitched a ride with Alario's son  from Baton Rouge to [[New Orleans]] for the LSU Tigers football game against the [[University of Alabama]] Crimson Tide.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businessreport.com/article/20120123/BUSINESSREPORT0203/301239986|title=John Maginnis, "Standing Up to Jindal", January 23, 2012|publisher=businessreport.com|accessdate=January 31, 2012}}</ref>

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