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'''Garret Neal Graves''' (born January 31, 1972) is the [[U.S. Representative]] for [[Louisiana]]'s 6th congressional district]]. On December 6, 2014, Graves, a [[Republican Party|Republican]], handily defeated the [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] candidate, former [[Governor]] [[Edwin Edwards]]. A native of the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]], Graves received 139,194 votes (62.4 percent) to Edwards's 83,773 (37.6 percent). In 1965, Edwards entered the U.S. Congress to represent Louisiana's former 7th congressional district and had been a fixture in state politics for nearly a half century.<ref name=ereturns>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical|title=General election returns|date=December 6, 2014|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=April 10, 2018}}</ref>
'''Garret Neal Graves''' (born January 31, 1972) is the [[U.S. Representative]] for [[Louisiana]]'s 6th congressional district. On December 6, 2014, Graves, a [[Republican Party|Republican]], handily defeated the [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] candidate, former [[Governor]] [[Edwin Edwards]]. A native of the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]], Graves received 139,194 votes (62.4 percent) to Edwards's 83,773 (37.6 percent). In 1965, Edwards entered the U.S. Congress to represent Louisiana's former 7th congressional district and had been a fixture in state politics for nearly a half century.<ref name=ereturns>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical|title=General election returns|date=December 6, 2014|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=April 10, 2018}}</ref>
Edwards and Graves had led in the primary with 30 and 27 percent, respectively. Among those eliminated in a bid for Congress was the strongly [[conservative]] former Louisiana state representative [[Lenar Whitney]].
Edwards and Graves had led in the primary with 30 and 27 percent, respectively. Among those eliminated in a bid for Congress was the strongly [[conservative]] former Louisiana state representative [[Lenar Whitney]].