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Four years later in 1991, Ellington overwhelmed intra-party rival Dennis Grady Stewart (born 1953) of Rayville in Richland Parish, 13,211 (72 percent) to 5,060 (28 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 19, 1991.</ref> In 1995, Ellington first won his Senate seat, when the incumbent Democrat Steve D. Thompson of Winnsboro, did not seek a third term. He went into a general election with fellow Democrat Roy Eugene Hebron (born 1954) of Ball in northern Rapides Parish, 19,325 votes (48 percent) to 16,076 (40 percent). [[Independent]] candidate Paul A. Nugent received the critical 5,048 remaining votes (12 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 21, 1995.</ref> In the following one-on-one match with Hebron, Ellington prevailed, 21,703 (53 percent) to 19,180 (47 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 18, 1995.</ref>
Four years later in 1991, Ellington overwhelmed intra-party rival Dennis Grady Stewart (born 1953) of Rayville in Richland Parish, 13,211 (72 percent) to 5,060 (28 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 19, 1991.</ref> In 1995, Ellington first won his Senate seat, when the incumbent Democrat Steve D. Thompson of Winnsboro, did not seek a third term. He went into a general election with fellow Democrat Roy Eugene Hebron (born 1954) of Ball in northern Rapides Parish, 19,325 votes (48 percent) to 16,076 (40 percent). [[Independent]] candidate Paul A. Nugent received the critical 5,048 remaining votes (12 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 21, 1995.</ref> In the following one-on-one match with Hebron, Ellington prevailed, 21,703 (53 percent) to 19,180 (47 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 18, 1995.</ref>
Ellington handily won reelection to the Senate on October 23, 1991, when he defeated his first and only Republican opponent, Larry Bruce Minton (born 1945 of [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]] in Rapides Parish),<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 23, 1999.</ref> In 2003, Ellington won his last Senate term in an easy contest with fellow Democrat James "Jim" Hearns (born 1952) of Columbia, 27,021 (80 percent) to 6,497 (20 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 4, 2003.</ref>
Ellington handily won reelection to the Senate on October 23, 1991, when he defeated his first and only Republican opponent, Larry Bruce Minton (born 1945 of [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]] in Rapides Parish),<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 23, 1999.</ref> In 2003, Ellington won his last Senate term in an easy contest with fellow Democrat James "Jim" Hearns (born 1952) of Columbia, 27,021 (80 percent) to 6,497 (20 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 4, 2003.</ref>
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