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| term_end=2000
| term_end=2000
| preceded=James Patrick "Pat" Screen
| preceded=James Patrick "Pat" Screen
| succeeded=Bobby Simpson
| succeeded=[[Bobby Simpson]]
|birth_ date=October 3, 1943
|birth_ date=October 3, 1943
|birth_place=Zachary<br>East Baton Rouge Parish<br>[[Louisiana]], USA
|birth_place=Zachary<br>East Baton Rouge Parish<br>[[Louisiana]], USA
In 1996, McHugh, having defected to the Republican ticket, handily defeated a later mayor-president, Democratic state representative Melvin "Kip" Holden, 75,413 votes (66.1 percent) to Holden's 38,641 (33.9 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, September 21, 1996.</ref>
In 1996, McHugh, having defected to the Republican ticket, handily defeated a later mayor-president, Democratic state representative Melvin "Kip" Holden, 75,413 votes (66.1 percent) to Holden's 38,641 (33.9 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, September 21, 1996.</ref>
McHugh did not seek a fourth term as mayor-president in 2000 and was succeeded by fellow Republican Bobby Simpson. After his mayor-presidency, McHugh became executive director of the LMA, a nonpartisan position in an organization with more than three hundred municipal members.
McHugh did not seek a fourth term as mayor-president in 2000 and was succeeded by fellow Republican [[Bobby Simpson]]. After his mayor-presidency, McHugh became executive director of the LMA, a nonpartisan position in an organization with more than three hundred municipal members.
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