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Morris did not seek a third term in the House. Instead he challenged Democrat-turned-Republican [[James R. Fannin|James R. "Jim" Fannin]] of Jonesboro in the nonpartisan blanket primary on October 12, 2019, for the 35th District state Senate seat. Fannin led in the primary with 12,559 votes (39 percent). Morris received 11,782 votes (36 percent). Matt Parker, a Republican from Calhoun, finished with a significant 8,154 votes (25 percent). Fannin and Morris then met in the runoff contest on November 16, 2019.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 12, 2019.</ref>
Morris did not seek a third term in the House. Instead he challenged Democrat-turned-Republican [[James R. Fannin|James R. "Jim" Fannin]] of Jonesboro in the nonpartisan blanket primary on October 12, 2019, for the 35th District state Senate seat. Fannin led in the primary with 12,559 votes (39 percent). Morris received 11,782 votes (36 percent). Matt Parker, a Republican from Calhoun, finished with a significant 8,154 votes (25 percent). Fannin and Morris then met in the runoff contest on November 16, 2019.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 12, 2019.</ref>
Morris' House seat will be filled in 2020 by another Republican, [[Michael Echols]], a departing member of the Monroe City Council. Echols was unopposed for the seat in the 2019 primary. In 2011, Echols was the thrd-placed candidate eliminated in a runoff competition between Jay Morris and Sam Little.
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