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{{Infobox officeholder
| name=Max Tatum Malone
| office=[[Louisiana]] State Senator from District 37 (Caddo and Bossier parishes)
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| term_start=January 1996
| term_end=January 2008
| preceded=Greg Barro
| succeeded=[[B.L. "Buddy" Shaw]]
| birth_date=March 3, 1953
| birth_place=[[Louisiana]] (place of birth missing)<br>
Long-term resident of [[Shreveport]
| religion=[[United Methodist]]
| occupation=[[Petroleum]] and [[natural gas]] [[business]]man
| spouse=Elizabeth Ann "Betsy" Anderson Malone
| children=Mark, Mitch, and Marianne Malone
| alma_mater=Homer High School<br>
[[Louisiana Tech University]]<br>
Centenary College of Louisiana
}}
'''Max Tatum Malone''' (born March 3, 1953) is the president of Malone Oil and Gas Exploration Company in [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]], who served as a [[Republican Party |Republican]] state senator from 1996 until January 14, 2008. Term-limited in the District 37 seat, which includes portions of Caddo and Bossier parishes in northwestern Louisiana.
==Personal life==
Malone graduated in 1971 from Homer High School in Homer in Claiborne Parish]] in north Louisiana. He first attended [[Louisiana Tech University]] in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]]. There Malone and his brother John "Johnny" Malone were members of the Beta-Zeta Chapter of Tau Kappa Epsilon. He transferred to [[United Methodist]]-affiliated Centenary College of Louisiana in Shreveport, from which he obtained both a bachelor of science degree in [[geology]] and a Bachelor of Arts in [[religion]]. <ref name=enlou/>
From 1981 to 1986, Malone was a geologist for PAR Oil Corporation. In 1987, he formed his own company, Malone Oil & Gas Exploration. He is a member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists and the Shreveport Geological Society. In community affair, he is a Methodist [[Sunday school]] teacher as well as a former assistant cub master for the [[Boy Scouts]]<ref name=enlou/>
Malone and his wife, the former Elizabeth Anne "Betsy" Anderson, reside in Shreveport along with their children, Mark, Mitch Tatum Malone, and Marianne Elizabeth Malone.<ref name=enlou>{{cite web|url=http://www.enlou.com/officeholders/senatedistrict37.htm |title=Office holders district 37|publisher=enlou.com|accessdate=October 15, 2011; website no longer on-line}}</ref>
==Political career==
Malone could not seek a fourth term in the nonpartsan blanket [[primar]]y held on October 20, 2007. Among those who sought to succeed Senator Malone were outgoing District 9 state Representative [[Billy Montgomery]] of [[Bossier City]], who was term-limited himself as a state House member, and Montgomery's former House colleague, [[B.L. "Buddy" Shaw]], a retired Shreveport educator and [[school board]] member. Shaw defeated Montgomery, 57-43 percent for the right to succeed Malone.<ref<Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 17, 2007.</ref>
Malone's Senate record reflected a [[conservative]] bent: 90 to 100 percent support from the pro-business Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, 0 percent from [[Planned Parenthood]], 100 percent from the Louisiana Family Forum, 77 percent from the [[Christian Coalition]], and 22 percent from the Louisiana Environmental Action Network. Malone, however, has accumulated a 71 percent rating from the [[AFL-CIO]] and 60 percent from the Louisiana Association of Educators, the state's largest teachers' organization.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vote-smart.org/issue_rating_category.php?can_id=8997|title=Project Vote Smart: Interest Group Ratings|publisher=Vote-smart.org |accessdate=December 27, 2019}}</ref> Malone rarely voted to raise taxes and was hence nicknamed "No Tax Max."
Malone opposed the gaming industry. He rejected a proposed $50 million bailout for Harrah's Entertainment casino in [[New Orleans]]. He also opposed permanent dockside gambling in exchange for an increased tax with the proceeds earmarked for teacher pay raises.
===Election history===
In his initial election to the state Senate, Malone led in the primary with 10,422 votes (36 percent). Two [[Democratic Party|Democrats]], state Representative Melissa Scott Flournoy and [[incumbent]] state Senator Gregory John Barro, narrowly trailed with 9,470 (33 percent) and 9,166 (32 percent), respectively.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 21, 1995.</ref> In the general election, Malone defeated Flournoy—Barro was eliminated from the second round of balloting—by a comfortable margin. The outcome was 17,075 (59 percent) to Flournoy's 11,961 (41 percent). Malone may have benefited from being on the Republican ballot with successful [[Governor|gubernatorial]] candidate [[Mike Foster|Murphy James Foster, Jr]].<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 18, 1995.</ref>
Four years earlier, Flournoy had unseated incumbent Republican Representative Arthur W. "Art" Sour, Jr., to win a seat held for twenty years by the GOP.</ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 16, 1991.</ref> Also in 1991, Barro had defeated the Republican Ronald Bradford "Ron" Fayard (1946–2011), a Realtor from Bossier City, <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=ronald-bradford-fayard&pid=149165509&fhid=11119|title=Ronald Bradford Fayard obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=March 11, 2011|accessdate=March 11, 2011}}</ref> by a margin of 59-41 percent, an exact reversal of the 1995 result.
In 1999, Malone was challenged by a somewhat conservative Republican state representative, Robert E. "Bob" Barton, and a Democrat, Donald M. "Don" Pierson, Jr. In the primary, Malone led with 8,830 votes (41 percent) to Pierson's 6,973 (32 percent), and Barton's 5,966 (27 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 23, 1999.</ref> Malone went on to defeat Pierson in the general election by 249 votes: 7,297 (51 percent) to 7,048 (49 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 20, 1995.</ref> In 2003, Malone again defeated Pierson but by a larger margin in the two-man primary than he had in the 1999 general election matchup: 14,790 votes (60 percent) to 10,010 (40 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 4, 2003.</ref>
In 2006, Malone was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for [[mayor]] of Shreveport. He was a late entry into the race and was unable to procure sufficient campaign funding because many Republican donors had already decided months earlier to support former city attorney Jerry Jones. Malone not only failed to win a [[general election]] berth but finished in sixth place among eleven candidates with only 602 votes (1 percent) in the primary held on September 30.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, September 30, 2006.</ref>
Prior to the city elections, Malone filed suit in a bid to force Democratic city council candidate Joe Shyne off the ballot because Shyne is a former felon. However, the courts ruled in Shyne's favor because Shyne had been [[pardon]]ed by Governor Foster for a crime in which he had been convicted in a federal, rather than state, court.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lasc.org/opinions/2006/06C2190.pdf |title=Opinions |publisher=lasc.org|accessdate=October 15, 2011}}</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:Louisiana People
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:Geologists]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:State Senators]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:United Methodists]]
| name=Max Tatum Malone
| office=[[Louisiana]] State Senator from District 37 (Caddo and Bossier parishes)
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| term_start=January 1996
| term_end=January 2008
| preceded=Greg Barro
| succeeded=[[B.L. "Buddy" Shaw]]
| birth_date=March 3, 1953
| birth_place=[[Louisiana]] (place of birth missing)<br>
Long-term resident of [[Shreveport]
| religion=[[United Methodist]]
| occupation=[[Petroleum]] and [[natural gas]] [[business]]man
| spouse=Elizabeth Ann "Betsy" Anderson Malone
| children=Mark, Mitch, and Marianne Malone
| alma_mater=Homer High School<br>
[[Louisiana Tech University]]<br>
Centenary College of Louisiana
}}
'''Max Tatum Malone''' (born March 3, 1953) is the president of Malone Oil and Gas Exploration Company in [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]], who served as a [[Republican Party |Republican]] state senator from 1996 until January 14, 2008. Term-limited in the District 37 seat, which includes portions of Caddo and Bossier parishes in northwestern Louisiana.
==Personal life==
Malone graduated in 1971 from Homer High School in Homer in Claiborne Parish]] in north Louisiana. He first attended [[Louisiana Tech University]] in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]]. There Malone and his brother John "Johnny" Malone were members of the Beta-Zeta Chapter of Tau Kappa Epsilon. He transferred to [[United Methodist]]-affiliated Centenary College of Louisiana in Shreveport, from which he obtained both a bachelor of science degree in [[geology]] and a Bachelor of Arts in [[religion]]. <ref name=enlou/>
From 1981 to 1986, Malone was a geologist for PAR Oil Corporation. In 1987, he formed his own company, Malone Oil & Gas Exploration. He is a member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists and the Shreveport Geological Society. In community affair, he is a Methodist [[Sunday school]] teacher as well as a former assistant cub master for the [[Boy Scouts]]<ref name=enlou/>
Malone and his wife, the former Elizabeth Anne "Betsy" Anderson, reside in Shreveport along with their children, Mark, Mitch Tatum Malone, and Marianne Elizabeth Malone.<ref name=enlou>{{cite web|url=http://www.enlou.com/officeholders/senatedistrict37.htm |title=Office holders district 37|publisher=enlou.com|accessdate=October 15, 2011; website no longer on-line}}</ref>
==Political career==
Malone could not seek a fourth term in the nonpartsan blanket [[primar]]y held on October 20, 2007. Among those who sought to succeed Senator Malone were outgoing District 9 state Representative [[Billy Montgomery]] of [[Bossier City]], who was term-limited himself as a state House member, and Montgomery's former House colleague, [[B.L. "Buddy" Shaw]], a retired Shreveport educator and [[school board]] member. Shaw defeated Montgomery, 57-43 percent for the right to succeed Malone.<ref<Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 17, 2007.</ref>
Malone's Senate record reflected a [[conservative]] bent: 90 to 100 percent support from the pro-business Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, 0 percent from [[Planned Parenthood]], 100 percent from the Louisiana Family Forum, 77 percent from the [[Christian Coalition]], and 22 percent from the Louisiana Environmental Action Network. Malone, however, has accumulated a 71 percent rating from the [[AFL-CIO]] and 60 percent from the Louisiana Association of Educators, the state's largest teachers' organization.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vote-smart.org/issue_rating_category.php?can_id=8997|title=Project Vote Smart: Interest Group Ratings|publisher=Vote-smart.org |accessdate=December 27, 2019}}</ref> Malone rarely voted to raise taxes and was hence nicknamed "No Tax Max."
Malone opposed the gaming industry. He rejected a proposed $50 million bailout for Harrah's Entertainment casino in [[New Orleans]]. He also opposed permanent dockside gambling in exchange for an increased tax with the proceeds earmarked for teacher pay raises.
===Election history===
In his initial election to the state Senate, Malone led in the primary with 10,422 votes (36 percent). Two [[Democratic Party|Democrats]], state Representative Melissa Scott Flournoy and [[incumbent]] state Senator Gregory John Barro, narrowly trailed with 9,470 (33 percent) and 9,166 (32 percent), respectively.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 21, 1995.</ref> In the general election, Malone defeated Flournoy—Barro was eliminated from the second round of balloting—by a comfortable margin. The outcome was 17,075 (59 percent) to Flournoy's 11,961 (41 percent). Malone may have benefited from being on the Republican ballot with successful [[Governor|gubernatorial]] candidate [[Mike Foster|Murphy James Foster, Jr]].<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 18, 1995.</ref>
Four years earlier, Flournoy had unseated incumbent Republican Representative Arthur W. "Art" Sour, Jr., to win a seat held for twenty years by the GOP.</ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 16, 1991.</ref> Also in 1991, Barro had defeated the Republican Ronald Bradford "Ron" Fayard (1946–2011), a Realtor from Bossier City, <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=ronald-bradford-fayard&pid=149165509&fhid=11119|title=Ronald Bradford Fayard obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=March 11, 2011|accessdate=March 11, 2011}}</ref> by a margin of 59-41 percent, an exact reversal of the 1995 result.
In 1999, Malone was challenged by a somewhat conservative Republican state representative, Robert E. "Bob" Barton, and a Democrat, Donald M. "Don" Pierson, Jr. In the primary, Malone led with 8,830 votes (41 percent) to Pierson's 6,973 (32 percent), and Barton's 5,966 (27 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 23, 1999.</ref> Malone went on to defeat Pierson in the general election by 249 votes: 7,297 (51 percent) to 7,048 (49 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 20, 1995.</ref> In 2003, Malone again defeated Pierson but by a larger margin in the two-man primary than he had in the 1999 general election matchup: 14,790 votes (60 percent) to 10,010 (40 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 4, 2003.</ref>
In 2006, Malone was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for [[mayor]] of Shreveport. He was a late entry into the race and was unable to procure sufficient campaign funding because many Republican donors had already decided months earlier to support former city attorney Jerry Jones. Malone not only failed to win a [[general election]] berth but finished in sixth place among eleven candidates with only 602 votes (1 percent) in the primary held on September 30.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, September 30, 2006.</ref>
Prior to the city elections, Malone filed suit in a bid to force Democratic city council candidate Joe Shyne off the ballot because Shyne is a former felon. However, the courts ruled in Shyne's favor because Shyne had been [[pardon]]ed by Governor Foster for a crime in which he had been convicted in a federal, rather than state, court.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lasc.org/opinions/2006/06C2190.pdf |title=Opinions |publisher=lasc.org|accessdate=October 15, 2011}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Malone, Max T.}}
[[Category:Louisiana People
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:Geologists]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:State Senators]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:United Methodists]]