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In 1980, Carter was an unsuccessful candidate for the [[United States House of Representatives]] for the 4th congressional district. He was eliminated in the nonpartisan blanket [[primary]], and the position went to [[Buddy Roemer]], later the governor from 1988 to 1992. Roemer defeated his then fellow Democrat, the incumbent Claude Anthony "Buddy" Leach in the 1980 [[general election]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carter2.html|title=C. Kay Carter, Jr.|publisher=politicalgraveyard.com|accessdate=May 1, 2010}}</ref> In 1978, Leach succeeded the popular Representative [[Joe Waggonner]], first elected in 1961 in a special election held to fill the seat of Thomas Overton Brooks (1897-1961), who died in office.
In 1980, Carter was an unsuccessful candidate for the [[United States House of Representatives]] for the 4th congressional district. He was eliminated in the nonpartisan blanket [[primary]], and the position went to [[Buddy Roemer]], later the governor from 1988 to 1992. Roemer defeated his then fellow Democrat, the incumbent Claude Anthony "Buddy" Leach in the 1980 [[general election]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carter2.html|title=C. Kay Carter, Jr.|publisher=politicalgraveyard.com|accessdate=May 1, 2010}}</ref> In 1978, Leach succeeded the popular Representative [[Joe Waggonner]], first elected in 1961 in a special election held to fill the seat of Thomas Overton Brooks (1897-1961), who died in office.
In 1983, Carter sought a state senatorial comeback but was blocked by incumbent]Democratic Senator Richard Grady Neeson, who had unseated Shehee in 1979 after her single four-year term.<ref>State of Louisiana, Secretary of State, Primary election returns, October 1983.</ref>
In 1983, Carter sought a state senatorial comeback but was blocked by incumbent]Democratic Senator Richard Grady Neeson, who had unseated Shehee in 1979 after her single four-year term.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Primary election returns, October 1983.</ref>
==Death and legacy==
==Death and legacy==