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Blossman denied having broken any laws in sending out the letters.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lapolitics.com/showresults.php?id=6684 |title=Stunner: Jay Blossman Quits PSC race |date=July 18, 2008 |publisher=lapolitics.com|accessdate=July 17, 2012}}</ref>
Blossman denied having broken any laws in sending out the letters.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lapolitics.com/showresults.php?id=6684 |title=Stunner: Jay Blossman Quits PSC race |date=July 18, 2008 |publisher=lapolitics.com|accessdate=July 17, 2012}}</ref>
Former Commissioner John F. Schwegmann, using the "No Party" or [[Independent voter|Independent]] label, led a field of four candidates in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 4, 2008. Schwegmann led in the primary with 61,711 (41.8 percent) to the 34,206 ballots (23.1 percent) for Republican Eric F. Skrmetta of Metairie. The other candidates were [[Populism|populist]] Democrat-turned-Republican former State Representative [[Kenneth L. Odinet, Sr.]], of Arabi, with 33,470 votes (22.6 percent), and "No Party" Bruce C. Kincade, with 18,440 (12.5 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 4, 2008.</ref> In the November 4 general election, Skrmetta easily defeated Schwegmann, 222,268 (60 percent) to 149,220 (40 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, General election returns, November 4, 2008: http://electionresults.sos.louisiana.gov/weborb30/soselection/soselection.html</ref> Skrmetta was relected in a runoff contest on December 5, 2020.<ref> LPSC District 1 :: (louisiana.gov), accessed April 8, 2021.</ref>
Former Commissioner John F. Schwegmann, using the "No Party" or [[Independent voter|Independent]] label, led a field of four candidates in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 4, 2008. Schwegmann led in the primary with 61,711 (41.8 percent) to the 34,206 ballots (23.1 percent) for Republican Eric F. Skrmetta of Metairie. The other candidates were [[Populism|populist]] Democrat-turned-Republican former State Representative [[Kenneth Odinet|Kenneth L. Odinet, Sr.]], of Arabi, with 33,470 votes (22.6 percent), and "No Party" Bruce C. Kincade, with 18,440 (12.5 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 4, 2008.</ref> In the November 4 general election, Skrmetta easily defeated Schwegmann, 222,268 (60 percent) to 149,220 (40 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, General election returns, November 4, 2008: http://electionresults.sos.louisiana.gov/weborb30/soselection/soselection.html</ref> Skrmetta was relected in a runoff contest on December 5, 2020.<ref> LPSC District 1 :: (louisiana.gov), accessed April 8, 2021.</ref>
Oddly in April 2009, some three months after Blossman left the PSC, Clyde Holloway won a special election to fill a vacancy on the PSC in a neighboring district.
Oddly in April 2009, some three months after Blossman left the PSC, Clyde Holloway won a special election to fill a vacancy on the PSC in a neighboring district.