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==Running for the Louisiana legislature==

==Running for the Louisiana legislature==

Sour first ran for the legislature in 1964 on the [[Charlton Lyons]] [[Governor|gubernatorial]] ticket, but he was defeated by [[Democratic Party|Democrats]] in a multi-district race. In 1964, two Republican legislative candidates, [[Taylor O'Hearn]] and [[Morley Hudson]], were elected, but Sour and two other Republicans were defeated, [[Billy Guin]], later the last Shreveport public utilities commissioner, and Edd Fielder Calhoun (1931–2012), an insurance agent and civic figure originally from [[Oklahoma City]], [[Oklahoma]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=fielder-calhoun&pid=156372368|title=Obituary of Fielder Calhoun|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=March 9, 2012}}</ref> In 1968, Sour lost again in a race for the Louisiana House; all of the Caddo Parish Republican candidates were defeated that year except for [[Owen Adams]] of Greenwood in southwestern Caddo Parish. elected to the parish police jury, known as a county commission in other states.<ref>State of Louisiana, General election returns, February 6, 1968.</ref> Sour rebounded in 1972 to win the House seat, which he then held for twenty years.

Sour first ran for the legislature in 1964 on the [[Charlton Lyons]] [[Governor|gubernatorial]] ticket, but he was defeated by [[Democratic Party|Democrats]] in a multi-district race. In 1964, two Republican legislative candidates, [[Taylor W. O'Hearn]] and [[Morley Hudson]], were elected, but Sour and two other Republicans were defeated, [[Billy Guin]], later the last Shreveport public utilities commissioner, and Edd Fielder Calhoun (1931–2012), an insurance agent and civic figure originally from [[Oklahoma City]], [[Oklahoma]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=fielder-calhoun&pid=156372368|title=Obituary of Fielder Calhoun|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=March 9, 2012}}</ref> In 1968, Sour lost again in a race for the Louisiana House; all of the Caddo Parish Republican candidates were defeated that year except for [[Owen D. Adams]] of Greenwood in southwestern Caddo Parish. elected to the parish police jury, known as a county commission in other states.<ref>State of Louisiana, General election returns, February 6, 1968.</ref> Sour rebounded in 1972 to win the House seat, which he then held for twenty years.

==Defeating Frank Fulco==

==Defeating Frank Fulco==