| | Marvin is a past recipient of the [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]] Civil Rights Award for Law, based upon his career work to expand the rights of the victims of crime and to promote public safety.<ref name=daoffice/> | | Marvin is a past recipient of the [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]] Civil Rights Award for Law, based upon his career work to expand the rights of the victims of crime and to promote public safety.<ref name=daoffice/> |
| − | In the nonpartisan blanket primary, often called jungle primary, held on November 4, 2014, Marvin, running as a Republican, won his third term as DA by defeating Whitley Robert "Whit" Graves (born October 29, 1954), a Shreveport native and a Republican attorney from Benton who has run and lost three separate elections for judge, most recently for the 26th Judicial District Court in 2012 against Mike Nerren.<ref>Whit Graves to seek Bossier-Webster DA seat." ''The Shreveport Times'', access date=July 29, 2014.</ref> Marvin polled 23,791 votes (52.9 percent) to Graves's 21,215 (47.1 percent). Marvin lost Bossier Parish, 53 to 47 percent, but his two-to-one margin in his own Webster Parish provided his victory margin.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Results for 11/4/2014. staticresults.sos.la.gov, access date=November 5, 2014.</ref> | + | In the nonpartisan blanket primary, often called jungle primary, held on November 4, 2014, Marvin, running as a Republican, won his third term as DA by defeating Whitley Robert "Whit" Graves (1954-2024), a Shreveport native and a Republican attorney from Benton who has run and lost three separate elections for judge, most recently for the 26th Judicial District Court in 2012 against Mike Nerren.<ref>Whit Graves to seek Bossier-Webster DA seat." ''The Shreveport Times'', access date=July 29, 2014.</ref> Marvin polled 23,791 votes (52.9 percent) to Graves's 21,215 (47.1 percent). Marvin lost Bossier Parish, 53 to 47 percent, but his two-to-one margin in his own Webster Parish provided his victory margin.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Results for 11/4/2014. staticresults.sos.la.gov, access date=November 5, 2014.</ref> |