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===Political arena===

===Political arena===

Even before he entered politics, he was involved in bringing Little League competition to Scotlandville. In 1972, Newman won the first of his three four-year term on the East Baton Rouge Parish Council as the representative from the Scotlandville area. In 1983, he was elected as the state representative  to succeed [[Joe Delpit]], who had also been the first African American city council member from Baton Rouge. Newman served a single term in the House from 1984 to 1988<ref>{{cite web|url=https://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2024: East Baton Rouge  Parish|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=October 16, 2020}}</ref> which corresponded with the third term of [[Governor]] [[Edwin Edwards]]. He defeated the 31-year-old lawyer Kip Holden, later the first of thus far two blacks to serve as Baton Rouge Mayor-President. Through his "Help Our People for East Baton Rouge" program, Representative Newman in 1985 raised $14,000 through bingo games to keep open three [[food stamp]] offices in north Baton Rouge, which had been marked for closure under state budget restraints. In the 1987 nonpartisan blanket [[primary]], Holden unseated Newman. The two subsequently became warm friends.<ref name=madeadifference/>

Even before he entered politics, he was involved in bringing Little League competition to Scotlandville. In 1972, Newman won the first of his three four-year term on the East Baton Rouge Parish Council as the representative from the Scotlandville area. In 1983, he was elected as the state representative  to succeed [[Joe Delpit]], who had also been the first African American city council member from Baton Rouge. Newman served a single term in the House from 1984 to 1988<ref>{{cite web|url=https://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2024: East Baton Rouge  Parish|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=October 16, 2020}}</ref> which corresponded with the third term of [[Governor]] [[Edwin Edwards]]. He defeated the 31-year-old lawyer Melvin "Kip" Holden (1952-2025), later the first of thus far two blacks to serve as Baton Rouge Mayor-President. Through his "Help Our People for East Baton Rouge" program, Representative Newman in 1985 raised $14,000 through bingo games to keep open three [[food stamp]] offices in north Baton Rouge, which had been marked for closure under state budget restraints. In the 1987 nonpartisan blanket [[primary]], Holden unseated Newman. The two subsequently became warm friends.<ref name=madeadifference/>

===Community organizing===

===Community organizing===