 Blossman polled 133,455 votes (55 percent) to Schwegmann's 108,957 (45 percent).Blossman beat Schwegmann again in 2002, 104,963 votes (68 percent) to 49,643 ballots (32 percent).It was in the October 2002 primary that Schwegmann was first listed as an Independent or officially "No Party" on the Louisiana ballot.