born august american politician louisiana served democratic member represented district includes parts surrounding cities mount female served mayor mount candidate election louisiana 7th congressional district defeated republican contested general election campaign received national attention personal life born mount obtained degree owned small business worked real estate agent representative mount resides hometown husband attorney children career mount active community work organizations ran mayor winning democrat mayor tenure served president supported restoration efforts following hurricanes end mount testified congress support sponsored building amtrak station modeled older station destroyed fire effort succeed retiring state senator mount announced senate candidacy october addressing asked support elected mount resigned mayor city_council president took office senate mount served variety committees senate committees coastal restoration revenue fiscal affairs serving vice chair mount sponsors legislation health public service includes bills intended identify sex offenders enact term limits boards commissions responsible passing term limits amendment louisiana constitution november mount sponsored legislation merge new_orleans criminal civil district courts create childhood family learning center couple opening new care providers existing ones allow police suspend driver licenses teenagers problems school create state run internet database providing information quality health care providers mount responsible legislation louisiana water mandatory capacity chair committee mount declared major louisiana health care reform unlikely prior federal reform senator mount raised funds health care facilities mount support mount member number boards charitable organisations provides annual compilation louisiana louisiana standing national ratings term limits mount eligible serve senator congressional race mount ran congress succeed announced retirement run positioned conservative democrat supportive balanced budgets conservative social views emphasizing job creation health care opposition major democratic opponent jungle primary african american state senator father major republican opponent retired heart surgeon ran platform preventing tax increases passing new energy bill supporting mount believed weaker contestant run polls taken late october shown mount tied election contested ballot november mount garnered votes defeated thousand votes fell short majority second ballot mandated subsequent campaign mount criticized favouring tax cuts rich indifferent health care rejected attacks false stressed willingness work democrats turn portrayed mount liberal favoring tax increases mount criticized favoring social security unpopular position louisiana removed interests voters received endorsements senator represented 7th district fourteen years governor helped vice president campaigned behalf mount endorsed democratic primary opponent complained state democratic_party endorsement mount partially party funded excluded believed contributed narrow loss prepared suit federal court claiming state democratic_party violated voting rights act general election december defeated mount percent percent election low voter turnout democrats hoped big turnout district nearly quarter african american reliable democratic constituency analysis race suggested mount defeat helped open primary system democratic candidates work led conflict state democratic_party turn led suppressed voter turnout large number negative advertisements cited factor contributed low turnout mount mentioned strong support presidential election district carried percent following defeat mount ruled campaign seat campaign state wide office mount left senate succeeded republican state representative ran unopposed open seat campaign tax mount announced candidacy tax parish received votes percent primary held october promptly withdrew november general election victory went acting independent led primary votes percent candidate republican eliminated primary having received remaining votes percent electoral history mayor city lake charles threshold ballot april mount unopposed second term mayor senator october mount unopposed october october second term state senator 7th threshold ballot november second ballot december
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