The incumbent B. L. Shaw, a retired educator from Shreveport elected in 2007, decided not to seek a second term.
In the primary, Shaw and Montgomery had also faced two other Republicans, oilman Jay Murrell, a former Caddo Parish commissioner, Republican activist, and itinerant radio talk show host, and the businessman Barrow Peacock.
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