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Prior to the city elections, Malone filed suit in a bid to force Democratic city council candidate Joe Shyne off the ballot because Shyne is a former felon. However, the courts ruled in Shyne's favor because Shyne had been [[pardon]]ed by Governor Foster for a crime in which he had been convicted in a federal, rather than state, court.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lasc.org/opinions/2006/06C2190.pdf |title=Opinions |publisher=lasc.org|accessdate=October 15, 2011}}</ref>
Among those who sought to succeed Senator Malone were outgoing District 9 state Representative [[Billy Montgomery]] of [[Bossier City]], who was term-limited himself as a state House member, and Montgomery's former House colleague, [[B. L. "Buddy" Shaw]], a retired Shreveport educator and parish school board member. Shaw defeated Montgomery, 57-43 percent, for the right to succeed Malone.<ref<>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 17, 2007.</ref>
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