Wayne Waddell [SEP] position held
Wayne Waddell
Leo Wayne Waddell (born October 14, 1948) is a Shreveport businessman and a Republican former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from District 5 in Caddo Parish. He ran unopposed in the 2007 nonpartisan blanket primary but resigned before he completed his third term in the body.
Background.
Waddell graduated from C. E. Byrd High School in Shreveport and received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Louisiana at Monroe, then known as Northeast Louisiana University. He has been the president of Louisiana Moulding &
to seek economic opportunity elsewhere.
Election of 2010 and first year.
Seabaugh was elected to the legislature in 2010 to fill a vacancy created by the resignation of Republican Wayne Waddell, who accepted the position of director of the Louisiana State Exhibit Museum at the fairgrounds in Shreveport.
Seabaugh received the backing of business and grass roots groups to win election. Despite being outspent more than 2-1 by his opponent, moderate Republican and Red River Bank president Harold Turner, Seabaugh mounted a spirited campaign and won a 57