In the jungle primary held on October 19, Gee had led the balloting with 4,512 votes (45 percent), compared to 3,734 (37 percent) for attorney Stephen J. Windhorst (born 1957) of Terrytown and 1,847 (18 percent) for the only Democrat in the race, Cynthia Davidson. In the November 16 general election, Windhorst was the big winner, 7,576 (61 percent) to Gee's 4,845 (39 percent). Windhorst, a son of State Senator Fritz Windhorst, who represented parts of Jefferson and Orleans parishes from 1972--1992, later left the legislature to assume a judge ship. Though _he_was among the first ten Republicans since Reconstruction to have been elected to the Louisiana legislature, Gee never became a well-known lawmaker outside of his district. <sep>, Pronoun: he