From 2000 to 2012 , Gallot held the District 11 seat in the Louisiana House of Representatives . That district was established after the 1990 U.S. census to guarantee a black voter majority . Gallot won the position after the popular incumbent Pinkie C. Wilkerson of Grambling in western Lincoln Parish was killed on August 1 , 2000 , in a six-vehicle accident on Interstate 20 in Bossier City . At the time of her death , Wilkerson , committed to the Gore/Lieberman ticket , had been scheduled two weeks thereafter as a delegate to the 2000 Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles , California
2000 Democratic National Convention
2000 Democratic National Convention
Rick Gallot