In the primary held on October 20, 2007, Wooton, running as a Republican for the only time in his career, overwhelmed his lone Democratic opponent, Russell Hayden, 9,934 (77 percent) to 3,042 (23 percent) [REF].
In 2010, Wooton introduced legislation to force Governor Bobby Jindal to open more records of the state executive branch to the public.