Two educators, both since deceased, sought the representative's position, Ralph Lamar Rentz, Sr. (1930-1995), the former Webster Parish School Board personnel director, and Faye Newsome, the principal of Minden High School, but neither polled sufficient votes to enter the determining runoff election.
In 2003, two members of the Webster Parish Police Jury, including Charles Odom, the husband of Eason's former legislative opponent, and Daniel Thomas, questioned Eason's long-term tenure as the chairman of the North Webster Industrial Park.