Reelection in 2007
Doerge easily retained her seat in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 20, 2007. She received 6,681 votes (57 percent) to 4,133 (35 percent) for the conservative Republican Ronnie Lavelle Broughton (born 1942) of Minden, the then president of the Webster Parish School Board. An African American candidate, Terrell Mendenhall of Cullen, polled 915 ballots (8 percent). Broughton had committed to the victorious Republican gubernatorial candidate Bobby Jindal, but Doerge had proclaimed her neutrality in the governor's race in which her former legislative colleague, Foster Campbell, was also a candidate.
In his campaign, Broughton questioned why Louisiana Highway 371 remains a two-lane road. He had promised if elected to "bring transportation dollars home to our area." Broughton also proclaimed himself a pro-life candidate: "Life starts at conception, marriage is between a man and woman, and the Second Amendment should be protected and held sacred."
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