2011 Election
Ellington changed his plans and did not seek reelection to the House in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 22, 2011. Voters chose a Republican successor in the seat, Steve Pylant of Delhi, the sheriff of Franklin Parish. Pylant defeated Ellington's previous opponent, Cleve Womack, 9,119 votes (56.3 percent) to 7,066 ballots (43.7 percent).
In 2012, Ellington was appointed to a $150,000 position in the Louisiana Department of Insurance as the chief deputy commissioner. He serves under elected commissioner Jim Donelon, another Democrat-turned-Republican. Ellington would succeed to the insurance commissioner's position were Donelon to vacate the post that he has held since 2006.
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