Editing Dave Treen (section)

===1962, 1964, and 1968 U.S. House elections===
In 1962 Treen joined the central committee of the [[Louisiana Republican Party]]. Encouraged by friends, Treen launched a campaign for the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] to serve [[Louisiana's 2nd congressional district]], based in [[New Orleans]], against incumbent Democrat [[Hale Boggs]].<ref name="Congress bio"/><ref name="NOLA obituary"/> Treen raised $11,000 for his 1962 campaign and lost the election, receiving only about a third of total votes.<ref name="builder">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091101222018/http://spectator.org/archives/2009/10/30/dave-treen-political-builder|archive-date=November 1, 2009|title=Dave Treen, Political Builder|last=Hillyer|first=Quin|work=The American Spectator|date=October 30, 2009|url=https://spectator.org/40636_dave-treen-political-builder/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1962 |url=http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1962election.pdf |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |access-date=April 27, 2020 |location=Washington |page=17 |date=1963}}</ref>

In 1964, Treen again challenged Boggs. In a year when Republican presidential candidate [[Barry Goldwater]] won the majority of [[1964 United States presidential election in Louisiana|statewide votes in Louisiana]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1964&fips=22&off=0&f=1|title=1964 Presidential General Election Results - Louisiana|website=Uselectionatlas.org|access-date=April 12, 2022}}</ref> Treen received 62,881 votes (45 percent) to Boggs' 77,009 (55 percent).<ref>{{cite web |title=Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 3, 1964 |url=http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1964election.pdf |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |access-date=April 27, 2020 |location=Washington |page=17 |date=1965}}</ref>

Treen ran again in 1968 in his third and final campaign against Boggs, who was then the House [[majority whip]]; Boggs won with 81,537 votes (51 percent) to Treen's 77,633 (49 percent).<ref>{{cite web |title=Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 5, 1968 |url=http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1968election.pdf |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |access-date=April 27, 2020 |location=Washington |page=17 |date=1969}}</ref> Following the [[1970 United States census]], Louisiana's 2nd congressional district was reapportioned to exclude parts of Jefferson Parish with strong Republican support, including Treen's residence.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ferrell |first1=Thomas H. |last2=Haydel |first2=Judith |title=Hale and Lindy Boggs: Louisiana's National Democrats |journal=Louisiana History: The Journal of the Louisiana Historical Association |date=Autumn 1994 |volume=35 |issue=4 |page=393 |jstor=4233145 }}</ref>