 Sour rebounded in 1972 to win a House seat, which he then held for twenty years.When a single-member district plan took effect with the general election held on February 1, 1972, Sour, who was committed to the gubernatorial candidacy of fellow Republican Dave Treen of Jefferson Parish, upset Democrat Frank Fulco, a protégé of the Longs and a former member of the Share the Wealth Club, to win the first of his five terms in the legislature.Sour, in District 6, defeated Fulco, 5,564 (53.2 percent) to 4,886 (46.8 percent).