| | Results for Election Date: 11/21/2015|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=November 27, 2015}}</ref> Ourso had won the position in a special election earlier in the year to fill the seat created by the resignation of Republican Hunter Greene, who was elected to a Baton Rouge family court judgeship.<ref name=bra/> | | Results for Election Date: 11/21/2015|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=November 27, 2015}}</ref> Ourso had won the position in a special election earlier in the year to fill the seat created by the resignation of Republican Hunter Greene, who was elected to a Baton Rouge family court judgeship.<ref name=bra/> |
| − | Edmonds is a pastor at the large Bethany Church in Baton Rouge. He is the vice president of the [[conservative]] Louisiana Family Forum.<ref name=bra/> He is a former pastor at the large Calvary [[Baptist]] Church in [[Shreveport]]. | + | Edmonds is a pastor at the large Bethany Church in Baton Rouge. He is the vice president of the [[conservative]] Louisiana Family Forum.<ref name=bra/> He is a former pastor at the large Calvary [[Baptist]] Church in [[Shreveport]], at which in 2010 he preached the funeral of his mother, Elsie Stone Edmonds. His late father, Richard Edmonds, Sr., owned and operated Louisiana Fence Company in Shreveport. Edmonds and his wife, Cindy, have four sons, Richie Edmonds and wife, Holly, and J. Ben Edmonds and wife, Candice, both couples from Baton Rouge, and Ryan Edmonds and wife, Karla, and Zachary Edmonds and wife, Stephanie, both couples from Shreveport.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ktbs.com/story/22317089/elsie-edmonds|title=Elsie Edmonds|publisher=KTBS-TV|location=[[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]]|accessdate=December 15, 2015}}</ref> |