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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 instead 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 instead elected to a Baton Rouge family court judgeship.<ref name=bra/>   

Edmonds graduated in 1974 from Fair Park High School in Shreveport.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.classmates.com/people/Rick-Edmonds/8695255130|title=Rick Edmonds, Class of 1974|publisher=classmates.com|accessdate=January 1, 2016}}</ref> He is a pastor at the large Bethany Church in Baton Rouge. He is the vice president of the [[conservative]] Louisiana Family Forum and the former pastor of Parview Baptist Church in Baton Rouge. In the campaign, Edmonds hammered Ourso for voting eleven times for tax increases in the 2015 legislative session.<ref name=bra/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://theadvocate.com/news/13157193-123/baton-rouge-legislator-challenged-on|title=Baton Rouge legislator Darrell Ourso hammered on increased taxes at Republican forum|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=August 12, 2015|author=Mark Ballard|accessdate=January 10, 2016}}</ref>   

Edmonds graduated in 1974 from Fair Park High School in Shreveport.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.classmates.com/people/Rick-Edmonds/8695255130|title=Rick Edmonds, Class of 1974|publisher=classmates.com|accessdate=January 1, 2016}}</ref> He is a pastor at the large Bethany Church in Baton Rouge. He is the vice president of the [[conservative]] Louisiana Family Forum and the former pastor of Parkview Baptist Church in Baton Rouge. In the campaign, Edmonds hammered Ourso for voting eleven times for tax increases in the 2015 legislative session.<ref name=bra/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://theadvocate.com/news/13157193-123/baton-rouge-legislator-challenged-on|title=Baton Rouge legislator Darrell Ourso hammered on increased taxes at Republican forum|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=August 12, 2015|author=Mark Ballard|accessdate=January 10, 2016}}</ref>   

He is a former pastor too of 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>  

He is a former pastor too of 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>