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'''Ryan Eugene Gatti''' (born June 1974)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Home/Home?uid=3363164|title=Ryan Gatti, June 1974|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=November 22, 2015}}</ref> is an [[attorney]] from Bossier City, [[Louisiana]], who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] member of the Louisiana State Senate for District 36, which encompasses Bossier, Webster, Bienville, and Claiborne parishes in the northwestern portion of the state. On January 11, 2016, he succeeds fellow Republican Robert Roy Adley, who was term-limited after thirteen years in the Senate.
'''Ryan Eugene Gatti''' (born June 1974)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Home/Home?uid=3363164|title=Ryan Gatti, June 1974|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=November 22, 2015}}</ref> is an [[attorney]] from Bossier City, [[Louisiana]], who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] member of the Louisiana State Senate for District 36, which encompasses Bossier, Webster, Bienville, and Claiborne parishes in the northwestern portion of the state. On January 11, 2016, he succeeds fellow Republican Robert Roy Adley, who was term-limited after thirteen years in the Senate.
Gatti narrowly defeated fellow Republican Henry Burns, a retired military officer, the owner of a cookie shop in Bossier City, and a departing two-term member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, originally from Shongaloo in Webster Parish. Gatti polled 14,023 votes (50.6 percent) to Burns' 13,698 (49.4 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/11212015/11212015_Legislative.html|title=Results for Election Date: 11/21/2015|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=November 22, 2015}}</ref>
Gatti narrowly defeated fellow Republican Henry Burns, a retired military officer, Bossier City businessman, and a departing two-term member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, originally from Shongaloo in Webster Parish. Gatti polled 14,023 votes (50.6 percent) to Burns' 13,698 (49.4 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/11212015/11212015_Legislative.html|title=Results for Election Date: 11/21/2015|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=November 22, 2015}}</ref>
In his campaign, Gatti ran as a strong intraparty critic of term-limited and failed presidential candidate [[Governor]] [[Bobby Jindal]]. He is also a close friend of incoming [[Democratic Party |Democrat]] Governor [[John Bel Edwards]], whom he met at the Louisiana State University Law Center in [[Baton Rouge]]. Edwards campaigned at Gatti's law office in 2014.
In his campaign, Gatti ran as a strong intraparty critic of term-limited and failed presidential candidate [[Governor]] [[Bobby Jindal]]. He is also a close friend of incoming [[Democratic Party |Democrat]] Governor [[John Bel Edwards]], whom he met at the Louisiana State University Law Center in [[Baton Rouge]]. Edwards campaigned at Gatti's law office in 2014.