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|name=John Lance Harris

|name=John Lance Harris

|birth_date=June 11, 1961

|birth_date=June 11, 1961

|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]

|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]

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'''John Lance Harris''' (born June 11, 1961) is a [[business]]man, farmer, and [[cattle]]man from [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], [[Louisiana]], who is [[Republican]] member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from District 25, which encompasses the southern and western portions of Rapides Parish. He is the House Republican Leader. Harris owns the Leebo's chain of convenience stores.<ref name=adtt>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20111013/NEWS01/110130327/Byrd-Harris-vying-open-Louisiana-House-District-25-seat|title=Byrd, Harris vying for open Louisiana House District 25 seat|publisher=''Alexandria Daily Town Talk'', October 13, 2011|accessdate=October 24, 2011}}</ref>

'''John Lance Harris''' (born June 11, 1961) is a [[business]]man, farmer, and [[cattle]]man from [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], [[Louisiana]], who is [[Republican Party|Republican]] member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 25, which encompasses the southern and western portions of Rapides Parish. He is the House Republican Leader. Harris owns the Leebo's chain of convenience stores.<ref name=adtt>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20111013/NEWS01/110130327/Byrd-Harris-vying-open-Louisiana-House-District-25-seat|title=Byrd, Harris vying for open Louisiana House District 25 seat|publisher=''Alexandria Daily Town Talk'', October 13, 2011|accessdate=October 24, 2011}}</ref>

   

   

Harris is the former chairman of the England Authority Board of Commissioners.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20111023/NEWS01/310230008/Hazel-re-elected-House-District-27-Harris-wins-House-District-25-seat|title=Hazel re-elected in House Distrrict 27; Harris wins House District 25|publisher=''|Alexandria Daily Town Talk'', October 23, 2011|accessdate=October 24, 2011}}</ref> Reared in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]], located across the Red River from Alexandria, Harris is a graduate of the leadership program of the "good governmenjt" group, the Council for a Better Louisiana. He is a member of the World Trade Center in [[New Orleans]], the Louisiana Restaurant Association, and the Louisiana Oil Marketers Association.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.electlanceharris.com/meet.php|title=Lance Harris for State Representative|publisher=electlanceharris.com|accessdate=October 24, 2011}}</ref>  

Harris is the former chairman of the England Authority Board of Commissioners.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20111023/NEWS01/310230008/Hazel-re-elected-House-District-27-Harris-wins-House-District-25-seat|title=Hazel re-elected in House District 27; Harris wins House District 25|publisher=''Alexandria Daily Town Talk''|date=October 23, 2011|accessdate=October 24, 2011}}</ref> Reared in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]], located across the Red River from Alexandria, Harris is a graduate of the leadership program of the "good governmenjt" group, the Council for a Better Louisiana. He is a member of the World Trade Center in [[New Orleans]], the Louisiana Restaurant Association, and the Louisiana Oil Marketers Association.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.electlanceharris.com/meet.php|title=Lance Harris for State Representative|publisher=electlanceharris.com|accessdate=October 24, 2011}}</ref>  

   

   

In the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 22, 2011, Harris defeated his only opponent, fellow Republican Barett Byrd, a retired colonel in the [[United States Marine Corps]] from Woodworth.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20110715/NEWS01/107150336/Byrd-seek-Louisiana-House-District-25-seat-held-by-Roy|title=Byrd to seek Louisiana District 25 seat held by Roy|publisher=''Alexandria Daily Town Talk'', July 14, 2011|accessdate=August 5, 2011}}</ref>  

In the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 22, 2011, Harris defeated his only opponent, fellow Republican Barett Byrd, a retired colonel in the [[United States Marine Corps]] from Woodworth.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20110715/NEWS01/107150336/Byrd-seek-Louisiana-House-District-25-seat-held-by-Roy|title=Byrd to seek Louisiana District 25 seat held by Roy|publisher=''Alexandria Daily Town Talk'', July 14, 2011|accessdate=August 5, 2011}}</ref>  

   

   

Byrd had been endorsed by the Louisiana Committee for a Republican Majority, established by U.S. Senator [[David Vitter]] with the goal of increasing Republican representation in both houses of the Louisiana legislature.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/newsflash/index.ssf/story/a-look-at-the-la-races-targeted-by-vitter-group/040a85707eb64de5a2df981301da0733|title=A look at the La. races targeted by the Vitter group, August 4, 2011|publisher=nola.com|accessdate=October 22, 2011}}</ref> Byrd also carried the backing of the Louisiana Republican Party, the Rapides Parish Republican Executive Committee, and the website LouisianaConservative.com.<ref name=adtt/> Neither Harris nor Byrd was endorsed by Governor [[Bobby Jindal]], who was himself handily elected to a second term in office in the 2011 primary.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theind.com/news/9023-jindal-weighs-in-on-oct-22-election|title=Jindal weighs in on Oct. 22 election|publisher=theind.com|accessdate=October 24, 2011}}</ref>

Byrd had been endorsed by the Louisiana Committee for a Republican Majority, established by U.S. Senator [[David Vitter]] with the goal of increasing Republican representation in both houses of the Louisiana legislature.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/newsflash/index.ssf/story/a-look-at-the-la-races-targeted-by-vitter-group/040a85707eb64de5a2df981301da0733|title=A look at the La. races targeted by the Vitter group, August 4, 2011|publisher=nola.com|accessdate=October 22, 2011}}</ref> Byrd also carried the backing of the Louisiana Republican Party, the Rapides Parish Republican Executive Committee, and the website LouisianaConservative.com.<ref name=adtt/> Neither Harris nor Byrd was endorsed by Governor [[Bobby Jindal]], who was himself handily elected to a second term in office in the 2011 primary.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theind.com/news/9023-jindal-weighs-in-on-oct-22-election|title=Jindal weighs in on Oct. 22 election|publisher=theind.com|accessdate=October 24, 2011}}</ref>

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