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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 succeeded 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 succeeded fellow [[Moderate 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, 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>

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 2017, Gatti's brother, Robert Hal "Robbie" Gatti, Jr. (born March 1970), lost a special runoff election for the District 8 seat in the Louisiana House of Representatives to fill the seat vacated by U.S. Representative James Michael "Mike" Johnson of Benton, Louisiana. [[Raymond Crews]] was elected to succeed Johnson. He polled 3,845 votes (64 percent) to Gatti's 2,150 (36 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical |title=Election Results|date=April 29, 2017|publisher= Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=May 2, 2017}}</ref>

In 2017, Gatti's brother, Robert Hal "Robbie" Gatti, Jr. (born March 1970), lost a special runoff election for the District 8 seat in the Louisiana House of Representatives to fill the seat vacated by U.S. Representative James Michael "Mike" Johnson of Benton, Louisiana. [[Raymond Crews]] was elected to succeed Johnson. He polled 3,845 votes (64 percent) to Gatti's 2,150 (36 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical |title=Election Results|date=April 29, 2017|publisher= Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=May 2, 2017}}</ref>

Jeffrey D. Sadow, a political science professor at LSU in Shreveport who writes a column on state and local politics, questions Gatti's commitment to fiscal conservatism, noting the lawmaker's close friendship with Governor John Bel Edwards. Sadow claims that in his successful race in 2015, Gatti "adopted the standard Democrat playbook to eke out his win: articulate conservative preferences on social issues to mask his other big government views."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://press-herald.com/gattis-record-may-hurt-his-reelection/|title=Gatti’s record may hurt his reelection|date=February 21, 2018|publisher=''Minden Press-Herald''|author=Jeffrey D. Sadow|accessdate=February 22, 2018}}</ref> Gatti opposes school choice initiatives, as does the governor.  

Jeffrey Dennis Sadow, a political science professor at LSU in Shreveport who writes a column on state and local politics, questions Gatti's commitment to fiscal conservatism, noting the lawmaker's close friendship with Governor John Bel Edwards. Sadow claims that in his successful race in 2015, Gatti "adopted the standard Democrat playbook to eke out his win: articulate conservative preferences on social issues to mask his other big government views."<ref name=jds>{{cite web|url=http://press-herald.com/gattis-record-may-hurt-his-reelection/|title=Gatti’s record may hurt his reelection|date=February 21, 2018|publisher=''Minden Press-Herald''|author=Jeffrey D. Sadow|accessdate=February 22, 2018}}</ref> Like the governor, Gatti opposes school choice initiatives popular with many conservatives. In 2016, Gatti scored the lowest of all Republican senators in regard to taxation, spending, and regulations, even lower than several [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] colleagues. Then in 2017, Sadow noted that Gatti reversed course and scored among the highest of Republican senators on fiscal issues.<ref name=jds/>

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