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'''Nicholas Joseph Muscarello, Jr.''' (born July 2, 1974)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/nicky-muscarello/nickymuscarello|title=Nicholas Muscarello|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=March 24, 2018}}</ref> is an [[attorney]] in Hammond, [[Louisiana]], who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for District 86 in Tangipahoa Parish east of [[Baton Rouge]]. He won the special election over fellow Republican David Philip Vial, 2,524 (53 percent) to 2,279 (47 percent) in a turnout of just over 19 percent of registered voters.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical|title=Election Returns (Legislative)|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|date=March 24, 2018|accessdate=March 24, 2018}}</ref>

'''Nicholas Joseph Muscarello, Jr.''' (born July 2, 1974)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/nicky-muscarello/nickymuscarello|title=Nicholas Muscarello|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=March 24, 2018}}</ref> is an [[attorney]] in Hammond, [[Louisiana]], who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for District 86 in Tangipahoa Parish east of [[Baton Rouge]]. He won the special election over fellow Republican David Philip Vial (born July 2, 1952), also from Hammond,<ref>{{citer web|url=

https://www.mylife.com/david-vial/e907806203310|title=David P. Vial|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=March 24, 2018}}</ref> 2,524 (53 percent) to 2,279 (47 percent) in a turnout of just over 19 percent of registered voters.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical|title=Election Returns (Legislative)|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|date=March 24, 2018|accessdate=March 24, 2018}}</ref> Both candidates have July 2 birthdays.

Muscarello is one of the few Republicans in the nation a state legislative seat for his party since the inauguration in 2017 of [[U.S. President]] [[Donald Trump]].

Muscarello is one of the few Republicans in the nation to hold a state legislative seat for his party since the inauguration in 2017 of [[U.S. President]] [[Donald Trump]].

A Hammond native, Muscarello graduated from the [[Roman Catholic]] St. Thomas Aquinas Regional Catholic High School and Southeastern Louisiana University, both in Hammond. Muscarello, who is white, received his [[Juris Doctorate]] from the historically black Southern University Law Center in Baton Rouge. Prior to the establishment of his law practice, Muscarello was hired by the Indigent Defender Board for the 21st Judicial District Court, which encompasses Tangipahoa, Livingston, and St. Helena parishes. In that position, he handled hundreds of cases and participated in multiple jury trials.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fox8live.com/story/36486661/watch-live|title=Muscarello wins State Representative 86th District race|publisher=WVUE-TV (Fox 8)|date=March 24, 2018|author=Erin Lowrey|accessdate=March 24, 2018}}</ref>

A Hammond native, Muscarello graduated from the [[Roman Catholic]] St. Thomas Aquinas Regional Catholic High School and Southeastern Louisiana University, both in Hammond. Muscarello, who is white, received his [[Juris Doctorate]] from the historically black Southern University Law Center in Baton Rouge. Prior to the establishment of his law practice, Muscarello was hired by the Indigent Defender Board for the 21st Judicial District Court, which encompasses Tangipahoa, Livingston, and St. Helena parishes. In that position, he handled hundreds of cases and participated in multiple jury trials.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fox8live.com/story/36486661/watch-live|title=Muscarello wins State Representative 86th District race|publisher=WVUE-TV (Fox 8)|date=March 24, 2018|author=Erin Lowrey|accessdate=March 24, 2018}}</ref>