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|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]

|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]

|religion=[[Southern Baptist]]

|religion=[[Southern Baptist]]

|alma_mater=Louisiana College<br>

|alma_mater=[[Louisiana College]]<br>

New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary<br>

New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary<br>

[[Louisiana State University]] Law School

[[Louisiana State University]] Law School

Broadwater won the seat in a low-turnout general election held on November 19, 2011. He defeated fellow Republican George Holton, 2,800 (56.9 percent) to 2,125 (43.2 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical|date=November 19, 2011|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|title=Election Returns|accessdate=March 20, 2018}}</ref>

Broadwater won the seat in a low-turnout general election held on November 19, 2011. He defeated fellow Republican George Holton, 2,800 (56.9 percent) to 2,125 (43.2 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical|date=November 19, 2011|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|title=Election Returns|accessdate=March 20, 2018}}</ref>

Broadwater is a 1995 graduate of [[Southern Baptist]]-affiliated Louisiana College in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]]. He then graduated in 1998 from the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. In 2002, he received his Juris Doctor from the [[Louisiana State University]] Law Center in Baton Rouge.<ref name=runningforoffice>{{cite web|url=http://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/elections/article_27445281-e6de-54a4-b9db-99641ec73f03.html|title=Running for Office: Chris Broadwater (Louisiana House Distrit 86)|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=September 27, 2011|accessdate=March 20, 2018}}</ref>

Broadwater is a 1995 graduate of [[Southern Baptist]]-affiliated [[Louisiana College]] in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]]. He then graduated in 1998 from the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. In 2002, he received his Juris Doctor from the [[Louisiana State University]] Law Center in Baton Rouge.<ref name=runningforoffice>{{cite web|url=http://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/elections/article_27445281-e6de-54a4-b9db-99641ec73f03.html|title=Running for Office: Chris Broadwater (Louisiana House Distrit 86)|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=September 27, 2011|accessdate=March 20, 2018}}</ref>

Broadwater and his wife, the former Hilaria Nelson, have four daughters, Emma Grace, Rose Kathron, Maggie Frances, and Ruby Jane.<ref name=runningforoffice/> On election day, October 22, 2011, Broadwater was taken to an emergency room to have a chicken bone surgically removed from his throat. Following the surgery, his wife gave birth to Ruby Jane.<ref>Jeremy Alford, "Rookie Cheat Sheet", Thepoliticaldesk.com, retrieved Retrieved May 24, 2012.</ref>

Broadwater and his wife, the former Hilaria Nelson, have four daughters, Emma Grace, Rose Kathron, Maggie Frances, and Ruby Jane.<ref name=runningforoffice/> On election day, October 22, 2011, Broadwater was taken to an emergency room to have a chicken bone surgically removed from his throat. Following the surgery, his wife gave birth to Ruby Jane.<ref>Jeremy Alford, "Rookie Cheat Sheet", Thepoliticaldesk.com, retrieved Retrieved May 24, 2012.</ref>