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|preceded2=Charles Jones
|preceded2=Charles Jones
|succeeded2=
|succeeded2=
|office3=Louisiana State Representative for District 19
|term_start3=January 2020
|term_end3=
|preceded=Charles "Bubba" Chaney
|alma_mater=[[Louisiana Tech University]]<br>
|alma_mater=[[Louisiana Tech University]]<br>
University of Louisiana at [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]]
University of Louisiana at [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]]
In addition to his own Richland Parish, Thompson's House district included all or portions of East Carroll, Madison, Morehouse, Ouachita, and West Carroll parishes in northeast Louisiana. His Senate district included all or parts parts of Concordia, East Carroll, Madison, Ouachita, Richland, and Tensas parishes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://senate.la.gov/senators/senpage.asp?SenID=34|title=Senator Francis C. Thompson|publisher=Louisiana State Senate|accessdate=July 19, 2019}}</ref>
In addition to his own Richland Parish, Thompson's House district included all or portions of East Carroll, Madison, Morehouse, Ouachita, and West Carroll parishes in northeast Louisiana. His Senate district included all or parts parts of Concordia, East Carroll, Madison, Ouachita, Richland, and Tensas parishes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://senate.la.gov/senators/senpage.asp?SenID=34|title=Senator Francis C. Thompson|publisher=Louisiana State Senate|accessdate=July 19, 2019}}</ref>
Now term-limited in the state Senate, Thompson is seeking to return to his former House seat being vacated by the term-limited Charles "Bubba" Chaney, a Democrat-turned-[[Republican Party|Republican]]. The primary election is October 12, 2019, in conjunction with the [[Governor|gubernatorial]] contest in which incumbent Democratic Governor [[John Bel Edwards]] faces a divided Republican field, including [[U.S. Representative]] [[Ralph Abraham]], like Thompson from Richland Parish, and [[Eddie Rispone]], a [[Baton Rouge]] businessman.
Now term-limited in the state Senate, Thompson is unopposed in the nonpartisan blanket primary on October 12, 2019, to return to his former District 19 state House seat. He will hence return to the House in 2020 after twelve years in the Senate. The primary includes the race for [[governor]], in which incumbent Democratic Governor [[John Bel Edwards]] faces a divided Republican field, including [[U.S. Representative]] [[Ralph Abraham]] and [[Eddie Rispone]], a [[Baton Rouge]] businessman.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/candidateinquiry|title=Candidate Inquiry (Richland Parish)||publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=August 9, 2019}}</ref>
==Background==
==Background==