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(3) As a baby, Gomez was strolled by his mother past the coffin of the assassinated [[Huey Long|Huey Pierce Long, Jr.]]<br>

(3) As a baby, Gomez was strolled by his mother past the coffin of the assassinated [[Huey Long|Huey Pierce Long, Jr.]]<br>

(4)) Gomez joined the [[Buddy Roemer]] administration at mid-term to become secretary of the Department of Natural Resources, through which capacity he worked to replenish the shrinking wetlands.<br>

(4) Gomez joined the [[Buddy Roemer]] administration at mid-term to become secretary of the Department of Natural Resources, through which capacity he worked to replenish the shrinking wetlands.<br>

(5) In 1989, Gomez was a colleague of controversial Representative [[David Duke]], whom he had interviewed as a journalist in the 1970s when Duke was running for a seat in the state Senate from Baton Rouge.<br>

(5) In 1989, Gomez was a colleague of controversial Representative [[David Duke]], whom he had interviewed as a journalist in the 1970s when Duke was running for a seat in the state Senate from Baton Rouge.<br>

In 1979, Gomez was named "Louisiana Broadcaster of the Year."[10 He sold the stations in 1988.[2]

In 1979, Gomez was named "Louisiana Broadcaster of the Year."[10 He sold the stations in 1988.[2]

In 2008, Gomez became operating partner and publisher of a free, weekly, [[conservative]] newspaper ''The Acadiana Gazette,'' which is distributed primarily in Broussard, Youngsville, and south Lafayette. In addition to his memoir and the novel Neat, Gomez has published two other books, ''Pelican Games,'' a novel based on a Louisiana gubernatorial campaign, and ''Slam Dunked,''based on the behind-the-scenes story of the basketball suspension of USL by the NCAA in 1973.[2]

In 2008, Gomez became operating partner and publisher of a free, weekly, [[conservative]] newspaper ''The Acadiana Gazette,'' which is distributed primarily in Broussard, Youngsville, and south Lafayette. In addition to his memoir and the novel Neat, Gomez has published two other books, ''Pelican Games,'' a novel based on a Louisiana gubernatorial campaign, and ''Slam Dunked,''based on the behind-the-scenes story of the basketball suspension of USL by the NCAA in 1973.[2]

==Lafayette legislator==

==Lafayette legislator==

The open seat in District 44 developed when Representative Allen Bares (pronounced BAH REZ)  ran successfully that year for the state Senate seat vacated by failed gubernatorial candidate Edgar G. "Sonny" Mouton, Jr., of Lafayette. In the 1979 [[general election]], when David Treen was elected governor, Gomez defeated a Republican woman, Mary Regan, the wife of a prominent Lafayette psychiatrist. She had been a volunteer nurse at the state Capitol and had developed an interest in politics through that experience. Gomez led in the nonpartisan blanket primary with 42 percent of the vote, and Regan trailed with 20 percent. Gomez recalled Regan as having "a very sweet demeanor, and I really didn't look forward to having to debate her" throughout a second election. Gomez ultimately defeated Regan, 76-24 percent. [11] He prevailed again in 1983 with 82 percent of the vote against a single Democratic opponent with the unlikely name of Cleophile "Bobby" Babineaux, who carried the backing of  [[organized labor]].[12]

The open seat in District 44 developed when Representative Allen Bares (pronounced BAH REZ)  ran successfully that year for the state Senate seat vacated by failed gubernatorial candidate Edgar G. "Sonny" Mouton, Jr., of Lafayette. In the 1979 [[general election]], when David Treen was elected governor, Gomez defeated a Republican woman, Mary Regan, the wife of a prominent Lafayette psychiatrist. She had been a volunteer nurse at the state Capitol and had developed an interest in politics through that experience. Gomez led in the nonpartisan blanket primary with 42 percent of the vote, and Regan trailed with 20 percent. Gomez recalled Regan as having "a very sweet demeanor, and I really didn't look forward to having to debate her" throughout a second election. Gomez ultimately defeated Regan, 76-24 percent. [11] He prevailed again in 1983 with 82 percent of the vote against a single Democratic opponent with the unlikely name of Cleophile "Bobby" Babineaux, who carried the backing of  [[organized labor]].[12]