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|residence=Ball in Rapides Parish noth of [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]]

|residence=Ball in Rapides Parish noth of [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]]

|occupation=[[Attorney]]; [[Judge]]

|occupation=[[Attorney]]; [[Judge]]

|religion=[[Episcopalian]

|religion=[[Episcopalian]]

|alma_mater=Holy Cross High School in New Orleans<br>

|alma_mater=Holy Cross High School in New Orleans<br>

University of New Orleans<br>

University of New Orleans<br>

Thomas M. Colley, Law School in [[Lansing]], [[Michigan]]

Thomas M. Colley, Law School in [[Lansing]], [[Michigan]]

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Hazel is only the second Republican ever to hold the District 27 seat in the Louisiana House of Representatives. He is only the third member of his party in modern times to represent Rapides Parish in the state House, the others having been the late [[Jock Scott]], who served as a Republican from neighboring District 26 from 1985 to 1988, and Randy Wiggins to, the District 27 representative from 1996 to 2000, who left the House after an unsuccessful challenge in 1999 to State Senator [[Joe McPherson]].}}

Hazel is only the second Republican ever to hold the District 27 seat in the Louisiana House of Representatives. He is only the third member of his party in modern times to represent Rapides Parish in the state House, the others having been the late [[Jock Scott]], who served as a Republican from neighboring District 26 from 1985 to 1988, and Randy Wiggins to, the District 27 representative from 1996 to 2000, who left the House after an unsuccessful challenge in 1999 to State Senator [[Joe McPherson]].}}