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publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=April 13, 2016|accessdate=April 16, 2016}}</ref>
publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=April 13, 2016|accessdate=April 16, 2016}}</ref>
On February 27, 2019, Pylant disclosed that he will not seek a third term in the state House in the nonpartisan blanket primary scheduled for October 12. Nor will be seek to succeed the term-limited Neil Riser in District 32 in the Louisiana State Senate. Pylant said that after thirty-seven years in the public sector, he will retire to his farm and raise [[cattle]]. Had he entered the Senate contest, his opponentswould have included fellow Republican John Stephens of LaSalle Parish and Steven E. May, the Democratic former sherff of Caldwell Parish.<ref>Sam Hanna, Jr., "Who Wants to Serve?", ''The Colfax Chronicle'', January 31, 2019, p. 4.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenewsstar.com/story/news/2019/02/27/rep-pylant-wont-seek-re-election-senate-seat/3002246002/|title=Rep. Pylant won't seek reelection or Senate seat|author=[[Greg Hilburn]]|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star''|date=February 27, 2019|accessdate=February 28, 2019}}</ref>
On February 27, 2019, Pylant disclosed that he will not seek a third term in the state House in the nonpartisan blanket primary scheduled for October 12. Nor will be seek to succeed the term-limited Neil Riser in District 32 in the Louisiana State Senate. Pylant said that after thirty-seven years in the public sector, he will retire to his farm and raise [[cattle]].<ref>Sam Hanna, Jr., "Who Wants to Serve?", ''The Colfax Chronicle'', January 31, 2019, p. 4.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenewsstar.com/story/news/2019/02/27/rep-pylant-wont-seek-re-election-senate-seat/3002246002/|title=Rep. Pylant won't seek reelection or Senate seat|author=[[Greg Hilburn]]|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star''|date=February 27, 2019|accessdate=February 28, 2019}}</ref> Outgoing state Senator Neil Riser of Columbia is running to succeed Pylant in the House and faces two Democrats and a fellow Republican, Kevin Bates of Winnsboro.
==Personal life==
==Personal life==