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Edmonds unseated the short-term incumbent Republican, Darrell Ourso, a former member of the East Baton Rouge Parish Metro Council, in the runoff election held on November 21, 2015.<ref name=bra>{{cite web|url=http://theadvocate.com/news/14061578-123/district-66-incumbent-darrell-ourso|title=District 66 incumbent Darrell Ourso loses seat to Family Forum Vice President|date=November 21, 2015|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|author=Rebekah Allen|accessdate=November 27, 2015}}</ref> Edmonds polled 7,109 votes (52.1 percent) to Ourso's 6,540 (47.9 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/11212015/11212015_Legislative.html|title=

Edmonds unseated the short-term incumbent Republican, Darrell Ourso, a former member of the East Baton Rouge Parish Metro Council, in the runoff election held on November 21, 2015.<ref name=bra>{{cite web|url=http://theadvocate.com/news/14061578-123/district-66-incumbent-darrell-ourso|title=District 66 incumbent Darrell Ourso loses seat to Family Forum Vice President|date=November 21, 2015|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|author=Rebekah Allen|accessdate=November 27, 2015}}</ref> Edmonds polled 7,109 votes (52.1 percent) to Ourso's 6,540 (47.9 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/11212015/11212015_Legislative.html|title=

Results for Election Date: 11/21/2015|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=November 27, 2015}}</ref> Ourso had won the position in a special election earlier in the year to fill the seat created by the resignation of Republican [[Hunter Greene]], who was elected to a Baton Rouge family court judgeship.<ref name=bra/>   

Results for Election Date: 11/21/2015|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=November 27, 2015}}</ref> Ourso had won the position in a special election earlier in the year to fill the seat created by the resignation of Republican [[Hunter Greene]], a [[Shreveport]] native who was elected to a Baton Rouge family court judgeship.<ref name=bra/>   

Edmonds graduated in 1974 from the former Fair Park High School in [[Shreveport]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.classmates.com/people/Rick-Edmonds/8695255130|title=Rick Edmonds, Class of 1974|publisher=classmates.com|accessdate=January 1, 2016}}</ref> He obtained his [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree from East Texas Baptist University in Marshall, [[Texas]], and his Master of Divinity and doctoral studies at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. He is the outreach pastor at the large Bethany Church in Baton Rouge<ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_Reps/members.aspx?ID=66|title=Rick Edmonds, Republican, District 66|publisher=house.louisiana.gov|accessdate=September 12, 2017}}</ref> He is the former vice president of the Louisiana Family Forum, a [[conservative]] faith-based group that lobbies on social issues. He also previously was pastor of Parkview Baptist Church in Baton Rouge. In the campaign, Edmonds hammered Ourso for voting eleven times for tax increases in the 2015 legislative session.<ref name=bra/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://theadvocate.com/news/13157193-123/baton-rouge-legislator-challenged-on|title=Baton Rouge legislator Darrell Ourso hammered on increased taxes at Republican forum|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=August 12, 2015|author=Mark Ballard|accessdate=January 10, 2016}}</ref>   

Edmonds graduated in 1974 from the former Fair Park High School in [[Shreveport]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.classmates.com/people/Rick-Edmonds/8695255130|title=Rick Edmonds, Class of 1974|publisher=classmates.com|accessdate=January 1, 2016}}</ref> He obtained his [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree from East Texas Baptist University in Marshall, [[Texas]], and his Master of Divinity and doctoral studies at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. He is the outreach pastor at the large Bethany Church in Baton Rouge<ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_Reps/members.aspx?ID=66|title=Rick Edmonds, Republican, District 66|publisher=house.louisiana.gov|accessdate=September 12, 2017}}</ref> He is the former vice president of the Louisiana Family Forum, a [[conservative]] faith-based group that lobbies on social issues. He also previously was pastor of Parkview Baptist Church in Baton Rouge. In the campaign, Edmonds hammered Ourso for voting eleven times for tax increases in the 2015 legislative session.<ref name=bra/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://theadvocate.com/news/13157193-123/baton-rouge-legislator-challenged-on|title=Baton Rouge legislator Darrell Ourso hammered on increased taxes at Republican forum|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=August 12, 2015|author=Mark Ballard|accessdate=January 10, 2016}}</ref>