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|name=Rickey L. "Rick" Nowlin

|name= Rickey L. "Rick" Nowlin​

|image=

|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]

|spouse=Widower of Brenda Barr Nowlin

|religion=[[Baptist]]

|birth_place=Reared in Ferriday, Concordia Parish, [[Louisiana]]

|succeeded=Kenny Ray Cox​

|birth_date=July 30, 1948

|office2=President of [[Natchitoches|Natchitoches Parish]]​

|occupation=[[Engineering|Engineer]], [[business]]man

|term_start2=2013 ​

|spouse=Brenda Barr Nowlin (died 2000)

|term_end2=​January 12, 2020

|children=Jennifer Lauren Nowlin<br>

|preceded2=New position​

Matthew Louis Nowlin

|succeeded2=Pending runoff election on November 16, 2019, between John Richmond and Lee Waskom (both "No Party")​

|office=Louisiana State Representative for District 23 (then Natchitoches and Winn parishes; since DeSoto, Natchitoches, and Red River parishes)

|birth_date=July 30, 1948​

|term_start=January 14, 2008

|birth_place=Ferriday, Concordia Parish, Louisiana​

|term_end=January 2012

|spouse=Widower of Brenda Barr Nowlin (1950-2000)​

|preceded=Thomas Taylor Townsend

|children=Jennifer Lauren Nowlin (born 1980)<br>​

|succeeded=Kenny Ray Cox

Matthew Louis Nowlin (born 1983)​

|office2=President of Natchitoches Parish, [[Louisiana]]

|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]​

|term_start2=January 2013

|religion=[[Southern Baptist]]​

|occupation=[[Engineer]], [[business]]man​

|alma_mater=Ferriday High School<br>​

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'''Rickey L. "Rick" Nowlin''' (born July 30, 1948) is an engineer and businessman from [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], [[Louisiana]], who is the president of the Natchitoches Parish government. He is also a [[Republican Party|Republican]] former state representative for District 23 (now Natchitoches, DeSoto, and Red River parishes).  

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Nowlin and State Senator Gerald I. Long of Natchitoches, a member of the Long political family, are the first Republicans since [[Reconstruction]] elected to have represented Natchitoches Parish in their state's legislature.<ref>List of Members of the Louisiana House of Representatives Since 1812: http://www.legis.state.la.us/members/h1812-2008.pdf; List of Members of the Louisiana State Senate Since 1880:  http://www.legis.state.la.us/members/s1880-2004.pdf#search='c.c.%20taddy%20aycock'</ref> The two took their oaths of office on January 14, 2008, the same day that Republican Governor [[Bobby Jindal]] was inaugurated.

'''Rickey L. "Rick" Nowlin''' (born July 30, 1948) is an [[engineer]], [[business]]man, and [[politician]] who is the president of the government of [[Natchitoches , Louisiana|Natchitoches Parish]], [[Louisiana]].​

 

A [[Republican Party|Republican]], Nowlin defeated the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Gerald "Jerry" Longlois in the [[nonpartisan blanket primary]] held for the new position on November 6, 2012. The election was held in conjunction with the U.S. presidential and congressional contests. Nowlin received 9,283 votes (59.2 percent) to Longlois'  6,393 (40.8 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 6, 2012.</ref>​ He was reelected in 2015 but did not seek a third term as parish president in the primary held on October 12, 2019.

From 2008 to 2012, Nowlin was a one-term member of the Louisiana House of Representatives]] for District 23 (DeSoto, Natchitoches, and Red River parishes). Nowlin and the still-serving [[Louisiana State Legislature|State Senator]] [[Gerald Long|Gerald I. Long]] are the first Republicans since [[Reconstruction era of the United States|Reconstruction]] to represent Natchitoches Parish in the Louisiana legislature.<ref>List of Members of the Louisiana House of Representatives Since 1812: http://www.legis.state.la.us/members/h1812-2008.pdf; List of Members of the Louisiana State Senate Since 1880:  http://www.legis.state.la.us/members/s1880-2004.pdf#search='c.c.%20taddy%20aycock'</ref> The two took their oaths of office on January 14, 2008, the same day that Republican [[governor of Louisiana|Governor]] [[Bobby Jindal]] was inaugurated.​

==Background==

==Background==

Nowlin is president of N&A, Inc., Consulting Engineers and Land Surveyors, with offices in Natchitoches, Pineville, and Jena. He is a five-time board member of the Consulting Engineers Council of Louisiana. He has twice served as president of the Alexandria chapter of Consulting Engineers Council of Louisiana. He is affiliated with the Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers and the National Society of Professional Engineers. He owns Ducournau Restaurant and Townhouse in Natchitoches.<ref name="ricknowlin.com"/>

Nowlin is president of N&A, Inc., Consulting Engineers and Land Surveyors, with offices in Natchitoches, Pineville, and Jena. He is a five-time board member of the Consulting Engineers Council of Louisiana. He has twice served as president of the Alexandria chapter of Consulting Engineers Council of Louisiana. He is affiliated with the Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers and the National Society of Professional Engineers. He owns Ducournau Restaurant and Townhouse in Natchitoches.<ref name="ricknowlin.com"/>

==Political philosophy==

==Political philosophy==

On his website, Nowlin says that "There will be a new legislature and a new governor who must not waste this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to put Louisiana back on track. We must lead with a bold purpose and have the courage to correct the problems that have plagued our state for far too long."<ref name="ricknowlin.com"/>

On his website, Nowlin says that "There will be a new legislature and a new governor who must not waste this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to put Louisiana back on track. We must lead with a bold purpose and have the courage to correct the problems that have plagued our state for far too long."<ref name="ricknowlin.com"/>

==2011 election==

==2011 election==