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'''Robert Mills'' (full name and date and place of birth missing) is the incoming [[Republican Party|Republican]] state senator for District 36 in Bienville, Bossier, Claiborne, and Webster parishes in northwestern [[Louisiana]]. A [[conservative]], Mills unseated [[Ryan Gatti]], a [[Moderate Republican]] from [[Bossier City]], who was seeking his second term in the [[general election]] held on November 16, 2019. Mills is one the first state legislative candidates to be endorsed by [[U.S. President]] [[Donald Trump]], who urged voter support for Mills in rallies in [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]] and Bossier City, when Trump was campaigning for the unsuccessful Republican [[governor|gubernatorial]] candidate, [[Eddie Rispone]].
Mills polled 22,050 votes (56 percent) to Gatti's 17,209 (44 percent). Earlier on October 12, Mills led in the nonpartisan blanket primary with 48 percent of the ballots cast, but a third candidate, a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], polled enough votes to force a second round of balloting.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 12 and November 16, 2019.</ref>
Mills graduated (year not available) from Clifton Ellis Byrd High School in [[Shreveport]], where he resided until he relocated to
Benton in Bossier Parish. He obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from [[Louisiana State University]] (unclear if it is at the [[Baton Rouge]] main campus or at the LSU branch in Shreveport). He since was employed in the [[petroleum]], [[natural gas]], and lumber businesses. Since 2015, he has been the vice president of Crude Oil Supply, South.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/election/2019/11/16/robert-mills-wins-louisiana-state-senate-district-36/4205339002/|title=Robert Mills defeats Ryan Gattin State Senate District 36|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=November 16, 2019|author=Emily Enfinger|accessdate=November 20, 2019}}</ref>
Mills also carried earlier endorsements from [[U.S. Senator]] [[John Neely Kennedy]] and [[U.S. Representative]] [[Mike Johnson]] of the state's 4th congressional district. Mills challenged Gatti for his close personal friendship with Democratic [[Governor]] [[John Bel Edwards]] and his support for tax increases which Edwards obtained from a nominally Republican-majority legislature. In the same election in which Edwards turned back the challenge from Eddie Rispone, the governor' s friend Gatti was unseated. Mills said that Gatti has offered to help with the transition of the senatorial office.<ref name=stimes/>
Mills said that [[tort reform]] is his legislative priority in 2020. Even though he expects a [[veto]] for such proposed legislation from Governor Edwards, he hopes the legislature, with an even larger Republican majority in Edwards' second term, can override the governor.<ref name=stimes/>
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Mills polled 22,050 votes (56 percent) to Gatti's 17,209 (44 percent). Earlier on October 12, Mills led in the nonpartisan blanket primary with 48 percent of the ballots cast, but a third candidate, a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], polled enough votes to force a second round of balloting.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 12 and November 16, 2019.</ref>
Mills graduated (year not available) from Clifton Ellis Byrd High School in [[Shreveport]], where he resided until he relocated to
Benton in Bossier Parish. He obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from [[Louisiana State University]] (unclear if it is at the [[Baton Rouge]] main campus or at the LSU branch in Shreveport). He since was employed in the [[petroleum]], [[natural gas]], and lumber businesses. Since 2015, he has been the vice president of Crude Oil Supply, South.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/election/2019/11/16/robert-mills-wins-louisiana-state-senate-district-36/4205339002/|title=Robert Mills defeats Ryan Gattin State Senate District 36|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=November 16, 2019|author=Emily Enfinger|accessdate=November 20, 2019}}</ref>
Mills also carried earlier endorsements from [[U.S. Senator]] [[John Neely Kennedy]] and [[U.S. Representative]] [[Mike Johnson]] of the state's 4th congressional district. Mills challenged Gatti for his close personal friendship with Democratic [[Governor]] [[John Bel Edwards]] and his support for tax increases which Edwards obtained from a nominally Republican-majority legislature. In the same election in which Edwards turned back the challenge from Eddie Rispone, the governor' s friend Gatti was unseated. Mills said that Gatti has offered to help with the transition of the senatorial office.<ref name=stimes/>
Mills said that [[tort reform]] is his legislative priority in 2020. Even though he expects a [[veto]] for such proposed legislation from Governor Edwards, he hopes the legislature, with an even larger Republican majority in Edwards' second term, can override the governor.<ref name=stimes/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mills, Robert}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:State Senators]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Conservatives]]