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'''Franklin Johnson Foil''' (born October 31, 1964) is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] incoming member of the [[Louisiana]] State Senate for District 16 in his native [[Baton Rouge|East Baton Rouge Parish]]. He succeeds the term-limited [[Dan Claitor]], effective January 13, 2020.
'''Franklin Johnson Foil''' (born October 31, 1964) is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] incoming member of the [[Louisiana]] State Senate for District 16 in his native [[Baton Rouge|East Baton Rouge Parish]]. He succeeds the term-limited [[Dan Claitor]], effective January 13, 2020.
From 2008 to 2020, he represented District 70 in the Louisiana House of Representatives. Term-limited in the House, he ran instead for the state Senate. He defeated the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Beverly Brooks Thompson, 27,090 (58 percent) to 19,912 (42 percent). Earlier in the October 12, 2019, nonpartisan blanket primary, he first appeared to have tied another Republican, [[Steve Carter (Louisiana Politician)|Steve Carter]], the departing District 68 state representative, to obtain a runoff berth. However a re-tabulation showed that Foil led Carter by four votes.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 12 and November 16, 2019.</ref>
From 2008 to 2020, he represented District 70 in the Louisiana House of Representatives. Term-limited in the House, he ran instead for the state Senate. He defeated the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Beverly Brooks Thompson, 27,090 (58 percent) to 19,912 (42 percent). Earlier in the October 12, 2019, nonpartisan blanket primary, he first appeared to have tied another Republican, [[Steve Carter (Louisiana politician)|Steve Carter]], the departing District 68 state representative, to obtain a runoff berth. However a re-tabulation showed that Foil led Carter by four votes.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 12 and November 16, 2019.</ref>
Foil graduated from [[Louisiana State University]] and obtained his legal credentials from Loyola Law School in [[New Orleans]]. He is a former captain in the [[Judge Advocate General's Corps]] of the [[United States Navy]] Reserve. He is an appellate judge for the Navy and Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals in [[Washington, D.C.]] Foiled is an elder in the First [[Presbyterian]] Church of Baton Rouge.<ref name=ffoil>{{cite web|url=
Foil graduated from [[Louisiana State University]] and obtained his legal credentials from Loyola Law School in [[New Orleans]]. He is a former captain in the [[Judge Advocate General's Corps]] of the [[United States Navy]] Reserve. He is an appellate judge for the Navy and Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals in [[Washington, D.C.]] Foiled is an elder in the First [[Presbyterian]] Church of Baton Rouge.<ref name=ffoil>{{cite web|url=