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'''Kathy Odom Edmonston''' (born 1950) is an incoming [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for District 88 in Ascension Parish, [[Louisiana]], and a departing member for District 6 on the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education for the parishes of Ascension, East Baton Rouge, Livingston, Tangipahoa, and Washington.

'''Kathy Odom Edmonston''' (born 1950) is an incoming [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for District 88 in Ascension Parish, [[Louisiana]], and a departing member for District 6 on the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education for the parishes of Ascension, East Baton Rouge, Livingston, Tangipahoa, and Washington.

To win her House seat, Edmonston (full name and names of spouse and children unvailable) narrowly defeated in a runoff election another Republican, Brandon Trosclair (born 1983), a grocer in Gonzales in Ascension Parish whose family operates Ralph's Market and Butcher Boy Supermarket.<ref name=bra<{{cite web|url=https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/elections/article_d4de01ba-eb0a-11e9-a1a8-57bb9fd6ddc3.html|title=Trosclair, Edmonston headed to runoff for House 88 seat in Ascension Parish|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=October 12, 2019|accessdate=November 23, 2019}}</ref> Though Trosclair had led in the October 12, primary, Edmonston polled 6,956 votes (51 percent) to Trosclair's 6,662 (49 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 12 and November 16, 2019.</ref>

To win her House seat, Edmonston (full name and names of spouse and children unvailable) narrowly defeated in a runoff election another Republican, Brandon Trosclair (born 1983), a grocer in Gonzales in Ascension Parish whose family operates Ralph's Market and Butcher Boy Supermarket.<ref name=bra>{{cite web|url=https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/elections/article_d4de01ba-eb0a-11e9-a1a8-57bb9fd6ddc3.html|title=Trosclair, Edmonston headed to runoff for House 88 seat in Ascension Parish|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=October 12, 2019|accessdate=November 23, 2019}}</ref> Though Trosclair had led in the October 12, primary, Edmonston polled 6,956 votes (51 percent) to Trosclair's 6,662 (49 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 12 and November 16, 2019.</ref>

Both Edmonston and Trosclair ran as [[conservatives]] for the legislative seat. The district includes Galvez, St. Amant, Sorrenton, and half of Gonzales.<ref name=bra/> Edmonston is also a member of the Ascension Parish and state Republican Executive committees.<ref name=bra/> She endorsed [[U.S. Representative]] [[Ralph Abraham]] for governor in 2019, but Abraham was edged out of contention by the Baton Rouge Republican [[Eddie Rispone]], who lost to [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] incumbent [[John Bel Edwards]].

Both Edmonston and Trosclair ran as [[conservatives]] for the legislative seat. The district includes Galvez, St. Amant, Sorrenton, and half of Gonzales.<ref name=bra/> Edmonston is also a member of the Ascension Parish and state Republican Executive committees.<ref name=bra/> She endorsed [[U.S. Representative]] [[Ralph Abraham]] for governor in 2019, but Abraham was edged out of contention by the Baton Rouge Republican [[Eddie Rispone]], who lost to [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] incumbent [[John Bel Edwards]].