Changes

With 8,796 votes (65 percent), Firment defeated a fellow Republicans, Carl Ray Lasyone (born 1951) of Colfax, who polled 4,785  votes (35 per cent). The turnout of registered voters was 55.4 percent.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 12, 2019.</ref>​ Firment succeeds Terry Ralph Brown (born 1946), an [[Independent]] who declined to seek a third legislative term.  

With 8,796 votes (65 percent), Firment defeated a fellow Republicans, Carl Ray Lasyone (born 1951) of Colfax, who polled 4,785  votes (35 per cent). The turnout of registered voters was 55.4 percent.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 12, 2019.</ref>​ Firment succeeds Terry Ralph Brown (born 1946), an [[Independent]] who declined to seek a third legislative term.  

Firment holds a bachelor's degree in public administration from [[Southern Baptist]]-affiliated [[Louisiana College]] in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]], across the Red River from Alexandria. He received a [[Master of Business Administration]] degree from [[Louisiana Tech University]] in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]]. Firment has twenty years of experience in the [[insurance]] and construction industries. He is married to the former Erica Miller, a fifth grade teacher at Pollock Elementary School. The Firments have three children enrolled in Grant Parish public schools. Firment is a member of the Pollock First Baptist Church, at which he is a [[deacon]] and a [[Sunday school]] teacher. He is also active in Gideons International, which places bibles in places of public accommodation. He has coached youth sports in Grant Parish for several years.<ref name=rrp>{{cite web|url=https://redriverparishjournal.com/2019/01/15/gabe-firment-announces-for-state-representative/|title=Gabe Firment Announces for State Representative|publisher=''Red River Parish Journal''|date=January 15, 2019|accessdate=December 4, 2019}}</ref>  

Firment holds a bachelor's degree in public administration from [[Southern Baptist]]-affiliated [[Louisiana College]] in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]], across the Red River from Alexandria. He received a [[Master of Business Administration]] degree from [[Louisiana Tech University]] in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]]. Firment has twenty years of experience in the [[insurance]] and construction industries.<ref name=rrp/>

 

He is married to the former Erica Miller, a fifth grade teacher at Pollock Elementary School. The Firments have three children enrolled in Grant Parish public schools. Firment is a member of the Pollock First Baptist Church, at which he is a [[deacon]] and a [[Sunday school]] teacher. He is also active in Gideons International, which places bibles in places of public accommodation. He has coached youth sports in Grant Parish for several years.<ref name=rrp>{{cite web|url=https://redriverparishjournal.com/2019/01/15/gabe-firment-announces-for-state-representative/|title=Gabe Firment Announces for State Representative|publisher=''Red River Parish Journal''|date=January 15, 2019|accessdate=December 4, 2019}}</ref>  

In his campaign announcement, Firment said that the state "has been blessed with abundant natural resources and is home to the greatest people in the world, however, decades of mismanagement, corruption, and good ole boy politics have decimated our communities and forced our family members to flee to other states to make a decent living."<ref name=rrp/>

In his campaign announcement, Firment said that the state "has been blessed with abundant natural resources and is home to the greatest people in the world, however, decades of mismanagement, corruption, and good ole boy politics have decimated our communities and forced our family members to flee to other states to make a decent living."<ref name=rrp/>