| − | '''Glen Dale Womack (born November 14, 1960) is a [[business]] owner from Harrisonburg in Catahoula Parish in eastern [[Louisiana]], who is an incoming [[Republican Party|Republican]] state senator for District 32, which embraces ten parishes between [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]] and St. Francisville in West Feliciana Parish. On January 13, 2020, he will succeed the term-limited Senator [[Neil Riser]], who instead was elected to the state House of Representatives.<ref name=bra>{{cite web|url=https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/article_26a29e4c-e945-11e9-827d-e75e6af97d4e.html|title=Womack win state Senate seat for region from near Monroe to St. Francisville|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=October 12, 2019|author=Ellyn Couvillion|accessdate=December 3, 2019}}</ref> | + | '''Glen Dale Womack''' (born November 14, 1960) is a [[business]] owner from Harrisonburg in Catahoula Parish in eastern [[Louisiana]], who is an incoming [[Republican Party|Republican]] state senator for District 32, which embraces ten parishes between [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]] and St. Francisville in West Feliciana Parish. On January 13, 2020, he will succeed the term-limited Senator [[Neil Riser]], who instead was elected to the state House of Representatives.<ref name=bra>{{cite web|url=https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/article_26a29e4c-e945-11e9-827d-e75e6af97d4e.html|title=Womack win state Senate seat for region from near Monroe to St. Francisville|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=October 12, 2019|author=Ellyn Couvillion|accessdate=December 3, 2019}}</ref> |
| | Womack finished the Senate race with 18,588 votes (50.1 percent) and won the seat outright over another Republican, Stephen Elmo "Steve" May (born 1959), a [[conservative]] from Columbia in Caldwell Parish, and two [[Democratic Party|Democrats]], Judy Duhon and Danny Cole, who split the remaining 49 percent of the vote. May finished second with 11,400 votes (31 percent). Duhon and Cole held the remaining 19 percent of the vote. Turnout of registered voters was 55.5 percent, somewhat higher than in other parts of the state.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 12, 2019.</ref> | | Womack finished the Senate race with 18,588 votes (50.1 percent) and won the seat outright over another Republican, Stephen Elmo "Steve" May (born 1959), a [[conservative]] from Columbia in Caldwell Parish, and two [[Democratic Party|Democrats]], Judy Duhon and Danny Cole, who split the remaining 49 percent of the vote. May finished second with 11,400 votes (31 percent). Duhon and Cole held the remaining 19 percent of the vote. Turnout of registered voters was 55.5 percent, somewhat higher than in other parts of the state.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 12, 2019.</ref> |
| | In his platform, Womack called for improved job training and workforce development, lowering the student-teacher ratio in classrooms, and increased pay for certified teachers.<ref name=bra/> | | In his platform, Womack called for improved job training and workforce development, lowering the student-teacher ratio in classrooms, and increased pay for certified teachers.<ref name=bra/> |