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University of Louisiana at [[Lafayette]]

University of Louisiana at [[Lafayette]]

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* Wiggins was succeeded in his [[Louisiana]] state House seat in 2000 by the man he defeated in 1995, [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Rick Lamar Farrar (1960-2018) of [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]], but Farrar did not unseat Wiggins in the 1999 primary. Instead Wiggins ran unsuccessfully for the open seat in the state Senate and lost to former Senator [[Joe McPherson]], who waged a closely fought comeback bid.<br>

* Wiggins was succeeded in his [[Louisiana]] state House seat in 2000 by the man he defeated in 1995, [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Rick Lamar Farrar of [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]], but Farrar did not unseat Wiggins in the 1999 primary. Instead Wiggins ran unsuccessfully for the open seat in the state Senate and lost to former Senator [[Joe McPherson]], who waged a closely fought comeback bid.<br>

*Wiggins is a State Farm Insurance Chartered Life Underwriter in [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]] but resides in Pineville.

*Wiggins is a State Farm Insurance Chartered Life Underwriter in [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]] but resides in Pineville.

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'''Randy Eugene Wiggins''' (born  February 13, 1951)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/randy-wiggins/e934420934190|title=Randy Wiggins|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=December 27, 2019}}</ref> is a State Farm Insurance agent in [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], [[Louisiana]],<ref name=statefarm{{cite web|url=https://www.statefarm.com/agent/US/LA/Alexandria/Randy-Wiggins-FKY9N1YS000|title=Randy Wiggins:  State Farm Insurance Agent, Alexandria, LA|publisher=Statefarm.com|accessdate=December 27, 2019}}</ref> who is the first [[Republican Party|Republican]] since [[Reconstruction]] to have been elected from Rapides Parish to the Louisiana House of Representatives.<ref name=house>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2020|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=December 27, 2019}}</ref>  

'''Randy Eugene Wiggins''' (born  February 13, 1951)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/randy-wiggins/e934420934190|title=Randy Wiggins|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=December 27, 2019}}</ref> is a State Farm Insurance agent in [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], [[Louisiana]],<ref name=statefarm>{{cite web|url=https://www.statefarm.com/agent/US/LA/Alexandria/Randy-Wiggins-FKY9N1YS000|title=Randy Wiggins:  State Farm Insurance Agent, Alexandria, LA|publisher=Statefarm.com|accessdate=December 27, 2019}}</ref> who is the first [[Republican Party|Republican]] since [[Reconstruction]] to have been elected from Rapides Parish to the Louisiana House of Representatives.<ref name=house>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2020|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=December 27, 2019}}</ref>  

==Political life==

==Political life==

Wiggins served only a single term in the [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]]-based District 27 from 1996 to 2000.<ref name=house/> In 1999, he failed in a  race for state senator against f[[Democratic Party|Democratic]] former Senator [[Joe McPherson]], a businessman then of Pineville and later of Woodworth in southern Rapides Parish.<ref name=oct99>Louisiana Secrtary of State, Election Returns, October 23, 1999.</ref>

Wiggins served only a single term in the [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]]-based District 27 from 1996 to 2000.<ref name=house/> In 1999, he failed in a  race for state senator against [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] former Senator [[Joe McPherson]], a businessman then of Pineville and later of Woodworth in southern Rapides Parish.<ref name=oct99>Louisiana Secrtary of State, Election Returns, October 23, 1999.</ref>

[[Jock Scott]], a [[professor]] and [[attorney]], served as a Republican in the Alexandria-based House District 26 from 1985 to 1988, but he was elected in 1983 to his third term as a Democrat.

[[Jock Scott]], a [[professor]] and [[attorney]], served as a Republican in the Alexandria-based House District 26 from 1985 to 1988, but he was elected in 1983 to his third term as a Democrat.