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|term_end2=December 2018

|term_end2=December 2018

|preceded2=Rick Lamar Farrar

|preceded2=Rick Lamar Farrar

|succeeded2=[[Mike Johnson (Louisiana state representative)|Mike Johnson]]

|succeeded2=[[Michael T. Johnson]]

|birth_date=January 25, 1965

|birth_date=January 25, 1965

|birth_place=[[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]], Louisiana<br>

|birth_place=[[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]], Louisiana<br>

*Chris Hazel is only the second Republican ever to hold the District 27 seat in the Louisiana House of Representatives. He is only the third member of his party in modern times to represent Rapides Parish in the state House, the others having been the late [[Jock Scott]], who served as a Republican from neighboring District 26 from 1985 to 1988, and [[Randy Wiggins]], the District 27 representative from 1996 to 2000, who left the House after an unsuccessful challenge in 1999 to State Senator [[Joe McPherson]].}}

*Chris Hazel is only the second Republican ever to hold the District 27 seat in the Louisiana House of Representatives. He is only the third member of his party in modern times to represent Rapides Parish in the state House, the others having been the late [[Jock Scott]], who served as a Republican from neighboring District 26 from 1985 to 1988, and [[Randy Wiggins]], the District 27 representative from 1996 to 2000, who left the House after an unsuccessful challenge in 1999 to State Senator [[Joe McPherson]].}}

'''Lowell Christopher Hazel,''' known as '''Chris Hazel''' (born January 25, 1965) is an [[attorney]] and [[judge]] of the 9th Judicial District Court, based in [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], [[Louisiana]]. Earlier from 2008 to 2018, he was a [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for District 27, which encompasses [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]] and northern Rapides Parish. The seat is now held by another Republican, Mike Johnson, not to be confused with [[Mike Johnson]], [[U.S. Representative]] for Louisiana's 4th congressional district.  

'''Lowell Christopher Hazel,''' known as '''Chris Hazel''' (born January 25, 1965) is an [[attorney]] and [[judge]] of the 9th Judicial District Court, based in [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], [[Louisiana]]. Earlier from 2008 to 2018, he was a [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for District 27, which encompasses [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]] and northern Rapides Parish. The seat is now held by another Republican, [[Michael T. Johnson]], not to be confused with [[Mike Johnson]], [[U.S. Representative]] for Louisiana's 4th congressional district.  

==Background==

==Background==

==Election as judge==

==Election as judge==

In the nonpartisan blanket primary held on November 6, 2018, in conjunction with congressional elections, Hazel won the Division B judgeship on the 9th Judicial District Court.  He defeated attorney Charles David Elliott (born August 27, 1962) and assumed the office in December 2018. [24] Then in a special election in 2019, [[Mike Johnson (Louisiana state representative)|Mike Johnson]], was elected to fill the remainder of Hazel's legislative term.

In the nonpartisan blanket primary held on November 6, 2018, in conjunction with congressional elections, Hazel won the Division B judgeship on the 9th Judicial District Court.  He defeated attorney Charles David Elliott (born August 27, 1962) and assumed the office in December 2018. [24] Then in a special election in 2019, Michael T. Johnson was elected to fill the ten months remaining in Hazel's legislative term.

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