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'''Michael David Reese''', known as '''Mike Reese''' (born December 22, 1975), is a [[real estate]] [[business]]man from Leesville in Vernon Parish in western [[Louisiana]], who is an incoming [[Republican Party|Republican]] state senator for District 30, which encompasses parts of Beauregard, Calcasieu and Vernon parishes. On January 13, 2020, he will succeed the term-limited Senator John R. Smith (born 1945), also of Leesville.
'''Michael David Reese''', known as '''Mike Reese''' (born December 22, 1975), is a [[real estate]] [[business]]man from Leesville in Vernon Parish in western [[Louisiana]], who is the [[Republican Party|Republican]] state senator for District 30, which encompasses parts of Beauregard, Calcasieu and Vernon parishes. On January 13, 2020, he succeeded the term-limited Senator John R. Smith (born 1945), also of Leesville.
Reese finished the Senate race with 14,625 votes (51 percent) and won the seat outright over another Republican, [[conservative]] former state Representative Brett Geymann, who received 6,296 votes (22 percent), and a departing [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] state representative, James K. Armes, III, who drew 5,973 votes (21 percent). A fourth candidate, Republican Renee Hoffpauir-Klann, held the remaining 1,935 votes (7 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 12, 2019.</ref>
Reese finished the Senate race with 14,625 votes (51 percent) and won the seat outright over another Republican, [[conservative]] former state Representative Brett Geymann, who received 6,296 votes (22 percent), and a departing [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] state representative, James K. Armes, III, who drew 5,973 votes (21 percent). A fourth candidate, Republican Renee Hoffpauir-Klann, held the remaining 1,935 votes (7 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 12, 2019.</ref>