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'''Ricky James Templet''' (born February 4, 1963)<ref name=votesmart>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=93761|title=Rep. Ricky James Templet|publisher=votesmart.org|accessdate=June 12, 2020}}</ref> is a [[business]]man in Gretna, [[Louisiana]], and a [[Republican Party|Republican]] former state representative for Jefferson Parish.​

'''Ricky James Templet''' (born February 4, 1963)<ref name=votesmart>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=93761|title=Rep. Ricky James Templet|publisher=votesmart.org|accessdate=June 12, 2020}}</ref> is a [[business]]man in Gretna, [[Louisiana]], and a [[Republican Party|Republican]] former state representative for Jefferson Parish.​

Templet did not seek a second term in the legislature in 2011. Instead, he was elected to the Jefferson Parish Council in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 22, 2011. In District 1, he defeated fellow Republican Michael O'Brien, 8,712 (60.9 percent) to 5,591 (39.1 percent).<ref name=returns/><ref name=templet>{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/06/state_rep_ricky_templet_to_run.html|title=State Rep. Ricky Templet to run for seat on Jefferson Parish Council|publisher=''The New Orleans Times-Picayune,''|date=June 29, 2011|accessdate=June 13, 2020}}</ref>​

Templet did not seek a second term in the legislature in 2011. Instead, he was elected to the Jefferson Parish Council in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 22, 2011. In District 1, he defeated fellow Republican Michael O'Brien, 8,712 (60.9 percent) to 5,591 (39.1 percent).<ref name=returns/><ref name=templet>{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/06/state_rep_ricky_templet_to_run.html|title=State Rep. Ricky Templet to run for seat on Jefferson Parish Council|publisher=''The New Orleans Times-Picayune,''|date=June 30, 2011|accessdate=June 13, 2020}}</ref>​

In 2001, and again in the spring of 2005, Templet was elected without opposition<ref name=mobilelgs/> to the Gretna City Council.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Municipal Election Returns, April 7, 2001.</ref> He was thereafter elected to House District 85 in 2007, when the long-term Republican incumbent [[Joseph F. Toomy]] was term-limited. To win the legislative seat, Templet handily defeated in a runoff election fellow Republican Billy Arnold, 6,687 to 2,410 votes.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Legislative Primary Election Returns, October 20, 2007.</ref> Templet served on the House committees on Ways and Means, Administration of Criminal Justice, and Judiciary and the Joint Legislative Committee on Capital Outlay.<ref name=templet/>​

In 2001, and again in the spring of 2005, Templet was elected without opposition<ref name=mobilelgs/> to the Gretna City Council.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Municipal Election Returns, April 7, 2001.</ref> He was thereafter elected to House District 85 in 2007, when the long-term Republican incumbent [[Joseph F. Toomy]] was term-limited. To win the legislative seat, Templet handily defeated in a runoff election fellow Republican Billy Arnold, 6,687 to 2,410 votes.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Legislative Primary Election Returns, October 20, 2007.</ref> Templet served on the House committees on Ways and Means, Administration of Criminal Justice, and Judiciary and the Joint Legislative Committee on Capital Outlay.<ref name=templet/>​