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'''Edward Lacy Tarpley, Jr.''', also known as '''Ed Tarpley''' or '''Eddie Tarpley''' (born May 23, 1953), is a [[lawyer]] in [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], [[Louisiana]], who was from 1991 to 1997 the [[district attorney]] for the 35th Judicial District based in Colfax in neighboring Grant Parish.
'''Edward Lacy Tarpley, Jr.''', also known as '''Ed Tarpley''' or '''Eddie Tarpley''' (born May 23, 1953), is a [[lawyer]] in [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], [[Louisiana]], who was from 1991 to 1997 the [[district attorney]] for the 35th Judicial District based in Colfax in neighboring Grant Parish.
A [[Republican Party|Republican]], Tarpley became the first candidate to announce a challenge to [[U.S. Representative]] Vance McAllister, a freshman Republican from Ouachita Parish, in the 2014 race for Louisiana's 5th congressional district seat. However, neither Tarpley nor McAllister emerged from the nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] held on November 4, which coincided with the [[general election]]s in the other forty-nine states. Tarpley ran as a determined "[[conservative]]"<ref name=tarpleytorun>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20140414/NEWS01/304140015/Tarpley-running-5th-District-seat|title=Former Grant DA Tarpley running for 5th District seat, April 13, 2014|publisher=''The Alexandria Daily Town Talk''|accessdate=April 15, 2014}}</ref>but finished with only 4,593 votes (1.9 percent). McAllister ran fourth with 26,605 votes (11.1 percent). The top two candidates, Jamie Mayo, the [[African-American]] [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[mayor]] of [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]], and [[Ralph Abraham]], a physician and former veterinarian from Richland Parish met in a runoff election on December 6, 2014 to determine McAllister's successor.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns (Congress), November 5 and December 6, 2014.</ref>
A [[Republican Party|Republican]], Tarpley became the first candidate to announce a challenge to [[U.S. Representative]] Vance McAllister, a freshman Republican from Ouachita Parish, in the 2014 race for Louisiana's 5th congressional district seat. However, neither Tarpley nor McAllister emerged from the nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] held on November 4, which coincided with the [[general election]]s in the other forty-nine states. Tarpley ran as a determined "[[conservative]]"<ref name=tarpleytorun>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20140414/NEWS01/304140015/Tarpley-running-5th-District-seat|title=Former Grant DA Tarpley running for 5th District seat, April 13, 2014|publisher=''The Alexandria Daily Town Talk''|accessdate=April 15, 2014}}</ref>but finished with only 4,593 votes (1.9 percent). McAllister ran fourth with 26,605 votes (11.1 percent). The top two candidates, Jamie Mayo, the [[African-American]] [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[mayor]] of [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]], and [[Ralph Abraham]], a [[physician]] and former [[veterinarian]] from Richland Parish met in a runoff election on December 6, 2014, to determine McAllister's successor.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns (Congress), November 5 and December 6, 2014.</ref>
==Background==
==Background==