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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>"Former Grant DA Tarpley running for 5th District seat," ''The Alexandria Town Talk,'' April 13, 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>"Former Grant DA Tarpley running for 5th District seat," ''The Alexandria Town Talk,'' April 13, 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. Abraham defeated Mayo, but he is retiring from the congressional seat after three terms on January 3, 2021.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns (Congress), November 5 and December 6, 2014.</ref>​

==Background==

==Background==

Tarpley is a grandson of the late Jesse and Irene Brister Tarpley of Pollock, a community in Grant Parish along U.S. Route 165 north of [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]] in adjoining Rapides Parish. He is the oldest of three children of the former Shirley Dean Lonidier (born c. 1936) and Eddie Tarpley, Sr. (1926-2007), a [[United States Navy]] veteran of the [[Battle of Okinawa]] in [[World War II]] and a social worker for thirty years for the Louisiana Department of Public Welfare and the Louisiana Department of Hospitals. The Tarpley siblings are Michael Lynn Tarpley, a military officer from Pollock, and Lisa Tarpley Price of Winnfield, Louisiana.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.southernfuneralhome.com/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?o_id=171141&fh_id=10175|title=Eddie Lacy Tarpley, Sr.|publisher=southernfuneralhome.com|accessdate=June 25, 2020}}</ref>  

Tarpley is a grandson of the late Jesse and Irene Brister Tarpley of Pollock, a community in Grant Parish along U.S. Route 165 north of [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]] in adjoining Rapides Parish. He is the oldest of three children of the former Shirley Dean Lonidier (born 1936) and Eddie Tarpley, Sr. (1926-2007), a [[United States Navy]] veteran of the [[Battle of Okinawa]] in [[World War II]] and a social worker for thirty years for the Louisiana Department of Public Welfare and the Louisiana Department of Hospitals. The Tarpley siblings are Michael Lynn Tarpley, a military officer from Pollock, and Lisa Tarpley Price of Winnfield, Louisiana.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.southernfuneralhome.com/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?o_id=171141&fh_id=10175|title=Eddie Lacy Tarpley, Sr.|publisher=southernfuneralhome.com|accessdate=June 25, 2020}}</ref>  

Like his father, Tarpley was reared in Pollock. As a youth, he was an [[Eagle Scout]]. He graduated in 1971 from Tioga High School in the Tioga community in Ward 10 north of Pineville. In 1976, he received his undergraduate degree in [[History]] from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]]. In 1979, he graduated from the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center and was thereafter admitted to the practice of law.<ref name=polbio>{{cite web|url=http://www.knoe.com/story/25228460/tarpley-announces-intention-to-run-for-5th-district-seat|title=Tarpley announces intention to run for 5th District seat|publisher=KNOE-TV ([[CBS]] in Monroe)|accessdate=April 15, 2014; article no longer accessible on-line}}</ref>​

Like his father, Tarpley was reared in Pollock. As a youth, he was an [[Eagle Scout]]. He graduated in 1971 from Tioga High School in the Tioga community in Ward 10 north of Pineville. In 1976, he received his undergraduate degree in [[History]] from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]]. In 1979, he graduated from the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center and was thereafter admitted to the practice of law.<ref name=polbio>{{cite web|url=http://www.knoe.com/story/25228460/tarpley-announces-intention-to-run-for-5th-district-seat|title=Tarpley announces intention to run for 5th District seat|publisher=KNOE-TV ([[CBS]] in Monroe)|accessdate=April 15, 2014; article no longer accessible on-line}}</ref>​