| − | '''Reggie Paul Bagala''' (July 8, 1965 – April 9, 2010) was a [[business]]man from Lockport, [[Louisiana]], who served briefly as a [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for District 54 in Jefferson and Lafourche parishes. On January 13, 2020, he succeeded the term limited [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] Representative Jerry J. "Truck" Gisclair, who ran unsuccessfully in 2019 for the District 20 seat in the state Senate. Less than three months after taking office, Bagala died of the [[coronavirus]].<ref name=coronavirus>{{cite web|url=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/2020/04/09/louisiana-lawmaker-state-rep-reggie-bagala-dies-covid-19/5127470002/|title=Louisiana lawmaker state Rep. Reggie Bagala dies of COVID-19|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|author=[[Greg Hilburn]]|date=April 9, 2020|accessdate=April 10, 2020}}</ref> | + | '''Reggie Paul Bagala''' (July 8, 1965 – April 9, 2020) was a [[business]]man from Lockport, [[Louisiana]], who served briefly as a [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for District 54 in Jefferson and Lafourche parishes. On January 13, 2020, he succeeded the term limited [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] Representative Jerry J. "Truck" Gisclair, who ran unsuccessfully in 2019 for the District 20 seat in the state Senate. Less than three months after taking office, Bagala died of the [[coronavirus]].<ref name=coronavirus>{{cite web|url=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/2020/04/09/louisiana-lawmaker-state-rep-reggie-bagala-dies-covid-19/5127470002/|title=Louisiana lawmaker state Rep. Reggie Bagala dies of COVID-19|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|author=[[Greg Hilburn]]|date=April 9, 2020|accessdate=April 10, 2020}}</ref> |
| | Bagala defeated two opponents in the nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] held on October 12, 2019. His 6,824 votes constituted 58 percent of the vote. The runner-up candidate was Republican Donny James Lerille (born 1969) of Larose, the widowed son-in-law of departing Representative Jerry Gisclair.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/houmatoday/obituary.aspx?pid=193421324|title=Gretchen Gisclair Lerille obituary|publisher=''Houma Today''|accessdate=December 2, 2019}}</ref> Lerille finished with 3,054 votes (26 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 12, 2019.</ref> | | Bagala defeated two opponents in the nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] held on October 12, 2019. His 6,824 votes constituted 58 percent of the vote. The runner-up candidate was Republican Donny James Lerille (born 1969) of Larose, the widowed son-in-law of departing Representative Jerry Gisclair.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/houmatoday/obituary.aspx?pid=193421324|title=Gretchen Gisclair Lerille obituary|publisher=''Houma Today''|accessdate=December 2, 2019}}</ref> Lerille finished with 3,054 votes (26 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 12, 2019.</ref> |