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'''Brett Frank Geymann''' (born December 8, 1961) is a [[business]]man from his native [[Lake Charles]], [[Louisiana]], who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] former state representative for District 35 in Calcasieu and Beauregard parishes.​ He first frilled the seat from 2004 to 2016. Then after the 2002 elections, Geymann's House successor, [[Moderate Republican]] [[Stephen Dwight]], resigned upon his election as district attorney for Calcasieu Parish. Geymann was the only candidate to file in the special election to choose Dwight's successor and will return to the House on January 19, 2021.<ref>John Guidroz, "Geymann unopposed for old seat," January 11, 2021.</ref>

'''Brett Frank Geymann''' (born December 8, 1961) is a [[business]]man from his native [[Lake Charles]], [[Louisiana]], who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] former state representative for District 35 in Calcasieu and Beauregard parishes.​ He first frilled the seat from 2004 to 2016. Then after the 2002 elections, Geymann's House successor, [[Moderate Republican]] [[Stephen Dwight]], resigned upon his election as district attorney for Calcasieu Parish. Geymann was the only candidate to file in the February 6 special election to choose Dwight's successor. The special election was hence cancelled, and Geymann will return to the House on January 19, 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.americanpress.com/news/local/geymann|author=John Guidroz|title=Geymann unopposed for old seat|publisher=''The Lake Charles American Press''|date=January 11, 2021|accessdate=January 14, 2021}}</ref>

==Background==

==Background==

In 2003, the [[conservative]] Geymann was elected to the state House to succeed the retiring Republican-turned-[[Independent]] [[Vic Stelly]], author of the Stelly Plan, a since overturned [[sales tax]]/state income tax transfer arrangement. Geymann initially won the House seat with nearly 54 percent of the vote over two [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] challengers.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 4, 2003.</ref>​

In 2003, the [[conservative]] Geymann was elected to the state House to succeed the retiring Republican-turned-[[Independent]] [[Vic Stelly]], author of the Stelly Plan, a since overturned [[sales tax]]/state income tax transfer arrangement. Geymann initially won the House seat with nearly 54 percent of the vote over two [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] challengers.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 4, 2003.</ref>​

Geymann was reelected to his second full state House term in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2024 |publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=February 2, 2020}}</ref> He sat on the House Appropriations and Budget committees as well as the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/35640/brett-geymann#.VWdkKc9Viko|title=Brett Geymann's Biography|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=May 28, 2015}}</ref> He also served on the Commission on Streamlining Government, headed by his then state Senate colleague [[Jack Donahue]] and including Geymann's frequent legislative ally, [[Jim Morris (Louisiana Politician)|Jim Morris]] of north Caddo Parish, a Republican-turned-[[Independent voter|Independent]], who left the legislature in 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legis.state.la.us/archive/2009/2436.pdf|title=Commission on Streamlining Government|publisher=legis.state.la.us|accessdate=July 7, 2011}}</ref>​

Geymann was reelected to his second full state House term in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2024 |publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=February 2, 2020}}</ref> He sat on the House Appropriations and Budget committees as well as the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/35640/brett-geymann#.VWdkKc9Viko|title=Brett Geymann's Biography|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=January 14, 2021}}</ref> He also served on the Commission on Streamlining Government, headed by his then state Senate colleague [[Jack Donahue]] and including Geymann's frequent legislative ally, [[Jim Morris (Louisiana Politician)|Jim Morris]] of north Caddo Parish, a Republican-turned-[[Independent voter|Independent]], who left the legislature in 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legis.state.la.us/archive/2009/2436.pdf|title=Commission on Streamlining Government|publisher=legis.state.la.us|accessdate=July 7, 2011}}</ref>​

===Legislative record===

===Legislative record===

|title=Brett Geymann's Voting Records|publisher=Project Vote Smart|date=February 3, 2020}}</ref>​

|title=Brett Geymann's Voting Records|publisher=Project Vote Smart|date=February 3, 2020}}</ref>​

Geymann was term-limited and ineligible to have sought another term in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on for October 24, 2015. He was succeeded by the unopposed Republican candidate, [[Stephen Dwight]], a [[Moderate Republican]] from Lake Charles who entered his second term in office in 2020.​

Geymann was term-limited and ineligible to have sought another term in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on for October 24, 2015. He was succeeded in the House by the unopposed Republican candidate, Stephen Dwight, of  Lake Charles who entered his second term in office in 2020 but a year later resigned to become the district attorney for Calcasieu Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://winwithjmc.com/archives/6832?ct=t(9_11_2015)|title=Decision 2015: The end of candidate qualifying|date=September 10, 2015|publisher=JMC Enterprises|accessdate=September 12, 2015; no longer on-line}}</ref>​

<ref>{{cite web|url=http://winwithjmc.com/archives/6832?ct=t(9_11_2015)|title=Decision 2015: The end of candidate qualifying|date=September 10, 2015|publisher=JMC Enterprises|accessdate=September 12, 2015; no longer on-line}}</ref>​

===Two failed political comeback attempts===

===Two failed political comeback attempts===