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|preceded=[[Vic Stelly]]​

|preceded=[[Vic Stelly]]​

|succeeded=[[Stephen Dwight]] ​

|succeeded=[[Stephen Dwight]] ​

|birth_date=December 8, 1961​

|birth_date=December 8, 1961​

|birth_place=[[Lake Charles]], [[Louisiana]], USA​

|birth_place=[[Lake Charles]], [[Louisiana]], USA​

==Background==

==Background==

As a child, Geymann moved with his family to neighboring Beauregard Parish and graduated from South Beauregard High School.<ref>{{cite web|url=

As a child, Geymann moved with his family to neighboring Beauregard Parish and graduated from South Beauregard High School.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110413150750/http://house.louisiana.gov/H_Reps/members.asp?ID=35|title=Representative Brett F. Geymann (Republican)|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|date=April 13, 2011|accessdate=January 14, 2021}}</ref> Geymann holds a Bachelor of Science degree in finance from McNeese State University in Lake Charles and owns a small business.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnet.congress.org/congressorg/bio/id/141522|title=Rep. Brett Geymann|publisher=dnet.congress.org|accessdate=July 7, 2011; no longer on-line}}</ref> He and his wife, Kimberly Ann Geymann (born 1965), married in 1986 and have three children, Tyler Andrew Geymann (born 1987), a business owner, Nicholas Brett "Nick" Geymann (born 1991), a financial advisor, and Kathy E.  "Katy" Geymann (born 1994), a teacher at East Beauregard High School.<ref name=beauregard>{{cite web|url=https://www.beauregarddailynews.net/news/20190628/brett-geymann-announces-bid-for-senate-district-30|title=Brett Geymann announces bid for Senate District 30|publisher=''The Beauregard Daily News''|date=June 28, 2019|accessdate=February 2, 2020}}</ref>

https://web.archive.org/web/20110413150750/http://house.louisiana.gov/H_Reps/members.asp?ID=35|title=Representative Brett F. Geymann (Republican)|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|date=April 13, 2011|accessdate=February 2, 2020}}</ref>

 

Geymann holds a Bachelor of Science degree in finance from McNeese State University in Lake Charles and owns a small business.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnet.congress.org/congressorg/bio/id/141522|title=Rep. Brett Geymann|publisher=dnet.congress.org|accessdate=July 7, 2011; no longer on-line}}</ref> He and his wife, Kimberly Ann Geymann (born 1965), married in 1986 and have three children, Tyler Andrew Geymann (born 1987), a business owner, Nicholas Brett "Nick" Geymann (born 1991), a financial advisor, and Kathy E.  "Katy" Geymann (born 1994), a teacher at East Beauregard High School.<ref name=beauregard>{{cite web|url=https://www.beauregarddailynews.net/news/20190628/brett-geymann-announces-bid-for-senate-district-30|title=Brett Geymann announces bid for Senate District 30|publisher=''Beauregard Daily News''|date=June 28, 2019|accessdate=February 2, 2020}}</ref>

==Political life==

==Political life==

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=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>​

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>​