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{{Infobox officeholder
| name=Darrell Paul Ourso
| image=Darrell Ourso of LA.jpg
| nationality=[[United States|American]]
| office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative for<br> District 66 (East Baton Rouge Parish)
| term_start=April 2015
| term_end=January 11, 2016
| preceded=[[Hunter Greene]]
| succeeded=[[Rick Edmonds]]
| office2=Member of the East Baton Rouge Parish Metro Council for District 9
| term_start2=1999
| term_end2=2008
| preceded2=Patty Jo Roubique
| succeeded2=Joel Boe
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| birth_date=April 22, 1964
| birth_place=Donaldsonville, Louisiana
| residence=[[Baton Rouge]], Louisiana, USA
| alma_mater=[[Louisiana State University]]
| occupation=Financial advisor
| spouse=
| children=
| parents=Wilfred Arthur and Mabel Alleman Ourso
| religion=[[Roman Catholic]]}}
'''Darrell Paul Ourso''' (born April 22, 1964)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/darrell-ourso/e645340684512|title=Darrell Ourso|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=January 26, 2021}}</ref> is a financial advisor from [[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]], who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] former state representative for District 66 in the southeastern portion of East Baton Rouge Parish.
He won a special election by a margin of seventy-two votes on March 28, 2015 to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of since Juvenile Court Judge [[Hunter Greene]].
Ourso was the District 9 member of the Baton Rouge Metro Council from 1999 to 2008, when he did not seek a third term in office. He resides in the Evergreen neighborhood and is a member of the executive board of the Istrouma Area Council of the [[Boy Scouts]]. He is also a member of the board of commissioners for the St. George Fire Protection District.<ref name=brma>{{cite web|url=http://theadvocate.com/news/elections/11963565-123/darrell-ourso-wins-louisiana-house|title=Darrell Ourso wins Louisiana House seat for Southeast Baton Rouge: 72 votes lead to victory over Amoroso|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=March 28, 2015|accessdate=March 30, 2015}}</ref>
In a runoff election, Ourso defeated the more [[conservative]] Republican candidate, [[Buddy Amoroso|Anthony J. "Buddy" Amoroso, IV]]. The two divided over taxation and the [[Common Core]] State Standards Initiative. Ourso said that he will be flexible in approaches to balance the state budget, a position the anti-tax Amoroso dismissed out of hand. Ourso said that Common Core should be the prerogative of the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education; Amoroso favors repealing Common Core in the legislature and the use of state standards and examinations. Ourso did not answer the questionnaire submitted by the conservative Louisiana Family Forum, whereas Amoroso expressed his agreement with that organization. Amoroso was a property manager who lived in the Lake Sherwood Acres neighborhood and served on the Baton Rouge Metro Council prior to his death in a [[bicycle]] accident. He is a founder of the anti-tax advocacy group, Tax Busters, and formerly served on the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport Commission.<ref name=brma/>
With all precincts reporting, Ourso received 1,958 votes; Amoroso, 1,886 ballots. Only 12.5 percent of registered voters came to the polls, according to then Louisiana Secretary of State [[Tom Schedler]].<ref>{{cite web|url=
http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/03282015/03282015_MultiParish.html|title=Results for Election Date 3/28/2015|publisher=[[Louisiana Secretary of State]]|accessdate=March 30, 2015}}</ref>
Ourso described his message as "positive from the beginning and remained positive. The voters responded to that." The new representative sought a seat on the Appropriations or Transportation committees.<ref name=brma/> House District 66 reaches from Interstate 12 to Bayou Manchac, including subdivisions that would fall within the proposed City of St. George as well as Woodland Ridge, Old Jefferson, Santa Maria, Tiger Bend, and the Country Club of Louisiana. The district is 49 percent registered Republican.<ref name=brma/>
Ourso graduated from [[Louisiana State University]].
Ourso lost a runoff election on November 21, 2015, to retain his seat for a full term. He led in the October 24 primary with 4,660 votes (37.7 percent) but was thereafter unseated by the second-place challenger, fellow Republican [[Rick Edmonds]], a pastor at the large Bethany Church in Baton Rouge<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theadvocate.com/news/14061578-123/district-66-incumbent-darrell-ourso|title=District 66 incumbent Darrell Ourso loses seat to Family Forum Vice President|date=November 21, 2015|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|author=Rebekah Allen|accessdate=November 27, 2015}}</ref> and vice president of the Louisiana Family Forum. Edmonds trailed with 2,869 votes (23.2 percent) in the primary. Two other Republicans, Rick Bond and Rusty Secrist, and a Democrat, Antoine Pierce, split the remaining ballots.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 24, 2015.</ref>
In the second round of balloting, however Edmonds polled 7,109 votes (52.1 percent) to Ourso's 6,540 (47.9 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 21, 2015.</ref> Edmonds still holds the seat.
==References==
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| name=Darrell Paul Ourso
| image=Darrell Ourso of LA.jpg
| nationality=[[United States|American]]
| office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative for<br> District 66 (East Baton Rouge Parish)
| term_start=April 2015
| term_end=January 11, 2016
| preceded=[[Hunter Greene]]
| succeeded=[[Rick Edmonds]]
| office2=Member of the East Baton Rouge Parish Metro Council for District 9
| term_start2=1999
| term_end2=2008
| preceded2=Patty Jo Roubique
| succeeded2=Joel Boe
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| birth_date=April 22, 1964
| birth_place=Donaldsonville, Louisiana
| residence=[[Baton Rouge]], Louisiana, USA
| alma_mater=[[Louisiana State University]]
| occupation=Financial advisor
| spouse=
| children=
| parents=Wilfred Arthur and Mabel Alleman Ourso
| religion=[[Roman Catholic]]}}
'''Darrell Paul Ourso''' (born April 22, 1964)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/darrell-ourso/e645340684512|title=Darrell Ourso|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=January 26, 2021}}</ref> is a financial advisor from [[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]], who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] former state representative for District 66 in the southeastern portion of East Baton Rouge Parish.
He won a special election by a margin of seventy-two votes on March 28, 2015 to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of since Juvenile Court Judge [[Hunter Greene]].
Ourso was the District 9 member of the Baton Rouge Metro Council from 1999 to 2008, when he did not seek a third term in office. He resides in the Evergreen neighborhood and is a member of the executive board of the Istrouma Area Council of the [[Boy Scouts]]. He is also a member of the board of commissioners for the St. George Fire Protection District.<ref name=brma>{{cite web|url=http://theadvocate.com/news/elections/11963565-123/darrell-ourso-wins-louisiana-house|title=Darrell Ourso wins Louisiana House seat for Southeast Baton Rouge: 72 votes lead to victory over Amoroso|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=March 28, 2015|accessdate=March 30, 2015}}</ref>
In a runoff election, Ourso defeated the more [[conservative]] Republican candidate, [[Buddy Amoroso|Anthony J. "Buddy" Amoroso, IV]]. The two divided over taxation and the [[Common Core]] State Standards Initiative. Ourso said that he will be flexible in approaches to balance the state budget, a position the anti-tax Amoroso dismissed out of hand. Ourso said that Common Core should be the prerogative of the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education; Amoroso favors repealing Common Core in the legislature and the use of state standards and examinations. Ourso did not answer the questionnaire submitted by the conservative Louisiana Family Forum, whereas Amoroso expressed his agreement with that organization. Amoroso was a property manager who lived in the Lake Sherwood Acres neighborhood and served on the Baton Rouge Metro Council prior to his death in a [[bicycle]] accident. He is a founder of the anti-tax advocacy group, Tax Busters, and formerly served on the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport Commission.<ref name=brma/>
With all precincts reporting, Ourso received 1,958 votes; Amoroso, 1,886 ballots. Only 12.5 percent of registered voters came to the polls, according to then Louisiana Secretary of State [[Tom Schedler]].<ref>{{cite web|url=
http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/03282015/03282015_MultiParish.html|title=Results for Election Date 3/28/2015|publisher=[[Louisiana Secretary of State]]|accessdate=March 30, 2015}}</ref>
Ourso described his message as "positive from the beginning and remained positive. The voters responded to that." The new representative sought a seat on the Appropriations or Transportation committees.<ref name=brma/> House District 66 reaches from Interstate 12 to Bayou Manchac, including subdivisions that would fall within the proposed City of St. George as well as Woodland Ridge, Old Jefferson, Santa Maria, Tiger Bend, and the Country Club of Louisiana. The district is 49 percent registered Republican.<ref name=brma/>
Ourso graduated from [[Louisiana State University]].
Ourso lost a runoff election on November 21, 2015, to retain his seat for a full term. He led in the October 24 primary with 4,660 votes (37.7 percent) but was thereafter unseated by the second-place challenger, fellow Republican [[Rick Edmonds]], a pastor at the large Bethany Church in Baton Rouge<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theadvocate.com/news/14061578-123/district-66-incumbent-darrell-ourso|title=District 66 incumbent Darrell Ourso loses seat to Family Forum Vice President|date=November 21, 2015|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|author=Rebekah Allen|accessdate=November 27, 2015}}</ref> and vice president of the Louisiana Family Forum. Edmonds trailed with 2,869 votes (23.2 percent) in the primary. Two other Republicans, Rick Bond and Rusty Secrist, and a Democrat, Antoine Pierce, split the remaining ballots.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 24, 2015.</ref>
In the second round of balloting, however Edmonds polled 7,109 votes (52.1 percent) to Ourso's 6,540 (47.9 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 21, 2015.</ref> Edmonds still holds the seat.
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ourso, Darrell}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:State Representatives]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Moderate Republicans]]
[[Category:Catholics]]
[[Category:Catholic Politicians]]