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'''Rhonda Leger Butler''' (born September 3, 1963) is the [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for District 38 in Evangeline and St. Landry parishes. She resides in Ville Platte but formerly lived in Turkey Creek, both communities in Evangeline Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/rhonda-butler/e93616714662|title=Rhonda Butler|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=December 28, 2019}}</ref>
'''Rhonda Leger Butler''' (born September 3, 1963) is the [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for District 38 in Evangeline and St. Landry parishes, [[Louisiana]]. She resides in Ville Platte but formerly lived in Turkey Creek, both communities in Evangeline Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/rhonda-butler/e93616714662|title=Rhonda Butler|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=December 28, 2019}}</ref>
Butler was elected to the state House of Representatives in the nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] held on October 12, 2019. With 8,880 votes (60 percent), Butler defeated two [[Democratic Party|Democrats]], "Phil Cowboy" Lemoine who received 3,920 votes (27 percent) and Taranza Arvie (born 1962) of Ville Platte, who polled 1,965 (13 percent). Turnout of registered voters was 54.9 percent.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 12, 2019.</ref> Butler assumed the seat on January 13, 2020, when she succeeded Democratic Representative [[Bernard LeBas]], who was term-limited in the House and instead ran unsuccessfully for the District 28 seat in the state Senate.
Butler was elected to the state House of Representatives in the nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] held on October 12, 2019. With 8,880 votes (60 percent), Butler defeated two [[Democratic Party|Democrats]], "Phil Cowboy" Lemoine who received 3,920 votes (27 percent) and Taranza Arvie (born 1962) of Ville Platte, who polled 1,965 (13 percent). Turnout of registered voters was 54.9 percent.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 12, 2019.</ref> Butler assumed the seat on January 13, 2020, when she succeeded Democratic Representative [[Bernard LeBas]], who was term-limited in the House and instead ran unsuccessfully for the District 28 seat in the state Senate.