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'''Tony Davis''' (full name unavailable) (born c. 1976) is the outgoing [[Republican Party|Republican]] member of the [[Louisiana]] Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. He is stepping down from his position in District 4 effective January 20, 2021, because of personal business reason. He resides in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]] but expects to leave the state at some tim after he assumes a new position in February 2021 with the National Association of Manufactures.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/education/article_37e6e7d8-29e7-11eb-adb8-c761be465e3f.html|title=BESE leader quitting post; 2021 election to fill vacancy|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=November 19, 2020|author=Will Sentell|accessdate=December 2, 2020}}</ref>

'''Tony Davis''' (full name unavailable) (born c. 1976) is the [[Republican Party|Republican]] former member of the [[Louisiana]] Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. He is stepping down from his position in District 4 effective January 20, 2021, because of personal business reason. He resides in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]] but expects to leave the state at some tim after he assumes a new position in February 2021 with the National Association of Manufactures.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/education/article_37e6e7d8-29e7-11eb-adb8-c761be465e3f.html|title=BESE leader quitting post; 2021 election to fill vacancy|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=November 19, 2020|author=Will Sentell|accessdate=December 2, 2020}}</ref>

In November 2015, Davis initially was elected to the BESE seat for northwestern Louisiana,  63,610 votes (51 percent). His runoff opponent, interim member Mary Eleanor Johnson Harris, a [[Shreveport]] Republican, polled 60,746 votes (49 percent). Despite his close victory, Davis was the only  BESE member to run unopposed in 2019. The board has eight elected members and three gubernatorial appointees. It serves more than 700,000 pupils.

In November 2015, Davis initially was elected to the BESE seat for northwestern Louisiana,  63,610 votes (51 percent). His runoff opponent, interim member Mary Eleanor Johnson Harris, a [[Shreveport]] Republican, polled 60,746 votes (49 percent). Despite his close victory, Davis was the only  BESE member to run unopposed in 2019. The board has eight elected members and three gubernatorial appointees. It serves more than 700,000 pupils.

Davis is a graduate of [[Northwestern State University]] in Natchitoches. and the "good government" group, Leadership Louisiana.  He is the former executive director of Natchitoches Community Alliance and a former president of the Natchitoches [[Chamber of Commerce]]. He also serves as vice chairman of the Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts, also in Natchitoches.  Davis and his wife, Amy, a design consultant, have two children.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bese.louisiana.gov/about-bese/bese-members/bese-district-4-representative|title=BESE District 4 Representative: Tony Davis|publisher=Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education|accessdate=December 4, 2020}}</ref>

Davis is a graduate of [[Northwestern State University]] in Natchitoches. and the "good government" group, Leadership Louisiana.  He is the former executive director of Natchitoches Community Alliance and a former president of the Natchitoches [[Chamber of Commerce]]. He also serves as vice chairman of the Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts, also in Natchitoches.  Davis and his wife, Amy, a design consultant, have two children.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bese.louisiana.gov/about-bese/bese-members/bese-district-4-representative|title=BESE District 4 Representative: Tony Davis|publisher=Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education|accessdate=December 4, 2020}}</ref>

In the race to succeed Davis is Shelly McFarland (born 1975), the wife of Republican state Representative Jack McFarland of Winnfield. She is committed if elected to teacher pay raises but has not addressed the issue of school choice. Jack McFarland, meanwhile, is seeking to raise the state [[gasoline]] tax by four cents to fund highway projects.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thehayride.com/2020/12/sadow-jack-mcfarland-and-gas-tax-shelly-mcfarland-and-bese/|title=Jack McFarland and Gas Tax, Shelly McFarland and BESE|date=December 1, 2020|accessdate=December 4, 2020|author=Jeffrey D. Sadow|publisher=''The Hayride''}}</ref>

In the race to succeed Davis is Shelly McFarland (born 1975), the wife of Republican state Representative Jack McFarland of Winnfield, finished second in the low-turnout special election to succeed Davis. She is committed if elected to teacher pay raises but has not addressed the issue of school choice. Jack McFarland, meanwhile, is seeking to raise the state [[gasoline]] tax by four cents to fund highway projects.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thehayride.com/2020/12/sadow-jack-mcfarland-and-gas-tax-shelly-mcfarland-and-bese/|title=Jack McFarland and Gas Tax, Shelly McFarland and BESE|date=December 1, 2020|accessdate=December 4, 2020|author=Jeffrey D. Sadow|publisher=''The Hayride''}}</ref>TMrs. McFarland now faces in a runoff contest still another Republican, Michael Melerine.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, March 20, 2021.</ref>

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