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==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>