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==Background==
==Background==
Born in Jena, the seat of La Salle Parish in north Louisiana, Francis is the oldest of three sons and one daughter of Gordon "Bugs" Francis (1916-1988) and the former Cornelia Mackey (1916-2001), a [[Southern Baptist]]. His siblings are e John Francis of [[Lafayette]], Gary Francis of [[Baton Rouge]], and Ginger Francis Walker of Jena. The parents are interred at Nolley Memorial Methodist Cemetery in Jena.<ref>Cornelia Mackey Francis (1916-2001) - Find A Grave Memorial, accessed April 27, 2021.</ref> He played [[footballl]] at Jena High School and began thereafter his career as a roughneck and then a mud engineer. Then he started his own oil drilling fluids business, Francis Drilling Fluids, Ltd, from his base in south Louisiana. He is the chief executive officer of his company, one of the oldest drilling fluids companies on the [[Gulf of Mexico|Gulf Coast]]. He employs more than five hundred people at locations in Louisiana, Texas, [[Oklahoma]], and [[Wyoming]].<ref name=lpsc>:: LPSC District 4 :: (louisiana.gov), accessed April 27, 2021.</ref><ref name=ballotpedia/>
Born in Jena, the seat of La Salle Parish in north Louisiana, Francis is the oldest of three sons and one daughter of Gordon "Bugs" Francis (1916-1988) and the former Cornelia Mackey (1916-2001), a [[Southern Baptist]]. His siblings are e John Francis of [[Lafayette]], Gary Francis of [[Baton Rouge]], and Ginger Francis Walker of Jena. The parents are interred at Nolley Memorial Methodist Cemetery in Jena.<ref>Cornelia Mackey Francis (1916-2001) - Find A Grave Memorial, accessed April 27, 2021.</ref> He played [[football]] at Jena High School and began thereafter his career as a roughneck and then a mud engineer. Then he started his own oil drilling fluids business, Francis Drilling Fluids, Ltd, from his base in south Louisiana. He is the chief executive officer of his company, one of the oldest drilling fluids companies on the [[Gulf of Mexico|Gulf Coast]]. He employs more than five hundred people at locations in Louisiana, Texas, [[Oklahoma]], and [[Wyoming]].<ref name=lpsc>:: LPSC District 4 :: (louisiana.gov), accessed April 27, 2021.</ref><ref name=ballotpedia/>
==Political overview==
==Political overview==