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{{Infobox officeholder
| name=Rick Lamar Farrar
| image=Rick Farrar of LA.jpg
| office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative <br>for District 27 (Rapides Parish)
| term_start=1992
| term_end=1996
|term_start2=2000
|term_end2=2008
| predecessor=Carl Newton Gunter, Jr.
| successor=[[Randy Wiggins]]
|predecessor2=Randy E. Wiggins
|successor2=[[Chris Hazel|Lowell Christopher Hazel]]
| birth_date=February 12, 1960
| birth_place=[[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]]<br>Louisiana, [[United States|USA]]
| death_date=December 18, 2018 (aged 58)
| death_place=Oschner Medical Center.<br>
in Jefferson, Louisiana
|resting_place=Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Ball, Louisiana
| party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
| spouse=Dana Renee Newman Farrar
| children=Hunter Newman Farrar<br>
Cole Farrar<br>
'''Parents''':<br>
Terry Lynn "Buddy" and Marilyn Price Farrar
| residence=[[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]], Rapides Parish
|alma_mater=Pineville High School<br>
[[University of Louisiana at Monroe]]<br>
Southern University Law School<br>
in [[Baton Rouge]]
| occupation=[[Attorney]]
| religion=[[United Methodist]]
| footnotes ='''Notes''':<br>
*Farrar, an [[attorney]] in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]], [[Louisiana]], served three nonconsecutive terms as a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] state representative for Rapides Parish. He was succeeded twice by the only [[Republican Party|Republicans]] to hold the District 27 seat.
* Farrar was among the lawmakers in 2006 who passed the Pet Evacuation Bill after reports surfaced during [[Hurricane Katrina]] of pets having been abandoned in the natural disaster.
}}
'''Rick Lamar Farrar''', known as '''Rick L. Farrar''' (February 12, 1960 – December 18, 2018)<ref name=findagrave>Rick Lamar Farrar (1960-2018) - Find A Grave Memorial, accessed May 3, 2021.</ref> was an [[attorney]] in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]], [[Louisiana]], who served as the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]state representative for District 27 in northern and eastern Rapides Parish from 1992 to 1996 and again from 2000 to 2008.
==Background==
Farrar was born in [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], the son of Terry Lynn "Buddy" Farrar (1938-2002), a native of Springhill in Webster Parish and the former Marilyn Price (born 1941). In 1978, he graduated from Pinevlle High School. He completed his undergraduate studies at the [[University of Louisiana at Monroe]], then known as Northeast Louisiana State University at which he was a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity, He procured his legal degree from the historically black Southern University School of Law in the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]]. He established his law practice in Pineville.<ref name=findagrave/>.
He had two sons, Hunter Newman Farrar and Cole Farrar with his widow, the former Dana Newman. Rick never missed a single one of his sons' [[football]], [[basketball]], and [[baseball]] games. He was a [[United Methodist]].<ref name=findagrave/>
==Election history==
In 1991, Farrar unseated long-term Democratic incumbent Carl Newton Gunter, Jr. (1938-1999), of Deville in the eastern portion of the parish, 7,729 votes (57 percent) to Gunter's 5,929 (43 percent), exactly 1,800 votes.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 19, 1991.</ref> Gunter was tied to [[organized labor]] but also strongly [[pro-life]]. Gunter faced organized opposition from [[feminist]] groups who opposed his opposition against [[abortion]]. On October 21, 1995, Farrar was unseated by the [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Randy Wiggins|Randy E. Wiggins]] of Pineville, a State Farm [[Insurance]] agent in [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]]. Wiggins received 6,350 votes (51.1 percent) to Farrar's 6,077 (48.9 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 21, 1995.</ref> Wiggins is the first Republican ever elected to the Louisiana House from Rapides Parish since the days of [[Reconstruction]].<ref>{{cite web|url=HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf (louisiana.gov), for Rapides Parish, accesed May 3, 2021.</ref>
In 1999, Farrar staged a comeback when Wiggins ran, not for reelection, but for the state Senate seat vacated by [[B. G. Dyess]], who retired after a single term. Wiggins narrowly lost to former Senator [[Joe McPherson]], a [[business]]man then from Pineville and later Woodworth. On October 23, 1999, in the nonpartisan blanket [[primary]], Randall Bryan "Randy" Tannehill (born 1960), a Republican member of the Rapides Parish School Board also from Pineville, led Farrar, 4,442 (41.4 percent) to, 4,088 (38.1 percent). A third candidate, Democrat Pete Ferrington of Pineville, polled a critical 2,208 votes (20.6 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 23, 1999.</ref> In the ensuing [[general election]], Farrar topped Tannehill, the son of Fred L. Tannehill (born February 6, 1932), a former member of the Louisiana State Board of Education. Farrar led 4,318 (54.6 percent) to Tannehill’s 3,595 (45.4 percent). Because of low turnout in the second round of balloting, without a [[Governor|gubernatorial]] contest, Farrar underpolled his primary totals by 124 votes; Tannehill, by 493 ballots.<ref>Louisiana Secetary of State, Election Returns,
November 20, 1999.</ref>
In 2003, Farrar won again, 7,072 votes (61 percent) to Pete Ferrington’s 4,519 (39 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 4, 2003.</ref> In 2005, Farrar was listed as a member of the House Ways and Means Committee under chairman [[Bryant Hammett|Bryant O. Hammett, Jr.]], of Ferriday in Concordia Parish in eastern Louisiana.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hopenetworks.org/la_tax_2005/waymeans.html|title=2005 Louisiana House Mays and Means Committee|publisher=hopenetworks.org|accessdate=September 19, 2009}}</ref> In 2006, Farrar was among the lawmakers who spoke for passage of the Pet Evacuation Act, authored by then State Senator [[Heulette Fontenot]], a Republican from Livingston Parish. The legislation was approved after the heartbreak of abandoned pets in natural disasters surfaced during the aftermath of [[Hurricane Katrina]].<ref> After Katrina, Farrar spoke out in 2005 against state assistance to keep [[New Orleans Saints]] football within the state. According to Farrar, "There's no political will I have been able to find to give them anything at this point. Instead of showing the can-do spirit of getting back on their feet, they took off. That shows a tremendous lack of character."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9802E7DB1E3FF93BA15753C1A9639C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=3|tauthor=Jere Longman|title=Saints Return to Louisiana Amid Much Damage to Repair|date=October 28, 2005|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''|accessdate=September 19, 2009}}</ref>
In 2007, Farrar was crushed as he sought his fourth nonconsecutive term in the House by Republican newcomer [[Chris Hazel]], 9,330 votes (62.5 percent) to 5,611 (37.5 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 20, 2007.</ref> Hazel became only the second Republican since Wiggins to hold the District 27 seat since [[Reconstruction]]. The post is now held by Republican [[MIchael T. Johnson]], and Hazel is a 19th Judicial Court judge.
==Death==
Farrar died at the age of fifty-eight at Oschner Medical Center in Jefferson near [[New Orleans]], Louisiana.He is interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Ball, Louisiana. One of his pallbearers was state Senator Jay Luneau of Alexandria, who won reelection in 2019 against Farrar's former opponent, Randy Wiggins. An honorary pallbearer was District Attorney Phillip Terrell, for whom Farrar worked after leaving the legislature.<ref name=findagrave/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Farrar, Rick L.}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Attorneys]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:State Representatives]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
[[Category:United Methodists]]
| name=Rick Lamar Farrar
| image=Rick Farrar of LA.jpg
| office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative <br>for District 27 (Rapides Parish)
| term_start=1992
| term_end=1996
|term_start2=2000
|term_end2=2008
| predecessor=Carl Newton Gunter, Jr.
| successor=[[Randy Wiggins]]
|predecessor2=Randy E. Wiggins
|successor2=[[Chris Hazel|Lowell Christopher Hazel]]
| birth_date=February 12, 1960
| birth_place=[[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]]<br>Louisiana, [[United States|USA]]
| death_date=December 18, 2018 (aged 58)
| death_place=Oschner Medical Center.<br>
in Jefferson, Louisiana
|resting_place=Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Ball, Louisiana
| party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
| spouse=Dana Renee Newman Farrar
| children=Hunter Newman Farrar<br>
Cole Farrar<br>
'''Parents''':<br>
Terry Lynn "Buddy" and Marilyn Price Farrar
| residence=[[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]], Rapides Parish
|alma_mater=Pineville High School<br>
[[University of Louisiana at Monroe]]<br>
Southern University Law School<br>
in [[Baton Rouge]]
| occupation=[[Attorney]]
| religion=[[United Methodist]]
| footnotes ='''Notes''':<br>
*Farrar, an [[attorney]] in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]], [[Louisiana]], served three nonconsecutive terms as a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] state representative for Rapides Parish. He was succeeded twice by the only [[Republican Party|Republicans]] to hold the District 27 seat.
* Farrar was among the lawmakers in 2006 who passed the Pet Evacuation Bill after reports surfaced during [[Hurricane Katrina]] of pets having been abandoned in the natural disaster.
}}
'''Rick Lamar Farrar''', known as '''Rick L. Farrar''' (February 12, 1960 – December 18, 2018)<ref name=findagrave>Rick Lamar Farrar (1960-2018) - Find A Grave Memorial, accessed May 3, 2021.</ref> was an [[attorney]] in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]], [[Louisiana]], who served as the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]state representative for District 27 in northern and eastern Rapides Parish from 1992 to 1996 and again from 2000 to 2008.
==Background==
Farrar was born in [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], the son of Terry Lynn "Buddy" Farrar (1938-2002), a native of Springhill in Webster Parish and the former Marilyn Price (born 1941). In 1978, he graduated from Pinevlle High School. He completed his undergraduate studies at the [[University of Louisiana at Monroe]], then known as Northeast Louisiana State University at which he was a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity, He procured his legal degree from the historically black Southern University School of Law in the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]]. He established his law practice in Pineville.<ref name=findagrave/>.
He had two sons, Hunter Newman Farrar and Cole Farrar with his widow, the former Dana Newman. Rick never missed a single one of his sons' [[football]], [[basketball]], and [[baseball]] games. He was a [[United Methodist]].<ref name=findagrave/>
==Election history==
In 1991, Farrar unseated long-term Democratic incumbent Carl Newton Gunter, Jr. (1938-1999), of Deville in the eastern portion of the parish, 7,729 votes (57 percent) to Gunter's 5,929 (43 percent), exactly 1,800 votes.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 19, 1991.</ref> Gunter was tied to [[organized labor]] but also strongly [[pro-life]]. Gunter faced organized opposition from [[feminist]] groups who opposed his opposition against [[abortion]]. On October 21, 1995, Farrar was unseated by the [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Randy Wiggins|Randy E. Wiggins]] of Pineville, a State Farm [[Insurance]] agent in [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]]. Wiggins received 6,350 votes (51.1 percent) to Farrar's 6,077 (48.9 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 21, 1995.</ref> Wiggins is the first Republican ever elected to the Louisiana House from Rapides Parish since the days of [[Reconstruction]].<ref>{{cite web|url=HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf (louisiana.gov), for Rapides Parish, accesed May 3, 2021.</ref>
In 1999, Farrar staged a comeback when Wiggins ran, not for reelection, but for the state Senate seat vacated by [[B. G. Dyess]], who retired after a single term. Wiggins narrowly lost to former Senator [[Joe McPherson]], a [[business]]man then from Pineville and later Woodworth. On October 23, 1999, in the nonpartisan blanket [[primary]], Randall Bryan "Randy" Tannehill (born 1960), a Republican member of the Rapides Parish School Board also from Pineville, led Farrar, 4,442 (41.4 percent) to, 4,088 (38.1 percent). A third candidate, Democrat Pete Ferrington of Pineville, polled a critical 2,208 votes (20.6 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 23, 1999.</ref> In the ensuing [[general election]], Farrar topped Tannehill, the son of Fred L. Tannehill (born February 6, 1932), a former member of the Louisiana State Board of Education. Farrar led 4,318 (54.6 percent) to Tannehill’s 3,595 (45.4 percent). Because of low turnout in the second round of balloting, without a [[Governor|gubernatorial]] contest, Farrar underpolled his primary totals by 124 votes; Tannehill, by 493 ballots.<ref>Louisiana Secetary of State, Election Returns,
November 20, 1999.</ref>
In 2003, Farrar won again, 7,072 votes (61 percent) to Pete Ferrington’s 4,519 (39 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 4, 2003.</ref> In 2005, Farrar was listed as a member of the House Ways and Means Committee under chairman [[Bryant Hammett|Bryant O. Hammett, Jr.]], of Ferriday in Concordia Parish in eastern Louisiana.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hopenetworks.org/la_tax_2005/waymeans.html|title=2005 Louisiana House Mays and Means Committee|publisher=hopenetworks.org|accessdate=September 19, 2009}}</ref> In 2006, Farrar was among the lawmakers who spoke for passage of the Pet Evacuation Act, authored by then State Senator [[Heulette Fontenot]], a Republican from Livingston Parish. The legislation was approved after the heartbreak of abandoned pets in natural disasters surfaced during the aftermath of [[Hurricane Katrina]].<ref> After Katrina, Farrar spoke out in 2005 against state assistance to keep [[New Orleans Saints]] football within the state. According to Farrar, "There's no political will I have been able to find to give them anything at this point. Instead of showing the can-do spirit of getting back on their feet, they took off. That shows a tremendous lack of character."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9802E7DB1E3FF93BA15753C1A9639C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=3|tauthor=Jere Longman|title=Saints Return to Louisiana Amid Much Damage to Repair|date=October 28, 2005|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''|accessdate=September 19, 2009}}</ref>
In 2007, Farrar was crushed as he sought his fourth nonconsecutive term in the House by Republican newcomer [[Chris Hazel]], 9,330 votes (62.5 percent) to 5,611 (37.5 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 20, 2007.</ref> Hazel became only the second Republican since Wiggins to hold the District 27 seat since [[Reconstruction]]. The post is now held by Republican [[MIchael T. Johnson]], and Hazel is a 19th Judicial Court judge.
==Death==
Farrar died at the age of fifty-eight at Oschner Medical Center in Jefferson near [[New Orleans]], Louisiana.He is interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Ball, Louisiana. One of his pallbearers was state Senator Jay Luneau of Alexandria, who won reelection in 2019 against Farrar's former opponent, Randy Wiggins. An honorary pallbearer was District Attorney Phillip Terrell, for whom Farrar worked after leaving the legislature.<ref name=findagrave/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Farrar, Rick L.}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Attorneys]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:State Representatives]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
[[Category:United Methodists]]