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|term_start=January 14, 2008

|term_start=January 14, 2008

|term_end=January 13, 2020

|term_end=January 13, 2020

|preceded=Michael Arthur "Mike" Walsworth

|preceded=[[Mike Walsworth]]

|succeeded=[[Foy Gadberry]]

|succeeded=[[Foy Gadberry]]

|birth_date=January 28, 1944

|birth_date=January 28, 1944

Matthew Thomas Hoffman

Matthew Thomas Hoffman

|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]

|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]

|occupation= Retired [[educator]]

|occupation=Retired [[educator]]

|religion=[[Southern Baptist]]

|religion=[[Southern Baptist]]

|alma_mater=[[University of Louisiana at Monroe]]}}

|alma_mater=[[University of Louisiana at Monroe]]}}

'''Frank Albert Hoffmann''' (born January 28, 1944) is the [[Republican Party|Republican]] former state representative for District 15 in Ouachita Parish in northeastern [[Louisiana]]. He held the seat from 2008 to 2020. HE was term-limited and vacated the office position on January 13, 2020.

'''Frank Albert Hoffmann''' (born January 28, 1944) is the [[Republican Party|Republican]] former state representative for District 15 in Ouachita Parish in northeastern [[Louisiana]]. He held the seat from 2008 to 2020. He was term-limited and vacated the position on January 13, 2020.

He has been known as a leading legislative opponent of [[abortion]]. Prior to his entry into politics, Hoffman was a retired school administrator for the Ouachita Parish School Board. He resides in West Monroe.

He was known as a leading legislative opponent of [[abortion]]. Prior to his entry into politics, Hoffman was a retired school administrator for the Ouachita Parish School Board. He resides in West Monroe.

==Background==

==Background==

Hoffmann was the vice chairman of the House Education Committee and also served on the Retirement and Ways and Means committees. He was a member of the Joint Legislative Committee on Capital Outlay and the Legislative Rural Caucus.<ref name=hoffmann/>

Hoffmann was the vice chairman of the House Education Committee and also served on the Retirement and Ways and Means committees. He was a member of the Joint Legislative Committee on Capital Outlay and the Legislative Rural Caucus.<ref name=hoffmann/>

He was initially elected to the state House when the retiring Republican Representative Michael Arthur "Mike" Walsworth, also of West Monroe, was elected as a state senator. In the October 20, 2007, nonpartisan blanket [[primary]], Hoffmann led a field of five candidates with 5,962 votes (44 percent). The runner-up was fellow Republican Paul B. Hargrove (born November 17, 1960) of West Monroe, who polled 4,230 votes (24 percent). Three other candidates, a Republican and two [[Democratic Party|Democrats]], shared the remaining 32 percent of the ballots.<refLouisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 20, 2007.</ref> Hargrove, twenty points behind in the primary, chose not to contest the [[general election]] held on November 17, and Hoffmann hence secured the seat in the first round of voting.

He was initially elected to the state House when the retiring Republican Representative [[Mike Walsworth]] of West Monroe, was elected as a state senator. In the October 20, 2007, nonpartisan blanket [[primary]], Hoffmann led a field of five candidates with 5,962 votes (44 percent). The runner-up was fellow Republican Paul B. Hargrove (born November 17, 1960) of West Monroe, who polled 4,230 votes (24 percent). Three other candidates, a Republican and two [[Democratic Party|Democrats]], shared the remaining 32 percent of the ballots.<refLouisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 20, 2007.</ref> Hargrove, twenty points behind in the primary, chose not to contest the [[general election]] held on November 17, and Hoffmann hence secured the seat in the first round of voting.

===Anti-abortion legislator===

===Anti-abortion legislator===