| | In his 2015 campaign, Gatti ran as a strong intra-party critic of term-limited and failed presidential candidate, Governor [[Bobby Jindal]]. He is also a close friend of Governor John Bel Edwards, whom he met at the [[Louisiana State University]] Law Center in [[Baton Rouge]]. Edwards even campaigned in 2014 at Gatti's law office.. | | In his 2015 campaign, Gatti ran as a strong intra-party critic of term-limited and failed presidential candidate, Governor [[Bobby Jindal]]. He is also a close friend of Governor John Bel Edwards, whom he met at the [[Louisiana State University]] Law Center in [[Baton Rouge]]. Edwards even campaigned in 2014 at Gatti's law office.. |
| − | Gatti graduated in 1992 from Airline High School in Bossier City. He was in [[Haiti]] on a mission trip at the time of his election to the state Senate. He ran unsuccessfully in 2003 for the state House of Representatives]], losing to incumbent Republican [[Jane H. Smith|Jane Holland Smith]], a former Bossier Parish school superintendent. | + | Gatti graduated in 1992 from Airline High School in Bossier City. He was in [[Haiti]] on a mission trip at the time of his election to the state Senate. He ran unsuccessfully in 2003 for the state House of Representatives, losing to incumbent Republican [[Jane H. Smith|Jane Holland Smith]], a former Bossier Parish school superintendent. |
| | In 2017, Gatti's brother, Robert Hal "Robbie" Gatti, Jr. (born March 1970), lost a special runoff election for the District 8 seat in the Louisiana House of Representatives to fill the seat vacated by U.S. Representative [[Mike Johnson]] of Benton, Louisiana. [[Raymond Crews]] was elected to succeed Johnson. He polled 3,845 votes (64 percent) to Gatti's 2,150 (36 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical |title=Election Results|date=April 29, 2017|publisher= Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=May 2, 2017}}</ref> | | In 2017, Gatti's brother, Robert Hal "Robbie" Gatti, Jr. (born March 1970), lost a special runoff election for the District 8 seat in the Louisiana House of Representatives to fill the seat vacated by U.S. Representative [[Mike Johnson]] of Benton, Louisiana. [[Raymond Crews]] was elected to succeed Johnson. He polled 3,845 votes (64 percent) to Gatti's 2,150 (36 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical |title=Election Results|date=April 29, 2017|publisher= Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=May 2, 2017}}</ref> |