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|office=Louisiana State Representative for District 66 (East Baton Rouge Parish)

|office=Louisiana State Representative for District 66 (East Baton Rouge Parish)

|term_start=January 11, 2016

|term_start=January 11, 2016

|term_end=

|term_end=January 2024

|preceded=[[Darrell Ourso]]

|preceded=[[Darrell Ourso]]

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'''Richard Phillip Edmonds, Jr.''', known as '''Rick Edmonds''' (born September 12, 1956),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Home/Home?uid=2277537|title=Richard Edmonds, September 1956|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=November 27, 2015}}</ref> is a [[Baptist|Southern Baptist]] pastor in [[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]], and a [[Republican Party|Republican]] member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 66.

'''Richard Phillip Edmonds, Jr.''', known as '''Rick Edmonds''' (born September 12, 1956),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Home/Home?uid=2277537|title=Richard Edmonds, September 1956|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=November 27, 2015}}</ref> is a [[Baptist|Southern Baptist]] pastor in [[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]], and a [[Republican Party|Republican]] departing member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 66.

Edmonds unseated the short-term incumbent Republican, [[Darrell Ourso]], a former member of the East Baton Rouge Parish Metro Council, in the runoff election held on November 21, 2015.<ref name=bra>{{cite web|url=http://theadvocate.com/news/14061578-123/district-66-incumbent-darrell-ourso|title=District 66 incumbent Darrell Ourso loses seat to Family Forum Vice President|date=November 21, 2015|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|author=Rebekah Allen|accessdate=November 27, 2015}}</ref> Edmonds polled 7,109 votes (52.1 percent) to Ourso's 6,540 (47.9 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/11212015/11212015_Legislative.html|title=

Edmonds unseated the short-term incumbent Republican, [[Darrell Ourso]], a former member of the East Baton Rouge Parish Metro Council, in the runoff election held on November 21, 2015.<ref name=bra>{{cite web|url=http://theadvocate.com/news/14061578-123/district-66-incumbent-darrell-ourso|title=District 66 incumbent Darrell Ourso loses seat to Family Forum Vice President|date=November 21, 2015|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|author=Rebekah Allen|accessdate=November 27, 2015}}</ref> Edmonds polled 7,109 votes (52.1 percent) to Ourso's 6,540 (47.9 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/11212015/11212015_Legislative.html|title=

In the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 12, 2019, Edmonds handily won reelection. With 12,961 votes (70 percent), he overwhelmed two opponents, Democrat Morgan Lamandre, who received 5,015 votes (27 percent), and the [[Libertarian Party|Libertarian]] nominee, David Smith, who drew 646 votes (3 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 12, 2019.</ref>   

In the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 12, 2019, Edmonds handily won reelection. With 12,961 votes (70 percent), he overwhelmed two opponents, Democrat Morgan Lamandre, who received 5,015 votes (27 percent), and the [[Libertarian Party|Libertarian]] nominee, David Smith, who drew 646 votes (3 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 12, 2019.</ref>   

   

   

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