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|office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative<br> for District 89 (St. Tammany Parish)
|office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative<br> for District 89 (St. Tammany Parish)
|term_start=January 13, 2020
|term_start=January 13, 2020
|term_end=January 2024
|preceded=[[Reid Falconer]]
|preceded=[[Reid Falconer]]
|succeeded=Pending November 18 runoff elecdtion
|birth_date=May 20, 1986
|birth_date=May 20, 1986
|birth_place=Mandeville, St. Tammany Parish
|birth_place=Mandeville, St. Tammany Parish
|religion=[[Episcopalian]]
|religion=[[Episcopalian]]
}}
}}
'''Richard James Nelson''' (born May 20, 1986)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/richard-nelson/e33753614133516|title=Richard Nelson (James)|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=December 19, 2020}}</ref> is the [[Republican Party |Republican]] state representative for District 89 in St. Tammany Parish in [[suburb]]an [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]]. He will succeed the one-term representative, [[Reid Falconer]], on January 13, 2020.<ref name=nolanews>{{cite web|url=https://www.nola.com/news/communities/st_tammany/article_a0c9b370-0706-11ea-8be7-ab826505e7ec.html|title=Richard Nelson wins Mandeville-area 89th House District post|publisher=''The New Orleans Times-Picayune''|date=November 16, 2019|accessdate=November 23, 2019}}</ref>
'''Richard James Nelson''' (born May 20, 1986)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/richard-nelson/e33753614133516|title=Richard Nelson (James)|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=December 19, 2020}}</ref> is the [[Republican Party |Republican]] state representative for District 89 in St. Tammany Parish in [[suburb]]an [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]]. He succeeded the one-term representative, [[Reid Falconer]], on January 13, 2020.<ref name=nolanews>{{cite web|url=https://www.nola.com/news/communities/st_tammany/article_a0c9b370-0706-11ea-8be7-ab826505e7ec.html|title=Richard Nelson wins Mandeville-area 89th House District post|publisher=''The New Orleans Times-Picayune''|date=November 16, 2019|accessdate=November 23, 2019}}</ref>
Falconer did not seek reelection to the state House but was instead an unsuccessful Republican candidate for the District 11 seat in the state Senate against another Republican, [[Patrick McMath]] in the runoff [[primary]] held on November 16, 2019. In that same election, Nelson defeated another Republican, Vincent Joseph "Vince" Liuzza (born 1969), a New Orleans native who moved to the Northshore in 1999. Liuzza is a small business owner and [[real estate]] agent. Nelson polled 8,465 votes (53 percent) to Liuzza's 7,424 (47 percent) to claim the House seat.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 12 and November 16, 2019.</ref>
Falconer did not seek reelection to the state House but was instead an unsuccessful Republican candidate for the District 11 seat in the state Senate against another Republican, [[Patrick McMath]] in the runoff [[primary]] held on November 16, 2019. In that same election, Nelson defeated another Republican, Vincent Joseph "Vince" Liuzza (born 1969), a New Orleans native who moved to the Northshore in 1999. Liuzza is a small business owner and [[real estate]] agent. Nelson polled 8,465 votes (53 percent) to Liuzza's 7,424 (47 percent) to claim the House seat.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 12 and November 16, 2019.</ref>
Born, reared, and residing in Mandeville, Nelson graduated from Mandeville High School, [[Louisiana State University]], and the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Cente. He was a security engineering officer and diplomat for the [[United States Department of State]], stationed part of the time in [[Germany]] and the former [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[Republic of Georgia]]. He also managed security projects in [[Afghanistan]], [[Iraq]], and [[Pakistan]]. He and his wife, Ashley Nelson, have three young sons, Michael, Arthur, and Jack. He is an [[Episcopalian]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/187040/richard-nelson|title=Richard Nelson's Biography|publisher=Justfacts.votesmart.org|accessdate=November 23, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nelsonforla.com/bio/|title=Meet Richard|publisher=Nelsonforla.com|accessdate=November 23, 2019}}</ref>
Born, reared, and residing in Mandeville, Nelson graduated from Mandeville High School, [[Louisiana State University]], and the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Cente. He was a security engineering officer and diplomat for the [[United States Department of State]], stationed part of the time in [[Germany]] and the former [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[Republic of Georgia]]. He also managed security projects in [[Afghanistan]], [[Iraq]], and [[Pakistan]]. He and his wife, Ashley Nelson, have three young sons, Michael, Arthur, and Jack. He is an [[Episcopalian]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/187040/richard-nelson|title=Richard Nelson's Biography|publisher=Justfacts.votesmart.org|accessdate=November 23, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nelsonforla.com/bio/|title=Meet Richard|publisher=Nelsonforla.com|accessdate=November 23, 2019}}</ref>
Nelson did not seek a second term in the House but instead ran and withdrew as a gubernatorial candidate. He still received 3,604 votes, as he left the race too late to be removed from the ballot. Victory in the gubernatorial primary went to Attorney General [[Jeff Landry]].
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