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'''Ruth L. Ulrich''' (born ca. 1962)<ref>http://find.intelius.com/search-summary-out.php?ReportType=1&</ref> is the [[Republican]] candidate for the open District 5 seat on the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education in the November 17, 2007, general election. The district includes sixteen parishes in north and central Louisiana. Ulrich faces [[Democrat]] Keith K. Guice for the right to succeed 15-year Democratic incumbent James Stafford.  

'''Ruth L. Ulrich''' (born ca. 1962)<ref>http://find.intelius.com/search-summary-out.php?ReportType=1&</ref> is the [[Republican]] candidate for the open District 5 seat on the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education in the November 17, 2007, general election. The district includes sixteen parishes in north and central Louisiana. Ulrich faces [[Democrat]] Keith K. Guice for the right to succeed 15-year Democratic incumbent James Stafford.  

Ulrich is a businesswoman and a producer, writer, and sometimes on-air replacement for conservative radio talk show host Moon Griffon (pronounced GRE FONN), who broadcasts statewide from his studio in Monroe, the seat of Ouachita Parish. She also represents District 16A on the Republican State Central Committee. She was chairman of the Louisiana Bush-Cheney presidential electors in 2004. She serves on the Monroe Historic Preservation Commission. Ulrich is also the past vice president of the Garden District Neighborhood Alliance and as past president of the Monroe Garden Club. In 2005, U.S. Senator David Vitter nominated Ulrich to represent Monroe at the Business and Professional Women’s Leadership Summit in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref>http://vitter.senate.gov/index.cfm?module=PressRoom/PressItem&ID=6d9d8e84-fade-4049-b410-5d9a9fad8669</ref>   

Ulrich is a businesswoman and a producer, writer, and sometimes on-air replacement for conservative radio talk show host [[Moon Griffon]] (pronounced GRE FONN), who broadcasts statewide from his studio in Monroe, the seat of Ouachita Parish. She also represents District 16A on the Republican State Central Committee. She was chairman of the Louisiana Bush-Cheney presidential electors in 2004. She serves on the Monroe Historic Preservation Commission. Ulrich is also the past vice president of the Garden District Neighborhood Alliance and as past president of the Monroe Garden Club. In 2005, U.S. Senator David Vitter nominated Ulrich to represent Monroe at the Business and Professional Women’s Leadership Summit in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref>http://vitter.senate.gov/index.cfm?module=PressRoom/PressItem&ID=6d9d8e84-fade-4049-b410-5d9a9fad8669</ref>   

Both Ulrich and Guice reside in Monroe. Ulrich led Guice in the October 20 jungle primary, 60,085 (39 percent) to 42,258 (27 percent). Two other Democrats, Walter B. Gatlin and James E. Lee, received 31,585 votes (20 percent) and 22,083 ballots (14 percent), respectively. The three Democratic candidates hence collectively polled 61 percent in the preliminary election.<ref>http://www400.sos.louisiana.gov:8090/cgibinrqstyp=elcms2&rqsdta=102007</ref>  Gatlin has since crossed party lines to endorse Ulrich in the November 17 general election.

Both Ulrich and Guice reside in Monroe. Ulrich led Guice in the October 20 jungle primary, 60,085 (39 percent) to 42,258 (27 percent). Two other Democrats, Walter B. Gatlin and James E. Lee, received 31,585 votes (20 percent) and 22,083 ballots (14 percent), respectively. The three Democratic candidates hence collectively polled 61 percent in the preliminary election.<ref>http://www400.sos.louisiana.gov:8090/cgibinrqstyp=elcms2&rqsdta=102007</ref>  Gatlin has since crossed party lines to endorse Ulrich in the November 17 general election.