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'''Billy Ray Chandler''' (born October 17, 1937),<ref>Net Detective, People Search</ref> a departing [[Republican Party|Republican]] member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from District 22 in north central Louisiana. The district formerly encompassed seventy-two precincts from Grant, La Salle and parts of Winn and northern Rapides parishes. Chandler initally won a special election for the representative's post on April 29, 2006.  

'''Billy Ray Chandler''' (born October 17, 1937),<ref>Net Detective, People Search</ref> is a departing [[Republican Party|Republican]] member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from District 22 in north central Louisiana. The district formerly encompassed seventy-two precincts from Grant, La Salle and parts of Winn and northern Rapides parishes. Chandler initally won a special election for the representative's post on April 29, 2006.  

Chandler graduated from Dry Prong High School and attended Louisiana College in Pineville.Chandler and his wife, Marcia F. Chandler (born October 28, 1938), reside in the Village of Dry Prong in Grant Parish. They have three children and three grandchildren. Chandler is a retired state manager of the Woodmen of the World Insurance Company. He is a deacon at the First [[Baptist]] Church of Dry Prong. He formerly served for twenty-four years on the Grant Parish School Board and for four years as a Dry Prong alderman.<ref name=reelect/>

Chandler graduated from Dry Prong High School and attended Louisiana College in Pineville.Chandler and his wife, Marcia F. Chandler (born October 28, 1938), reside in the Village of Dry Prong in Grant Parish. They have three children and three grandchildren. Chandler is a retired state manager of the Woodmen of the World Insurance Company. He is a deacon at the First [[Baptist]] Church of Dry Prong. He formerly served for twenty-four years on the Grant Parish School Board and for four years as a Dry Prong alderman.<ref name=reelect/>

Murphy is a Natchitoches businessman who graduated in 1970 from Montgomery High School in Montgomery and thereafter attended Northwestern State University for three years. Murphy called himself "The Real Conservative" in the race, noting that Chandler "switched from a Democrat to a Republican after he saw that the new district would be very conservative. I have a problem with that, and you should too."<ref>Tim Murphy Campaign Site, ''Facebook''</ref>

Murphy is a Natchitoches businessman who graduated in 1970 from Montgomery High School in Montgomery and thereafter attended Northwestern State University for three years. Murphy called himself "The Real Conservative" in the race, noting that Chandler "switched from a Democrat to a Republican after he saw that the new district would be very conservative. I have a problem with that, and you should too."<ref>Tim Murphy Campaign Site, ''Facebook''</ref>

Terry Brown will hence be sworn into the District 22 seat on January 9, 2012. In addition to Chandler, two other north Louisiana Republicans were unseated in the November 19 general election, [[Rick Nowlin]] of Natchitoches and [[Sam Little]] of Bastrop in Morehouse Parish in northeastern Louisiana.

Terry Brown will hence be sworn into the District 22 seat on January 9, 2012. In addition to Chandler, two other north Louisiana Republicans faced with redistricting woes were unseated in the November 19 general election, [[Rick Nowlin]] of Natchitoches and [[Sam Little]] of Bastrop in Morehouse Parish in northeastern Louisiana. Nowlin lost to Kenny Ray Cox, a Mansfield Democrat, and Little to fellow Republican [[Jay Morris]] of Monroe.

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