Neil Riser - Revision history

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 Since 1934, the Riser family has operated the funeral home, which was begun by Riser's grandfather, in Caldwell and LaSalle parishes Riser has been a  board member of Caldwell Bank and Trust in Columbia and is the past president of Pelican State Life Insurance Company. He was previously in the timber business; he began working in logging while a young teenager.<ref name=senriser>{{cite web|url=http://senate.la.gov/senators/senbiography.asp?SenID=32|title=Neil Riser|publisher=Louisiana State Senate|accessdate=November 21, 2019}}</ref>
-On October 14, 2023, Riser was reelected to the state House over fellow Republican Kevin Bates. He polled 7,732 votes (57 percent) to Bates' 5,788 votes (43 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 14, 2023.</ref>
+On October 14, 2023, Riser was reelected to the state House once again over fellow Republican Kevin Bates. He polled 7,732 votes (57 percent) to Bates' 5,788 votes (43 percent). The rematch between the two was not nearly as close as had been the 2019 primary showdown.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 14, 2023.</ref>
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-'''Hartwell Neil Riser Jr.''', known as '''Neil Riser''' (born April 25, 1962) is a [[business]]man in his native Columbia in Caldwell Parish, who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for District 20, which encompasses the north [[Louisiana]] parishes of Caldwell, Catahoula, Franklin, LaSalle, and Tensas.
+'''Hartwell Neil Riser, Jr.''', known as '''Neil Riser''' (born April 25, 1962) is a [[business]]man in his native Columbia in Caldwell Parish, who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for District 20, which encompasses the north [[Louisiana]] parishes of Caldwell, Catahoula, Franklin, LaSalle, and Tensas.
 On November 16, 2019, Riser won a runoff contest against fellow Republican Kevin Bates. With the greater name identification, Riser narrowly led with 8,368 votes (51 percent) to 8,099 (49 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Results, November 16, 2019.</ref>

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 Since 1934, the Riser family has operated the funeral home, which was begun by Riser's grandfather, in Caldwell and LaSalle parishes Riser has been a  board member of Caldwell Bank and Trust in Columbia and is the past president of Pelican State Life Insurance Company. He was previously in the timber business; he began working in logging while a young teenager.<ref name=senriser>{{cite web|url=http://senate.la.gov/senators/senbiography.asp?SenID=32|title=Neil Riser|publisher=Louisiana State Senate|accessdate=November 21, 2019}}</ref>
-On October 14, 2023, Riser sought state House reelection once again against fellow Republican Kevin Bates.
+On October 14, 2023, Riser was reelected to the state House over fellow Republican Kevin Bates. He polled 7,732 votes (57 percent) to Bates' 5,788 votes (43 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 14, 2023.</ref>
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 Since 1934, the Riser family has operated the funeral home, which was begun by Riser's grandfather, in Caldwell and LaSalle parishes Riser has been a  board member of Caldwell Bank and Trust in Columbia and is the past president of Pelican State Life Insurance Company. He was previously in the timber business; he began working in logging while a young teenager.<ref name=senriser>{{cite web|url=http://senate.la.gov/senators/senbiography.asp?SenID=32|title=Neil Riser|publisher=Louisiana State Senate|accessdate=November 21, 2019}}</ref>
-On October 14, 2023, Riser sought state House reelection against another Republican, Kevin Bates.
+On October 14, 2023, Riser sought state House reelection once again against fellow Republican Kevin Bates.
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	Since 1934, the Riser family has operated the funeral home, which was begun by Riser's grandfather, in Caldwell and LaSalle parishes Riser has been a board member of Caldwell Bank and Trust in Columbia and is the past president of Pelican State Life Insurance Company. He was previously in the timber business; he began working in logging while a young teenager.<ref name=senriser>{{cite web\|url=http://senate.la.gov/senators/senbiography.asp?SenID=32\|title=Neil Riser\|publisher=Louisiana State Senate\|accessdate=November 21, 2019}}</ref>		Since 1934, the Riser family has operated the funeral home, which was begun by Riser's grandfather, in Caldwell and LaSalle parishes Riser has been a board member of Caldwell Bank and Trust in Columbia and is the past president of Pelican State Life Insurance Company. He was previously in the timber business; he began working in logging while a young teenager.<ref name=senriser>{{cite web\|url=http://senate.la.gov/senators/senbiography.asp?SenID=32\|title=Neil Riser\|publisher=Louisiana State Senate\|accessdate=November 21, 2019}}</ref>
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		+	On October 14, 2023, Riser sought state House reelection against another Republican, Kevin Bates.

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 |term_start=January 13, 2020
 |preceded=[[Steve Pylant]]
-|office2=Louisiana State Senator for District 32 (Caldwell, Catahoula, Concordia, Franklin, LaSalle, and West Feliciana parishes and parts of Avoyelles, Ouachita, Rapides, and Richland parishes) .
+|office2=Louisiana State Senator for District 32 (Caldwell, Catahoula, Concordia, Franklin, LaSalle, and West Feliciana parishes and parts of Avoyelles, Ouachita, Rapides, and Richland parishes)
 |term_start2=January 14, 2008
 |term_end2=January 13, 2020

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 |term_end2=January 13, 2020
 |predecessor2=[[Noble Ellington]]
-|successor2=[[Glen D. Womack]]
+|successor2=[[Glen Womack]]
 |birth_date=April 25, 1962
 |birth_place=Columbia, Caldwell Parish, Louisiana

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 '''Hartwell Neil Riser Jr.''', known as '''Neil Riser''' (born April 25, 1962) is a [[business]]man in his native Columbia in Caldwell Parish, who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] incoming state representative for District 20, which encompasses the north [[Louisiana]] parishes of Caldwell, Catahoula, Franklin, LaSalle, and Tensas.
-On November 16, 2019, Riser won a runoff contest against fellow Republican Kevin Bates. With the greater name identification, Riser narrowly led with 8,368 votes (51 percent) to 8,099 (49 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Results, November 20, 2019.</ref>
+On November 16, 2019, Riser won a runoff contest against fellow Republican Kevin Bates. With the greater name identification, Riser narrowly led with 8,368 votes (51 percent) to 8,099 (49 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Results, November 16, 2019.</ref>
-Since  2008 to 2020, Riser has been one of thirty-nine members of the state Senate.
+Since 2008 to 2020, Riser has been one of thirty-nine members of the state Senate.
 Riser was an unsuccessful candidate for Louisiana's 5th congressional district in a 2013 special election seat to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Republican [[Rodney Alexander]]. Riser lost that race to fellow Republican Vance McAllister, a political newcomer from Swartz, who held the seat for only thirteen months, having resigned for inappropriate behavior.
-Riser was also an unsuccessful candidate for state treasurer in 2017 in a bid to succeed [[John Neely Kennedy]], who was elected in 2016 to the [[United States Senate. In the special election, Riser finished in fourth place among six candidates and hence failed to make the second round of balloting. The eventual winner of that race was another Republican, former State Representative [[John Schroder]] of St. Tammany Parish in [[suburb]]an [[New Orleans]], who was thereafter reelected to a full  term as treasurer in 2019.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 14 and November 18, 2017,  and October 12, 2019.</ref>
+Riser was also an unsuccessful candidate for state treasurer in 2017 in a bid to succeed [[John Neely Kennedy]], who was elected in 2016 to the [[United States Senate]]. In the special election, Riser finished in fourth place among six candidates and hence failed to make the second round of balloting. The eventual winner of that race was another Republican, former State Representative [[John Schroder]] of St. Tammany Parish in [[suburb]]an [[New Orleans]], who was thereafter reelected to a full  term as treasurer in 2019.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 14 and November 18, 2017, and October 12, 2019.</ref>
 Riser's grandfather was a local official from 1942 to 1950 in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]]. Since 1934, the family has operated a funeral home in Columbia, where Riser was born to Hartwell Neil Riser, Sr. (1934–1985), and the former Lillian Marie Gore (born 1937), who married in Caldwell Parish in 1956. After the senior Riser's death, Lillian Riser wed Herschel Gentry, Jr., of [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]]. Neil Riser graduated in 1980 from Caldwell Parish School Board and in 1984 obtained his Bachelor of Business Administrationfrom the nearby [[University of Louisiana at Monroe]].<ref name=senriser/>