Difference between revisions of "Rick Edmonds"
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Results for Election Date: 11/21/2015|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=November 27, 2015}}</ref> Ourso had won the position in a special election earlier in the year to fill the seat created by the resignation of Republican Hunter Greene, who was elected to a Baton Rouge family court judgeship.<ref name=bra/> | Results for Election Date: 11/21/2015|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=November 27, 2015}}</ref> Ourso had won the position in a special election earlier in the year to fill the seat created by the resignation of Republican Hunter Greene, who was elected to a Baton Rouge family court judgeship.<ref name=bra/> | ||
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Revision as of 03:38, November 28, 2015
Richard Phillip Edmonds, Jr., known as Rick Edmonds (born September 1956),[1] is a Christian pastor in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, who is an incoming Republican 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.[2] Edmonds polled 7,109 votes (52.1 percent) to Ourso's 6,540 (47.9 percent).[3] Ourso had won the position in a special election earlier in the year to fill the seat created by the resignation of Republican Hunter Greene, who was elected to a Baton Rouge family court judgeship.[2]
Edmonds is a pastor at the large Bethany Church in Baton Rouge. He is the vice president of the conservative Louisiana Family Forum.[2]
References
- ↑ Richard Edmonds, September 1956. Louisiana Secretary of State. Retrieved on November 27, 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Rebekah Allen (November 21, 2015). District 66 incumbent Darrell Ourso loses seat to Family Forum Vice President. The Baton Rouge Advocate. Retrieved on November 27, 2015.
- ↑ Results for Election Date: 11/21/2015. Louisiana Secretary of State. Retrieved on November 27, 2015.