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Revision as of 03:50, November 21, 2019
| Ramsey Reid Falconer | |
Louisiana State Representative
for District 89 (St. Tammany Parish) | |
| In office January 2016 – January 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Timothy Burns |
|---|---|
| Succeeded by | Richard Nelson |
| Born | December 26, 1956 |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | |
| Children | |
| Residence | Madisonville, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, USA |
| Alma mater | Louisiana State University |
| Occupation | |
Ramsey Reid Falconer, known as Reid Falconer (born December 26, 1956), is the departing Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 89 in St. Tammany Parish in suburban New Orleans. On January 11, 2016, he succeeded the term-limited Republican Representative Timothy Burns.
In the October 24, 2015 primary election, Falconer, with 7,135 votes (66 percent), defeated another Republican candidate, Pat Phillips, who polled 3,683 votes (34 percent).[1] Phillips had also unsuccessfully opposed Tim Burns in the 2011 primary.
Falconer has been affiliated with the St. Tammany Parish Council and Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond, and Cypress Southern Companies, Inc. He graduated from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.[2]
Falconer did not seek a second term In the House in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 12, 2019. Four Republicans, including 2015 candidate Pat Phillips, and a Democrat ran for the position with ultimate victory declared for another Republican, Richard Nelson. Instead, Falconer ran for the District 11 seat in the Louisiana State Senate vacated by the term-limited Jack Donahue. The Senate district includes St. Tammany and Tangipahoa parishes. Falconer lost to another Republican, Patrick McMath, 27,801 votes (56 percent) to 22,198 (44 percent).[3]
References
- ↑ Results for Election Date: 10/24/2015. Louisiana Secretary of State. Retrieved on October 26, 2015.
- ↑ Reid Falconer. intelius.com. Retrieved on October 26, 2015.
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 16, 2019.