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|preceded=[[Vic Stelly]]​

|preceded=[[Vic Stelly]]​

|succeeded=[[Stephen Dwight]] ​

|succeeded=[[Stephen Dwight]] ​

|birth_date=December 8, 1961​

|birth_date=December 8, 1961​

|birth_place=[[Lake Charles]], [[Louisiana]], USA​

|birth_place=[[Lake Charles]], [[Louisiana]], USA​

McNeese State University}}

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'''Brett Frank Geymann''' (born December 8, 1961) is a [[business]]man from his native [[Lake Charles]], [[Louisiana]], who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] former state representative for District 35 in Calcasieu and Beauregard parishes.​

'''Brett Frank Geymann''' (born December 8, 1961) is a [[business]]man from his native [[Lake Charles]], [[Louisiana]], who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] former state representative for District 35 in Calcasieu and Beauregard parishes.​ He first frilled the seat from 2004 to 2016. Then after the 2002 elections, Geymann's House successor, [[Moderate Republican]] [[Stephen Dwight]], resigned upon his election as district attorney for Calcasieu Parish. Geymann was the only candidate to file in the February 6 special election to choose Dwight's successor. The special election was hence cancelled, and Geymann will return to the House on January 19, 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.americanpress.com/news/local/geymann|author=John Guidroz|title=Geymann unopposed for old seat|publisher=''The Lake Charles American Press''|date=January 11, 2021|accessdate=January 14, 2021}}</ref>

==Background==

==Background==

As a child, Geymann moved with his family to neighboring Beauregard Parish and graduated from South Beauregard High School.<ref>{{cite web|url=

As a child, Geymann moved with his family to neighboring Beauregard Parish and graduated from South Beauregard High School.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110413150750/http://house.louisiana.gov/H_Reps/members.asp?ID=35|title=Representative Brett F. Geymann (Republican)|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|date=April 13, 2011|accessdate=January 14, 2021}}</ref> Geymann holds a Bachelor of Science degree in finance from McNeese State University in Lake Charles and owns a small business.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnet.congress.org/congressorg/bio/id/141522|title=Rep. Brett Geymann|publisher=dnet.congress.org|accessdate=July 7, 2011; no longer on-line}}</ref> He and his wife, Kimberly Ann Geymann (born 1965), married in 1986 and have three children, Tyler Andrew Geymann (born 1987), a business owner, Nicholas Brett "Nick" Geymann (born 1991), a financial advisor, and Kathy E.  "Katy" Geymann (born 1994), a teacher at East Beauregard High School.<ref name=beauregard>{{cite web|url=https://www.beauregarddailynews.net/news/20190628/brett-geymann-announces-bid-for-senate-district-30|title=Brett Geymann announces bid for Senate District 30|publisher=''The Beauregard Daily News''|date=June 28, 2019|accessdate=February 2, 2020}}</ref>

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Geymann holds a Bachelor of Science degree in finance from McNeese State University in Lake Charles and owns a small business.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnet.congress.org/congressorg/bio/id/141522|title=Rep. Brett Geymann|publisher=dnet.congress.org|accessdate=July 7, 2011; no longer on-line}}</ref> He and his wife, Kimberly Ann Geymann (born 1965), married in 1986 and have three children, Tyler Andrew Geymann (born 1987), a business owner, Nicholas Brett "Nick" Geymann (born 1991), a financial advisor, and Kathy E.  "Katy" Geymann (born 1994), a teacher at East Beauregard High School.<ref name=beauregard>{{cite web|url=https://www.beauregarddailynews.net/news/20190628/brett-geymann-announces-bid-for-senate-district-30|title=Brett Geymann announces bid for Senate District 30|publisher=''Beauregard Daily News''|date=June 28, 2019|accessdate=February 2, 2020}}</ref>

==Political life==

==Political life==

In 2003, the [[conservative]] Geymann was elected to the state House to succeed the retiring Republican-turned-[[Independent]] [[Vic Stelly]], author of the Stelly Plan, a since overturned [[sales tax]]/state income tax transfer arrangement. Geymann initially won the House seat with nearly 54 percent of the vote over two [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] challengers.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 4, 2003.</ref>​

In 2003, the [[conservative]] Geymann was elected to the state House to succeed the retiring Republican-turned-[[Independent]] [[Vic Stelly]], author of the [[Stelly Plan]], a since overturned [[sales tax]]/state income tax transfer arrangement. Geymann initially won the House seat with nearly 54 percent of the vote over two [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] challengers.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 4, 2003.</ref>​

Geymann was reelected to his second full state House term in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2024 |publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=February 2, 2020}}</ref> He sat on the House Appropriations and Budget committees as well as the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/35640/brett-geymann#.VWdkKc9Viko|title=Brett Geymann's Biography|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=May 28, 2015}}</ref> He also served on the Commission on Streamlining Government, headed by his then state Senate colleague [[Jack Donahue]] and including Geymann's frequent legislative ally, [[Jim Morris (Louisiana Politician)|Jim Morris]] of north Caddo Parish, a Republican-turned-[[Independent voter|Independent]], who left the legislature in 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legis.state.la.us/archive/2009/2436.pdf|title=Commission on Streamlining Government|publisher=legis.state.la.us|accessdate=July 7, 2011}}</ref>​

Geymann was reelected to his second full state House term in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2024 |publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=February 2, 2020}}</ref> He sat on the House Appropriations and Budget committees as well as the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/35640/brett-geymann#.VWdkKc9Viko|title=Brett Geymann's Biography|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=January 14, 2021}}</ref> He also served on the Commission on Streamlining Government, headed by his then state Senate colleague [[Jack Donahue]] and including Geymann's frequent legislative ally, [[Jim Morris (Louisiana Politician)|Jim Morris]] of north Caddo Parish, a Republican-turned-[[Independent voter|Independent]], who left the legislature in 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legis.state.la.us/archive/2009/2436.pdf|title=Commission on Streamlining Government|publisher=legis.state.la.us|accessdate=July 7, 2011}}</ref>​

===Legislative record===

===Legislative record===

|title=Brett Geymann's Voting Records|publisher=Project Vote Smart|date=February 3, 2020}}</ref>​

|title=Brett Geymann's Voting Records|publisher=Project Vote Smart|date=February 3, 2020}}</ref>​

Geymann was term-limited and ineligible to have sought another term in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on for October 24, 2015. He was succeeded by the unopposed Republican candidate, [[Stephen Dwight]], a [[Moderate Republican]] from Lake Charles who entered his second term in office in 2020.​

Geymann was term-limited and ineligible to have sought another term in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on for October 24, 2015. He was succeeded in the House by the unopposed Republican candidate, Stephen Dwight, of  Lake Charles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://winwithjmc.com/archives/6832?ct=t(9_11_2015)|title=Decision 2015: The end of candidate qualifying|date=September 10, 2015|publisher=JMC Enterprises|accessdate=September 12, 2015; no longer on-line}}</ref>​

<ref>{{cite web|url=http://winwithjmc.com/archives/6832?ct=t(9_11_2015)|title=Decision 2015: The end of candidate qualifying|date=September 10, 2015|publisher=JMC Enterprises|accessdate=September 12, 2015; no longer on-line}}</ref>​

===Two failed political comeback attempts===

===Two failed political comeback attempts===

Geymann was an unsuccessful candidate for Louisiana's 3rd congressional district seat in the [[primary]] election held on November 8, 2016, in conjunction with the presidential election between [[Donald Trump]] and [[Hillary Rodham Clinton]]. The position was then held by Republican Charles Boustany, a retired [[Lafayette]] [[physician]], who ran instead, unsuccessfully, for the [[United States Senate]] for the seat vacated by Republican [[David Vitter]]. Geymann's principal opponents were Moderate Republican [[Scott Angelle]], a former member of the Louisiana Public Service Commission from Breaux Bridge and [[Clay Higgins]], a conservative and a Crime Stoppers reporter known for his attacks on the criminal element. Another primary candidate was the [[Lafayette]] [[attorney]] and former United States Ambassador to [[Timor-Leste]] [[Grover Rees, III]]. In the December runoff contest, Higgins handily defeated Angelle to claim the House seat and sailed to an easy reelection in 2018 despite a bevy of Democrat opponents.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, December 2018.</ref>

Geymann was an unsuccessful candidate for Louisiana's 3rd congressional district seat in the [[primary]] election held on November 8, 2016, in conjunction with the presidential election between [[Donald Trump]] and [[Hillary Rodham Clinton]]. The position was then held by Republican Charles Boustany, a retired [[Lafayette]] [[physician]], who ran instead, unsuccessfully, for the [[United States Senate]] for the seat vacated by Republican [[David Vitter]]. Geymann's principal opponents were Moderate Republican [[Scott Angelle]], a former member of the Louisiana Public Service Commission from Breaux Bridge and [[Clay Higgins]], a conservative and a Crime Stoppers reporter known for his attacks on the criminal element. Another primary candidate was the [[Lafayette]] [[attorney]] and former United States Ambassador to [[Timor-Leste]] [[Grover Rees, III]]. In the December runoff contest, Higgins handily defeated Angelle to claim the House seat and sailed to an easy reelection in 2018 despite a bevy of Democrat opponents.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, December 2018.</ref>

Geymann failed in a second bid for a political comeback In the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 12, 2019. In the race for the District 30 seat in the state Senate, Republican [[Mike Reese]] polled 14,625 votes (51 percent) and won the seat outright over Geymann, who received 6,296 votes (22 percent), and a departing Democratic state Representative, James K. Armes, III, who drew 5,973 votes (21 percent). A fourth candidate, Republican Renee Hoffpauir-Klann, held the remaining 1,935 votes (7 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 12, 2019.</ref>

Geymann failed in a second bid for a political comeback In the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 12, 2019. In the race for the District 30 seat in the state Senate, Republican [[Mike Reese]] polled 14,625 votes (51 percent) and won the seat outright over Geymann, who received 6,296 votes (22 percent), and a departing Democratic state Representative, [[James K. Armes]], III, who drew 5,973 votes (21 percent). A fourth candidate, Republican Renee Hoffpauir-Klann, held the remaining 1,935 votes (7 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 12, 2019.</ref>

Geymann is an occasional [[radio]] talk show substitute host for the Lafayette-based ''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]].''​ Griffon actively campaigned for Geymann in the 2019 state Senate election.

Geymann is an occasional [[radio]] talk show substitute host for the Lafayette-based ''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]].''​ Griffon actively campaigned for Geymann in the 2019 state Senate election.

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