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| − | '''Richard Phillip Edmonds, Jr.''', known as '''Rick Edmonds''' (born September 1956),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Home/Home?uid=2277537|title=Richard Edmonds, September 1956|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=November 27, 2015}}</ref> is a [[Southern Baptist]] pastor in [[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]], | + | {{Infobox officeholder |
| + | |name=Richard Phillip "Rick"<br>Edmonds, Jr. | ||
| + | |image=Rick Edmonds.jpg | ||
| + | |birth_date=September 12, 1956 | ||
| + | |birth_place=Former resident of [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]]<br> | ||
| + | Resident of [[Baton Rouge]] | ||
| + | |spouse=Cynthia "Cindy" Harville Edmonds<br> | ||
| + | Four sons | ||
| + | |party=[[Republican Party|Republican]] | ||
| + | |religion=[[Southern Baptist]] | ||
| + | |office=Louisiana State Senator for District 6 (East Baton Rouge, Livingston, and St. Helena parishes) | ||
| + | |term_start=January 2024 | ||
| + | |term_end= | ||
| + | |preceded=Mack White, Jr. | ||
| + | |succeeded= | ||
| + | |office2=Louisiana State Representative<br> for District 66<br> (East Baton Rouge Parish) | ||
| + | |term_start2=January 11, 2016 | ||
| + | |term_end2=January 2024 | ||
| + | |preceded2=[[Darrell Ourso]] | ||
| + | |succeeded2=Emily Chenevert (R) (defeated "Richie" Edmonds (R) (son of Rick Edmonds)) | ||
| + | }} | ||
| + | '''Richard Phillip Edmonds, Jr.''', known as '''Rick Edmonds''' (born September 12, 1956),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Home/Home?uid=2277537|title=Richard Edmonds, September 1956|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=November 27, 2015}}</ref> is a [[Baptist|Southern Baptist]] pastor in [[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]], and a [[Republican Party|Republican]] departing member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 66 and the incoming state senator for District 6. | ||
| − | 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.<ref name=bra>{{cite web|url=http://theadvocate.com/news/14061578-123/district-66-incumbent-darrell-ourso|title=District 66 incumbent Darrell Ourso loses seat to Family Forum Vice President|date=November 21, 2015|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|author=Rebekah Allen|accessdate=November 27, 2015}}</ref> Edmonds polled 7,109 votes (52.1 percent) to Ourso's 6,540 (47.9 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/11212015/11212015_Legislative.html|title= | + | 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.<ref name=bra>{{cite web|url=http://theadvocate.com/news/14061578-123/district-66-incumbent-darrell-ourso|title=District 66 incumbent Darrell Ourso loses seat to Family Forum Vice President|date=November 21, 2015|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|author=Rebekah Allen|accessdate=November 27, 2015}}</ref> Edmonds polled 7,109 votes (52.1 percent) to Ourso's 6,540 (47.9 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/11212015/11212015_Legislative.html|title= |
| − | 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]], a [[Shreveport]] native who was elected to a Baton Rouge family court judgeship.<ref name=bra/> |
| − | Edmonds graduated in 1974 from Fair Park High School in Shreveport.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.classmates.com/people/Rick-Edmonds/8695255130|title=Rick Edmonds, Class of 1974|publisher=classmates.com|accessdate=January 1, 2016}}</ref> He is | + | Edmonds graduated in 1974 from the former Fair Park High School in Shreveport.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.classmates.com/people/Rick-Edmonds/8695255130|title=Rick Edmonds, Class of 1974|publisher=classmates.com|accessdate=January 1, 2016}}</ref> He obtained his [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree from East Texas Baptist University in Marshall, [[Texas]], and his Master of Divinity and doctoral studies at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. He is the outreach pastor at the large Bethany Church in Baton Rouge<ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_Reps/members.aspx?ID=66|title=Rick Edmonds, Republican, District 66|publisher=house.louisiana.gov|accessdate=September 12, 2017}}</ref> He is the former vice president of the Louisiana Family Forum, a [[conservative]] faith-based group that lobbies on social issues. He also previously was pastor of Parkview Baptist Church in Baton Rouge. In the campaign, Edmonds hammered Ourso for voting eleven times for tax increases in the 2015 legislative session.<ref name=bra/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://theadvocate.com/news/13157193-123/baton-rouge-legislator-challenged-on|title=Baton Rouge legislator Darrell Ourso hammered on increased taxes at Republican forum|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=August 12, 2015|author=Mark Ballard|accessdate=January 10, 2016}}</ref> |
| − | He is a former pastor too of the large Calvary Baptist Church in | + | He is a former pastor too of the large Calvary Baptist Church in Shreveport, at which in 2010 he preached the funeral of his mother, Elsie Stone Edmonds. His late father, Richard Edmonds, Sr., owned and operated Louisiana Fence Company in Shreveport. Edmonds and his wife, the former Cynthia "Cindy" Harville, have four sons, Richie Edmonds and wife, Holly, and J. Ben Edmonds and wife, Candice, both couples from Baton Rouge, and Ryan Edmonds and wife, Karla, and Zachary Edmonds and wife, Stephanie, both couples from Shreveport.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ktbs.com/story/22317089/elsie-edmonds|title=Elsie Edmonds|publisher=KTBS-TV|location=[[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]]|accessdate=December 15, 2015}}</ref> |
| + | In 2018, Representative Edmonds obtained passage of the "Protection of Adoption Act", which seeks to clarify policies in the previously unregulated field of [[adoption]]. Edmonds said that "existing law was ambiguous. … This act provides a framework so that adoption is not so confusing." No legislator opposed Edmonds' bill, and [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[Governor]] [[John Bel Edwards]] signed it into law.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/legislature/article_06415b62-684e-11e8-a70a-b71aab5f805f.html?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=07fc51fb-af8b-485d-b758-a7b512b852f0|title=New 'Adoption Option Act' to ease adoptions in Louisiana celebrated at the State Capitol|date=Jun3e 4, 2018|author=Mark Ballard|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|accessdate=June 6, 2018}}</ref> | ||
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| + | Edmonds was an unsuccessful candidate in the special election held on November 6, 2018, to fill the year remaining in the term of former Louisiana Secretary of State [[Tom Schedler]], who resigned in the spring amidst charges of [[sexual harassment]]. The two top vote-getters in the election, the interim incumbent [[Kyle Ardoin]] and the African-American court administrator, Gwen Collins-Greenup of Clinton, met in a runoff held on December 8. Others eliminated from the race with Edmonds were his legislative colleague [[Julie Stokes]] of Kenner in Jefferson Parish, and former representative and state Senator Almond Gaston "A. G." Crowe, Jr. of Pearl River in St. Tammany Parish. Renee Fontenot Free, who has experience in the offices of both the secretary of state and the Louisiana attorney general, was the official choice of the Louisiana Democratic Executive Committee, but she finished third in the balloting, behind Ardoin and Collins-Greenup, who then picked up the endorsement for the runoff from the Democratic committee. Had he been elected, Edmonds vowed that he would have taken a "watchdog mentality to the secretary of state’s office by doing everything I can to fight against any and all attempts to weaken secure voting. Only Americans who live in Louisiana should be voting. And, when Louisianans vote, their vote should count. End of story."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenewsstar.com/story/news/2018/07/05/secretary-state-see-whos-whos-out-race/759474002/|title=Secretary of state race: See who's in, who's out|publisher=''[[Monroe News Star]]''|author=[[Greg Hilburn]]|date=July 5, 2018|accessdate=July 6, 2018}}</ref> | ||
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| + | In the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 12, 2019, Edmonds handily won reelection. With 12,961 votes (70 percent), he overwhelmed two opponents, Democrat Morgan Lamandre, who received 5,015 votes (27 percent), and the [[Libertarian Party|Libertarian]] nominee, David Smith, who drew 646 votes (3 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 12, 2019.</ref> | ||
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| + | In 2023, the conservative Edmonds challenged legislative colleague [[Barry Ivey]], a [[Moderate Republican]], for the District 6 state Senate seat vacated by Republican Mack White, Jr. Edmonds won a large victory, 62 to 38 percent over Ivey.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 24, 2023.</ref> One of Edmonds' sons, lost a bid in the November 18 general election to succeed his father in the state House. The seat will instead pass to Republican Emily Chenevert.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 18, 2023.</ref> | ||
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[[Category:Baptists]] | [[Category:Baptists]] | ||
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| + | [[Category:State Representatives]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 03:41, November 19, 2023
| Richard Phillip "Rick" Edmonds, Jr. | |
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Louisiana State Senator for District 6 (East Baton Rouge, Livingston, and St. Helena parishes)
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| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office January 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Mack White, Jr. |
|---|---|
Louisiana State Representative
for District 66 (East Baton Rouge Parish) | |
| In office January 11, 2016 – January 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Darrell Ourso |
| Succeeded by | Emily Chenevert (R) (defeated "Richie" Edmonds (R) (son of Rick Edmonds)) |
| Born | September 12, 1956 Former resident of Shreveport, Louisiana Resident of Baton Rouge |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Cynthia "Cindy" Harville Edmonds Four sons |
| Religion | Southern Baptist |
Richard Phillip Edmonds, Jr., known as Rick Edmonds (born September 12, 1956),[1] is a Southern Baptist pastor in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and a Republican departing member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 66 and the incoming state senator for District 6.
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, a Shreveport native who was elected to a Baton Rouge family court judgeship.[2]
Edmonds graduated in 1974 from the former Fair Park High School in Shreveport.[4] He obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree from East Texas Baptist University in Marshall, Texas, and his Master of Divinity and doctoral studies at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. He is the outreach pastor at the large Bethany Church in Baton Rouge[5] He is the former vice president of the Louisiana Family Forum, a conservative faith-based group that lobbies on social issues. He also previously was pastor of Parkview Baptist Church in Baton Rouge. In the campaign, Edmonds hammered Ourso for voting eleven times for tax increases in the 2015 legislative session.[2][6]
He is a former pastor too of the large Calvary Baptist Church in Shreveport, at which in 2010 he preached the funeral of his mother, Elsie Stone Edmonds. His late father, Richard Edmonds, Sr., owned and operated Louisiana Fence Company in Shreveport. Edmonds and his wife, the former Cynthia "Cindy" Harville, have four sons, Richie Edmonds and wife, Holly, and J. Ben Edmonds and wife, Candice, both couples from Baton Rouge, and Ryan Edmonds and wife, Karla, and Zachary Edmonds and wife, Stephanie, both couples from Shreveport.[7]
In 2018, Representative Edmonds obtained passage of the "Protection of Adoption Act", which seeks to clarify policies in the previously unregulated field of adoption. Edmonds said that "existing law was ambiguous. … This act provides a framework so that adoption is not so confusing." No legislator opposed Edmonds' bill, and Democratic Governor John Bel Edwards signed it into law.[8]
Edmonds was an unsuccessful candidate in the special election held on November 6, 2018, to fill the year remaining in the term of former Louisiana Secretary of State Tom Schedler, who resigned in the spring amidst charges of sexual harassment. The two top vote-getters in the election, the interim incumbent Kyle Ardoin and the African-American court administrator, Gwen Collins-Greenup of Clinton, met in a runoff held on December 8. Others eliminated from the race with Edmonds were his legislative colleague Julie Stokes of Kenner in Jefferson Parish, and former representative and state Senator Almond Gaston "A. G." Crowe, Jr. of Pearl River in St. Tammany Parish. Renee Fontenot Free, who has experience in the offices of both the secretary of state and the Louisiana attorney general, was the official choice of the Louisiana Democratic Executive Committee, but she finished third in the balloting, behind Ardoin and Collins-Greenup, who then picked up the endorsement for the runoff from the Democratic committee. Had he been elected, Edmonds vowed that he would have taken a "watchdog mentality to the secretary of state’s office by doing everything I can to fight against any and all attempts to weaken secure voting. Only Americans who live in Louisiana should be voting. And, when Louisianans vote, their vote should count. End of story."[9]
In the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 12, 2019, Edmonds handily won reelection. With 12,961 votes (70 percent), he overwhelmed two opponents, Democrat Morgan Lamandre, who received 5,015 votes (27 percent), and the Libertarian nominee, David Smith, who drew 646 votes (3 percent).[10]
In 2023, the conservative Edmonds challenged legislative colleague Barry Ivey, a Moderate Republican, for the District 6 state Senate seat vacated by Republican Mack White, Jr. Edmonds won a large victory, 62 to 38 percent over Ivey.[11] One of Edmonds' sons, lost a bid in the November 18 general election to succeed his father in the state House. The seat will instead pass to Republican Emily Chenevert.[12]
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.
- ↑ Rick Edmonds, Class of 1974. classmates.com. Retrieved on January 1, 2016.
- ↑ Rick Edmonds, Republican, District 66. house.louisiana.gov. Retrieved on September 12, 2017.
- ↑ Mark Ballard (August 12, 2015). Baton Rouge legislator Darrell Ourso hammered on increased taxes at Republican forum. The Baton Rouge Advocate. Retrieved on January 10, 2016.
- ↑ Elsie Edmonds. KTBS-TV. Retrieved on December 15, 2015.
- ↑ Mark Ballard (Jun3e 4, 2018). New 'Adoption Option Act' to ease adoptions in Louisiana celebrated at the State Capitol. The Baton Rouge Advocate. Retrieved on June 6, 2018.
- ↑ Greg Hilburn (July 5, 2018). Secretary of state race: See who's in, who's out. Monroe News Star. Retrieved on July 6, 2018.
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 12, 2019.
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 24, 2023.
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 18, 2023.