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'''Russell Barrow Peacock''', known as '''Barrow Peacock''' (born March 19, 1970), is a [[business]]man from [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]], who is a [[Republican]] member of the Louisiana State Senate for District 37, which includes portions of Bossier and Caddo parishes in the northwestern corner of the state. He is also an elected member of the Republican State Central Committee.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.barrowpeacock.com/about.php|title=About Barrow Peacock|publisher=barrowpeacock.com|accessdate=January 31, 2012}}</ref>

'''Russell Barrow Peacock, Sr.''', known as '''Barrow Peacock''' (born March 19, 1970), is a [[business]]man from [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]], who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] member of the Louisiana State Senate for District 37, which includes portions of Bossier and Caddo parishes in the northwestern corner of the state. He is also an elected member of the Republican State Central Committee.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.barrowpeacock.com/about.php|title=About Barrow Peacock|publisher=barrowpeacock.com|accessdate=January 31, 2012}}</ref>

    

    

==Background==

==Background==

In April 2019, Peacock proposed that the state earmark certain [[sales tax]] revenues for needed highway construction.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://710keel.com/peacock-bill-would-move-sales-tax-money-to-roads-video/|title=Peacock bill would move sales tax money to roads|publisher=KEEL Radio in Shreveport|author=Robert J. Wright|date=April 22, 2019}}</ref>

In April 2019, Peacock proposed that the state earmark certain [[sales tax]] revenues for needed highway construction.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://710keel.com/peacock-bill-would-move-sales-tax-money-to-roads-video/|title=Peacock bill would move sales tax money to roads|publisher=KEEL Radio in Shreveport|author=Robert J. Wright|date=April 22, 2019}}</ref>

Peacock won his third and final Senate term in the primary election held on October 12, 2019. He defeated an [[Independent]] opponent, Debbie Hollis, 16,221 votes (71 percent) to 6,593 (29 percent. No Democrat filed for the position.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 12, 2019}}</ref>

Peacock won his third and final Senate term in the primary election held on October 12, 2019. He defeated an [[Independent voter|Independent]] opponent, Debbie Hollis, 16,221 votes (71 percent) to 6,593 (29 percent). No Democrat filed for the position.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 12, 2019}}</ref>

In May 2021, Peacock, who campaigned two years earlier as [[conservative]], joined four other North Louisiana state senators previously considered conservatives, [[Jay Morris]], [[Robert Mills]], [[Barry Milligan]], [[Mike Reese]], and [[Stewart Cathey]], in voting to extend a $400 million temporary state sales tax of .45 percent even though the state awaits a windfall in federal [[coronavirus]] stimulus funding.<ref>''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]],'' May 28, 2021.</ref>

In May 2021, Peacock, who campaigned two years earlier as [[conservative]], joined four other North Louisiana state senators previously considered conservatives, [[Jay Morris]], [[Robert Mills]], [[Barry Milligan]], [[Mike Reese]], and [[Stewart Cathey]], in voting to extend a $400 million temporary state sales tax of .45 percent even though the state awaits a windfall in federal [[coronavirus]] stimulus funding.<ref>''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]],'' May 28, 2021.</ref>

In 2022, Peacock endorsed his Democrat colleague, [[Greg Tarver]], who unsuccessfully opposed Republican [[Tom Arceneaux]] in the December 10 runoff election for [[mayor]] of Shreveport. Peacock's endorsement prompted the conservative [[radio]] broadcaster [[Moon Griffon]] to label the lawmaker as "a weasel." Griffon predicted that Tarver, had he been elected, would make no difference regarding out-migration from Shreveport. Peacock was joined by Senate President [[Page Cortez]] of [[Lafayette]] in the endorsement of Tarver.<ref>''The Moon Griffon Show,'' December 5, 2022.</ref> Until Arceneaux, no Republican has been mayor of Shreveport since 1994, when Robert Warren "Bo" Williams (1938-2022) was elected to a single four-year term.

In 2022, Peacock endorsed his Democrat colleague, [[Greg Tarver]], who unsuccessfully opposed Republican [[Tom Arceneaux]] in the December 10 runoff election for [[mayor]] of Shreveport. Peacock's endorsement prompted the conservative [[radio]] broadcaster [[Moon Griffon]] to label the lawmaker as "a weasel." Griffon predicted that Tarver, had he been elected, would have made no difference regarding out-migration from Shreveport. Peacock was joined by Senate President [[Page Cortez]] of [[Lafayette]] in the endorsement of Tarver.<ref>''The Moon Griffon Show,'' December 5, 2022.</ref> Until Arceneaux, no Republican has been mayor of Shreveport since 1994, when Robert Warren "Bo" Williams (1938-2022) was elected to a single four-year term.

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