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'''Edward Lacy Tarpley, Jr.''', also known as '''Ed Tarpley''' or '''Eddie Tarpley''' (born May 23, 1953), is a [[lawyer]] in [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], [[Louisiana]], who was from 1991 to 1997 the [[district attorney]] for the 35th Judicial District based in Colfax in neighboring Grant Parish.
'''Edward Lacy Tarpley, Jr.''', also known as '''Ed Tarpley''' or '''Eddie Tarpley''' (born May 23, 1953), is a [[lawyer]] in [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], [[Louisiana]], who was from 1991 to 1997 the [[district attorney]] for the 35th Judicial District based in Colfax in neighboring Grant Parish.
A [[Republican Party|Republican]], Tarpley became the first candidate to announce a challenge to [[U.S. Representative]] Vance McAllister, a freshman Republican from Ouachita Parish, in the 2014 race for Louisiana's 5th congressional district seat. However, neither Tarpley nor McAllister emerged from the nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] held on November 4, which coincided with the [[general election]]s in the other forty-nine states. Tarpley ran as a determined "[[conservative]]"<ref name=tarpleytorun>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20140414/NEWS01/304140015/Tarpley-running-5th-District-seat|title=Former Grant DA Tarpley running for 5th District seat, April 13, 2014|publisher=''The Alexandria Daily Town Talk''|accessdate=April 15, 2014}}</ref>but finished with only 4,593 votes (1.9 percent). McAllister ran fourth with 26,605 votes (11.1 percent). The top two candidates, Jamie Mayo, the [[African-American]] [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[mayor]] of [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]], and [[Ralph Abraham], a physician and former veterinarian from Richland Parish met in a runoff election on December 6, 2014 to determine McAllister's successor.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns (Congress), November 5 and December 6, 2014.</ref>
A [[Republican Party|Republican]], Tarpley became the first candidate to announce a challenge to [[U.S. Representative]] Vance McAllister, a freshman Republican from Ouachita Parish, in the 2014 race for Louisiana's 5th congressional district seat. However, neither Tarpley nor McAllister emerged from the nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] held on November 4, which coincided with the [[general election]]s in the other forty-nine states. Tarpley ran as a determined "[[conservative]]"<ref name=tarpleytorun>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20140414/NEWS01/304140015/Tarpley-running-5th-District-seat|title=Former Grant DA Tarpley running for 5th District seat, April 13, 2014|publisher=''The Alexandria Daily Town Talk''|accessdate=April 15, 2014}}</ref>but finished with only 4,593 votes (1.9 percent). McAllister ran fourth with 26,605 votes (11.1 percent). The top two candidates, Jamie Mayo, the [[African-American]] [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[mayor]] of [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]], and [[Ralph Abraham], a physician and former veterinarian from Richland Parish met in a runoff election on December 6, 2014 to determine McAllister's successor.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns (Congress), November 5 and December 6, 2014.</ref>
Tarpley was formerly affiliated with the Neblett, Beard & Arsenault law firm but since stablished his own practice at 819 Johnston Street in Alexandria. He is a former director of the Attakapas Council of the [[Boy Scouts]]. He served from 2001 to 2007 as an appointed trustees of [[Southern Baptist]]-affiliated [[Louisiana College]] in Pineville, the alma mater of his father. He is a member of Kingsville Baptist Church in Ball, also north of Pineville. His four children are Nathan Edward Tarpley (born c. 1985), Maria Margaret Tarpley Calloway (born c. 1987) and husband, Shaun, of [[Dallas]], [[Texas]], Megan Tarpley, and Mary Elisabeth Tarpley.<ref name=polbio/>
Tarpley was formerly affiliated with the Neblett, Beard & Arsenault law firm but since stablished his own practice at 819 Johnston Street in Alexandria. He is a former director of the Attakapas Council of the [[Boy Scouts]]. He served from 2001 to 2007 as an appointed trustees of [[Southern Baptist]]-affiliated [[Louisiana College]] in Pineville, the alma mater of his father. He is a member of Kingsville Baptist Church in Ball, also north of Pineville. His four children are Nathan Edward Tarpley (born c. 1985), Maria Margaret Tarpley Calloway (born c. 1987) and husband, Shaun, of [[Dallas]], [[Texas]], Megan Tarpley, and Mary Elisabeth Tarpley.<ref name=polbio/>
==Political life==
==Political life==
In 1990, Tarpley was elected as Grant Parish DA. He unseated the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Joseph P. "Joe" Beck, II, 3,451 votes (51.8 percent) to 3,216 (48.2 percent).<ref>
In 990, Tarpley was elected as Grant Parish DA. He unseated the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Joseph P. "Joe" Beck, II, 3,451 votes (51.8 percent) to 3,216 (48.2 percent).<ref>
Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 16, 1990.</ref>
Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 16, 1990.</ref>