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'''Ryan Eugene Gatti''' (born June 10, 1974)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Home/Home?uid=3363164|title=Ryan Gatti, June 1974|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=November 22, 2015}}</ref> is an [[attorney]] from [[Bossier City]], [[Louisiana]], who is a [[Moderate Republican]] former member of the Louisiana State Senate for District 36, which encompasses Bossier, Webster, Bienville, and Claiborne parishes in the northwestern portion of the state. On January 11, 2016, he succeeded fellow Moderate Republican [[Robert Adley (Louisiana politician)|Robert Roy Adley]], who was term-limited after thirteen years in the Senate.
'''Ryan Eugene Gatti''' (born June 10, 1974)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Home/Home?uid=3363164|title=Ryan Gatti, June 1974|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=November 22, 2015}}</ref> is an [[attorney]] from [[Bossier City]], [[Louisiana]], who is a [[Moderate Republican]] former member of the Louisiana State Senate for District 36, which encompasses Bossier, Webster, Bienville, and Claiborne parishes in the northwestern portion of the state. On January 11, 2016, he succeeded fellow Moderate Republican [[Robert Adley (Louisiana politician)|Robert Roy Adley]], who was term-limited after thirteen years in the Senate.
==Background==
Gatti graduated in 1992 from Airline High School in Bossier City. He was in [[Haiti]] on a mission trip at the time of his election to the state Senate. He ran unsuccessfully in 2003 for the state House of Representatives, losing to incumbent Republican [[Jane H. Smith|Jane Holland Smith]], a former Bossier Parish school superintendent.
==Political career==
==Political career==
In his 2015 campaign, Gatti ran as a strong intra-party critic of term-limited and failed presidential candidate, Governor [[Bobby Jindal]]. He is also a close friend of Governor John Bel Edwards, whom he met at the [[Louisiana State University]] Law Center in [[Baton Rouge]]. Edwards even campaigned in 2014 at Gatti's law office..
In his 2015 campaign, Gatti ran as a strong intra-party critic of term-limited and failed presidential candidate, Governor [[Bobby Jindal]]. He is also a close friend of Governor John Bel Edwards, whom he met at the [[Louisiana State University]] Law Center in [[Baton Rouge]]. Edwards even campaigned in 2014 at Gatti's law office..
In 2017, Gatti's brother, Robert Hal "Robbie" Gatti, Jr. (born March 1970), lost a special runoff election for the District 8 seat in the Louisiana House of Representatives to fill the seat vacated by U.S. Representative [[Mike Johnson]] of Benton, Louisiana. Conservative [[Raymond Crews]] was elected to succeed Johnson. He polled 3,845 votes (64 percent) to Gatti's 2,150 (36 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical |title=Election Results|date=April 29, 2017|publisher= Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=May 2, 2017}}</ref>
In 2017, Gatti's brother, Robert Hal "Robbie" Gatti, Jr. (born March 1970), lost a special runoff election for the District 8 seat in the Louisiana House of Representatives to fill the seat vacated by U.S. Representative [[Mike Johnson]] of Benton, Louisiana. Conservative [[Raymond Crews]] was elected to succeed Johnson. He polled 3,845 votes (64 percent) to Gatti's 2,150 (36 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical |title=Election Results|date=April 29, 2017|publisher= Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=May 2, 2017}}</ref>
Conservative [[radio]] talk show host [[Moon Griffon]], who broadcasts statewide from [[Lafayette]], has long criticized Gatti's personal association with Governor John Bel Edwards, a relationship which Griffon claims impacts how Gatti voted on key legislative issues.<ref>''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]],'' March 26, 2018.</ref>
Conservative [[radio]] talk show host [[Moon Griffon]], who broadcasts statewide from [[Lafayette]], has long criticized Gatti's personal association with Governor John Bel Edwards, a relationship which Griffon claims impacts how Gatti voted on key legislative issues.<ref>''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]],'' March 26, 2018.</ref>
In March 2022, Griffon reported that Gatti has formed an organization to target not Democrats but conservatives in the 2023 legislative elections.<ref>''the Moon Griffon Show,'' March 11, 2022.</ref>
In March 2022, Griffon reported that Gatti has formed an organization to target not Democrats but conservatives in the 2023 legislative elections.<ref>''The Moon Griffon Show,'' March 11, 2022.</ref>
==References==
==References==