Rick Edmonds
Richard Phillip Edmonds, Jr., known as Rick Edmonds (born September 1956)[1] is a Christian pastor in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, who is an incoming Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives]] for District 66.
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, who was elected to a Baton Rouge family court judgeship.[2]
Edmonds is pastor of Bethany Church and the vice president of the conservative Louisiana Family Forum.[2]
References
- ↑ {[cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Home/Home?uid=2277537%7Ctitle=Richard Edmonds, September 1956|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=November 27, 2015}}
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 {{cite web|url=http://theadvocate.com/news/14061578-123/district-66-incumbent-darrell-ourso%7Ctitle=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}]
- ↑ {[cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/11212015/11212015_Legislative.html%7Ctitle= Results for Election Date: 11/21/2015|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=November 27, 2015}]