Rick Edmonds

Richard Phillip Edmonds Jr. (born September 12, 1956), is an American pastor and politician from the U.S. state of Louisiana. A Republican, he is a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from East Baton Rouge Parish and was among nine candidates for secretary of state in the 2018 special election to fill the seat vacated by Tom Schedler.[1]

Rick Edmonds
Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives
from the 66th district
Assumed office
January 11, 2016
Preceded byDarrell Ourso
Personal details
Born (1956-09-12) September 12, 1956
Shreveport, Louisiana
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)Cynthia Harville Edmonds
ChildrenFour sons
ParentsRichard, Sr., and Elsie Stone Edmonds
ResidenceBaton Rouge, Louisiana
Alma materEast Texas Baptist University
OccupationClergyman

Edmonds finished in fourth place in the race with 164,949 (11 percent). His House colleague, Julie Stokes of Jefferson Parish, finished in fifth place, also with 11 percent of the ballots cast.[2] In a runoff election in December, victory went to the Republican interim secretary Kyle Ardoin.

In the 2015 House election, Edmonds unseated a fellow Republican, the moderate Darrell Ourso.[3]

Edmonds is a former pastor of the Calvary Baptist Church in Shreveport and a former figure in the Louisiana Family Forum.

References

  1. "Rep. Rick Edmonds joins Louisiana Secretary of State's race", New Orleans Times-Picayune, accessdate=October 10, 2018.
  2. "Election Returns". Louisiana Secretary of State. November 6, 2018. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
  3. Rebekah Allen. "District 66 incumbent Darrell Ourso loses seat to Family Forum Vice President". The Baton Rouge Advocate.


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