Rick Edmonds

American pastor and politician

Rick Edmonds

Member of the Louisiana Senate from the 6th district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 8, 2024
Preceded by	Bodi White
Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from the 66th district
In office January 11, 2016 – January 8, 2024
Preceded by	Darrell Ourso
Succeeded by	Emily Chenevert

Personal details
Born	(1956-09-12) September 12, 1956 (age 67) Shreveport, Louisiana
Political party	Republican
Residence	Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Alma mater	East Texas Baptist University
Occupation	Clergyman

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 Senate from East Baton Rouge Parish. He previously served in the Louisiana House of Representatives and was among nine candidates for secretary of state in the 2018 special election to fill the seat vacated by Tom Schedler.^[1]

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. He lives in Baton Rouge and is currently Senior Pastor at First Baptist Church of McComb.^[4]

References

^ "Rep. Rick Edmonds joins Louisiana Secretary of State's race", New Orleans Times-Picayune, accessdate=October 10, 2018.
^ "Election Returns". Louisiana Secretary of State. November 6, 2018. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
^ Rebekah Allen. "District 66 incumbent Darrell Ourso loses seat to Family Forum Vice President". The Baton Rouge Advocate.
^ "About". My Site. Retrieved May 27, 2022.