# Rick Edmonds
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{{Short description|American pastor and politician}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Rick Edmonds
| state_senate = Louisiana State
| district = [6th](/source/Louisiana's_6th_State_Senate_district)
| term_start = January 8, 2024
| term_end =
| predecessor = [Bodi White](/source/Bodi_White)
| successor =
| state_house1 = Louisiana
| district1 = 66th
| term_start1 = January 11, 2016
| term_end1 = January 8, 2024
| predecessor1 = [Darrell Ourso](/source/Darrell_Ourso)
| successor1 = [Emily Chenevert](/source/Emily_Chenevert)
| birth_name = Richard Phillip Edmonds Jr.
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|9|12}}
| birth_place = [Shreveport, Louisiana](/source/Shreveport%2C_Louisiana), U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States))
| education = [East Texas Baptist University](/source/East_Texas_Baptist_University) ([BA](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts))
[New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary](/source/New_Orleans_Baptist_Theological_Seminary) ([MDiv](/source/Master_of_Divinity))
}}
'''Richard Phillip Edmonds Jr.''' (born September 12, 1956), is an American pastor and politician from the U.S. state of [Louisiana](/source/Louisiana). A [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)), he is a member of the [Louisiana Senate](/source/Louisiana_Senate) from [East Baton Rouge Parish](/source/East_Baton_Rouge_Parish). He previously served in the [Louisiana House of Representatives](/source/Louisiana_House_of_Representatives).
==Career==
Edmonds is a former pastor of the Calvary [Baptist](/source/Southern_Baptist) Church in [Shreveport](/source/Shreveport%2C_Louisiana) and a former figure in the Louisiana Family Forum. He lives in [Baton Rouge](/source/Baton_Rouge%2C_Louisiana) and is currently Senior Pastor at First Baptist Church of McComb.[{{Cite web |title=About |url=http://www.fbcmccomb.com/about |access-date=2022-05-27 |website=My Site |language=en}}]
In the 2015 House election, Edmonds unseated a fellow Republican, the moderate [Darrell Ourso](/source/Darrell_Ourso).[{{cite news|url=https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/elections/article_f57885d4-9e6d-541d-83f1-f90e87dbed91.html|title=District 66 incumbent Darrell Ourso loses seat to Family Forum Vice President|author=Rebekah Allen|newspaper=[The Baton Rouge Advocate](/source/The_Advocate_(Louisiana))}}]
Edmonds was among nine candidates running for [secretary of state](/source/Secretary_of_State_of_Louisiana) in the 2018 [special election](/source/special_election) to fill the seat vacated by [Tom Schedler](/source/Tom_Schedler).[{{cite web|last=O'Donoghue|first=Julia|title=Rep. Rick Edmonds joins Louisiana Secretary of State's race|website=NOLA.com|date=June 28, 2018|url=https://www.nola.com/news/politics/rep-rick-edmonds-joins-louisiana-secretary-of-states-race/article_bbc80895-545a-5c0e-864a-bb271f55e0eb.html|access-date=January 23, 2026}}] Edmonds finished in fourth place in the race with 164,949 (11 percent).[{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical|title=Election Returns|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|date=November 6, 2018|accessdate=November 7, 2018}}] In a runoff election in December, victory went to the Republican interim secretary [Kyle Ardoin](/source/Kyle_Ardoin).
In the 2023 elections, with [Bodi White](/source/Bodi_White) prevented from running for reelection to the [Louisiana State Senate](/source/Louisiana_State_Senate) due to [term limit](/source/term_limit)s, Edmonds ran to succeed him as the state senator for the [sixth district](/source/Louisiana's_6th_State_Senate_district). He faced [Barry Ivey](/source/Barry_Ivey), a fellow state representative, in the primary election.[{{cite web|last=Rosato|first=Chris|title=Who's up for the job in Senate District 6: at least two say they are|website=www.wafb.com|date=January 24, 2023|url=https://www.wafb.com/2023/01/24/whos-up-job-senate-district-6-least-two-say-they-are/|access-date=January 23, 2026}}] Edmonds defeated Ivey, receiving 62% of the vote.[{{cite web|title=Election 2023: Oct. 14 election results|website=www.wafb.com|date=October 15, 2023|url=https://www.wafb.com/2023/10/15/election-2023-oct-14-election-results/|access-date=January 23, 2026}}]
After [Julia Letlow](/source/Julia_Letlow) announced that she would run for the [U.S. Senate](/source/U.S._Senate) in the 2026 elections, Edmonds announced that he would run to succeed Letlow in the [U.S. House of Representatives](/source/U.S._House_of_Representatives) for {{ushr|LA|5}}.[{{cite web|last=LaRose|first=Greg|title=Veteran state senator announces bid for Louisiana's 5th District in Congress • Louisiana Illuminator|website=Louisiana Illuminator|date=January 21, 2026|url=https://lailluminator.com/briefs/edmonds-congress/|access-date=January 23, 2026}}]
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Category:Republican Party Louisiana state senators
Category:Republican Party members of the Louisiana House of Representatives
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