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Malinda Grace Brumfield White is an American businesswoman and a former Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives. She previously ran as an independent and as a Democrat.
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Robert Hicks was a prominent leader in Bogalusa,Louisiana during the Civil Rights Movement,whose activism helped put an end to segregation and discriminatory practices in education,housing,employment,public accommodations and healthcare. Best known for his leading role in founding the Bogalusa chapter of The Deacons for Defense and Justice,an armed African-American self-defense group,Hicks led daily protests on the streets of Jim Crow-era Bogalusa. He served as president and later Vice President of the Bogalusa Civic and Voters League,and the plaintiff in a series of civil rights lawsuits which achieved groundbreaking legal victories nationwide.
The 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana were held on November 3,2020,to elect the six U.S. representatives from the state of Louisiana,one from each of the state's six congressional districts. The elections coincided with other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate,and various state and local elections.
Luke Joshua Letlow was an American businessman and politician from Louisiana. A Republican,he was elected to the United States House of Representatives for Louisiana's 5th congressional district in 2020 but died from complications caused by COVID-19 five days before he was due to take office in the 117th Congress. Before his election to Congress,Letlow served as chief of staff to Representative Ralph Abraham. Three months after his death,Letlow's widow Julia was elected to the vacant seat in a special election.
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- 1 2 "Harold L. Ritchie". Louisiana House of Representatives. Archived from the original on December 26, 2015.
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