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Thompson</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Louisiana_House_of_Representatives" title="Louisiana House of Representatives">Louisiana House of Representatives</a></span><br />from the 19th district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />January 2020</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Charles_%22Bubba%22_Chaney" title="Charles "Bubba" Chaney">Charles "Bubba" Chaney</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Louisiana_Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="Louisiana Senate">Louisiana Senate</a></span><br />from the <a href="/wiki/Louisiana%27s_34th_State_Senate_district" title="Louisiana's 34th State Senate district">34th</a> district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />2008–2020</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Charles D. Jones</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Katrina_Jackson" title="Katrina Jackson">Katrina Jackson</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Louisiana_House_of_Representatives" title="Louisiana House of Representatives">Louisiana House of Representatives</a></span><br />from the 19th district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1975–2008</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Charles_%22Bubba%22_Chaney" title="Charles "Bubba" Chaney">Charles "Bubba" Chaney</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1941-10-29</span>) </span>October 29, 1941<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 83)</span><br /><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Delhi,_Louisiana" title="Delhi, Louisiana">Delhi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Louisiana" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a>, U.S.</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> (2023–present)<br /> <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> (1975–2023)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Marilyn Thompson</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">3</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Residence(s)</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Delhi,_Louisiana" title="Delhi, Louisiana">Delhi, Louisiana</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Louisiana_Technical_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Louisiana Technical University">Louisiana Technical University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Science" title="Bachelor of Science">BS</a>, <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Science" title="Master of Science">MS</a>)<br /> <a href="/wiki/Northeast_Louisiana_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Northeast Louisiana University">Northeast Louisiana University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Master_of_Education" title="Master of Education">MEd</a>, <a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_Education" title="Doctor of Education">EdD</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-House_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-House-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data">Retired <a href="/wiki/College_professor" class="mw-redirect" title="College professor">college professor</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Francis C. Thompson</b> (born October 29, 1941) is an American politician from <a href="/wiki/Louisiana" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a> who has represented District 19 in the <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_House_of_Representatives" title="Louisiana House of Representatives">Louisiana House of Representatives</a> since 2020, as well as between 1975 and 2008. Thompson additionally represented <a href="/wiki/Louisiana%27s_24th_State_Senate_district" title="Louisiana's 24th State Senate district">District 24</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_State_Senate" title="Louisiana State Senate">Louisiana State Senate</a> between 2008 and 2020. A <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a>, Thompson switched from the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic Party</a> in March 2023 after having been an elected Democrat for 48 years.<sup id="cite_ref-Switch_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Switch-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thompson became the longest-serving <a href="/wiki/State_legislature_(United_States)" title="State legislature (United States)">state legislator</a> in Louisiana history in January 2023 and is one of the longest-serving in the country.<sup id="cite_ref-Advocate_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Advocate-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Electoral_history">Electoral history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Francis_C._Thompson&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Electoral history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Born in his hometown of <a href="/wiki/Delhi,_Louisiana" title="Delhi, Louisiana">Delhi, Louisiana</a>, Thompson was elected to the <a href="/wiki/Richland_Parish" class="mw-redirect" title="Richland Parish">Richland Parish</a> School Board in 1968.<sup id="cite_ref-Political_Museum_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Political_Museum-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1975, Thompson won a <a href="/wiki/Special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="Special election">special election</a> for District 19 in the Louisiana House. Voters have re-elected Thompson 11 times since then, even when Thompson was forced to run for State Senate in 2007 due to newly enacted <a href="/wiki/Term_limits" class="mw-redirect" title="Term limits">term limits</a>. Thompson won back his old House seat <a href="/wiki/Uncontested_election" title="Uncontested election">unopposed</a> in 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-Advocate_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Advocate-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Thompson ran in the <a href="/wiki/1996_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections#Louisiana" title="1996 United States House of Representatives elections">1996 United House of Representatives elections</a> in <a href="/wiki/Louisiana%27s_5th_congressional_district" title="Louisiana's 5th congressional district">Louisiana's 5th congressional district</a>, but lost in the runoff to Republican <a href="/wiki/John_Cooksey" title="John Cooksey">John Cooksey</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Cooksey_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cooksey-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On March 17, 2023, Thompson announced he was switching to the <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican Party</a>. Thompson's district had become significantly more Republican in recent years, and Thompson had already been voting with Republicans on several key issues.<sup id="cite_ref-Advocate_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Advocate-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thompson stated that his switch was in response to Democratic leadership pushing issues that did "not align with those values and principles that are part of my Christian life".<sup id="cite_ref-Switch_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Switch-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The move gave Louisiana Republicans a two-thirds <a href="/wiki/Supermajority" title="Supermajority">supermajority</a> in both chambers of the <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_Legislature" class="mw-redirect" title="Louisiana Legislature">Louisiana Legislature</a> for the first time in history.<sup id="cite_ref-AP_NEWS_2023_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP_NEWS_2023-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 24 days later, another Democratic state representative in a Republican-heavy district, <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_LaCombe" title="Jeremy LaCombe">Jeremy LaCombe</a>, followed Thompson into the Republican Party.<sup id="cite_ref-LaCombe_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LaCombe-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Francis_C._Thompson&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output 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Johnson</a> (R)</dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;text-align:left;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div class="div-col numbered nowrap" style="column-width: 16em;"> <ol><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Danny_McCormick" title="Danny McCormick">Danny McCormick</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Steven_Jackson_(politician)" title="Steven Jackson (politician)">Steven Jackson</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Tammy_Phelps" title="Tammy Phelps">Tammy Phelps</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Daryl_Joy_Walters" title="Daryl Joy Walters">Joy Walters</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Bamburg_Jr." title="Dennis Bamburg Jr.">Dennis Bamburg Jr.</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Michael_Melerine" title="Michael Melerine">Michael Melerine</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Larry_Bagley" title="Larry Bagley">Larry Bagley</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Raymond_Crews" title="Raymond Crews">Raymond Crews</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Dodie_Horton" title="Dodie Horton">Dodie Horton</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Wayne_McMahen" title="Wayne McMahen">Wayne McMahen</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Rashid_Armand_Young" title="Rashid Armand Young">Rashid Armand Young</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Chris_Turner_(Louisiana_politician)" title="Chris Turner (Louisiana politician)">Chris Turner</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jack_McFarland_(politician)" title="Jack McFarland (politician)">Jack McFarland</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Michael_Echols" title="Michael Echols">Michael Echols</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Foy_Gadberry" title="Foy Gadberry">Foy Gadberry</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Adrian_Fisher_(Louisiana_politician)" title="Adrian Fisher (Louisiana politician)">Adrian Fisher</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Pat_Moore_(Louisiana_politician)" title="Pat Moore (Louisiana politician)">Pat Moore</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_LaCombe" title="Jeremy LaCombe">Jeremy LaCombe</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Francis C. Thompson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Neil_Riser" title="Neil Riser">Neil Riser</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/C._Travis_Johnson" title="C. Travis Johnson">C. Travis Johnson</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Gabe_Firment" title="Gabe Firment">Gabe Firment</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Shaun_Raphael_Mena" title="Shaun Raphael Mena">Shaun Mena</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Rodney_Schamerhorn" title="Rodney Schamerhorn">Rodney Schamerhorn</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jason_Brian_DeWitt" title="Jason Brian DeWitt">Jason Brian DeWitt</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ed_Larvadain" title="Ed Larvadain">Ed Larvadain III</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Michael_T._Johnson" title="Michael T. Johnson">Michael T. Johnson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Daryl_Deshotel" title="Daryl Deshotel">Daryl Deshotel</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Edmond_Jordan" title="Edmond Jordan">Edmond Jordan</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Charles_Owen_(politician)" title="Charles Owen (politician)">Charles Owen</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Troy_Hebert" title="Troy Hebert">Troy Hebert</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/R._Dewith_Carrier" title="R. Dewith Carrier">R. 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