Gene Reynolds (politician)
| Harlie Eugene "Gene" Reynolds | |
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| Louisiana State Representative for District 10 (Webster Parish and one precinct in Bossier Parish) |
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Assumed office January 9, 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Jean Doerge |
| Louisiana House Democratic Leader | |
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Assumed office January 11, 2016 |
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| Preceded by | John Bel Edwards |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
December 28, 1950 Shreveport, Caddo Parish Louisiana, USA |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Martha Nell Moore Reynolds |
| Children |
Dustin Wade Reynolds |
| Parents | Harlie and Elizabeth Reynolds |
| Residence |
Dubberly, Webster Parish Louisiana |
| Alma mater |
Woodlawn High School (Shreveport) |
| Occupation | Retired educator |
Dustin Wade Reynolds
Woodlawn High School (Shreveport)
Harlie Eugene Reynolds, known as Gene Reynolds (born December 28, 1950), is a retired educator in Dubberly, Louisiana, who is a Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from District 10 (Webster Parish and one precinct from Bossier Parish). In 2016, his colleagues named him the House Democratic Leader, in which capacity he succeeded former Representative John Bel Edwards of Tangipahoa Parish, the incoming governor of Louisiana.
A native of Shreveport, Reynolds is one of six children of the late Harlie Reynolds and Elizabeth Reynolds, since Elizabeth Woods. He was reared in the lower-middle-class neighborhood, later predominantly African American, known as Cedar Grove. In 1968, he graduated from Woodlawn High School in Shreveport. After his graduation, his parents relocated to Ringgold in Bienville Parish, where he met his future wife, the former Martha Nell Moore. Thereafter, Reynolds worked in industry but returned to school and graduated in 1977 with a bachelor's degree in elementary education from Louisiana Tech University in Ruston. He subsequently obtained graduate credentials from Louisiana Tech in 1982 and 1992. Gene and Martha Reynolds were employed for nearly three decades by the Webster Parish School Board. From 1994 to 1998, he was principal in Sarepta. In 1994, he chaired the Webster Parish sex education curriculum writing committee. School Superintendent Jerry Lott said at the time that the work compiled by Reynolds' committee "emphasizes abstinence". He later helped to start the combination Lakeside Junior High and High School south of Sibley. n the aftermath of Hurricane Rita in 2005, the Reynoldses temporarily relocated to Cameron Parish in southwestern Louisiana. They returned in 2010 to Webster Parish to reside in Dubberly near their son, Dustin, and his family.
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