Rick Gallot
| Richard J. Gallot, Jr. | |
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| 10th President of Grambling State University | |
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Assumed office August 1, 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Willie Larkin |
| Member of the Louisiana Senate from the 29th district |
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In office January 9, 2012 – January 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Joe McPherson |
| Succeeded by | Jay Luneau |
| Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from the 11th district |
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In office 2000–2012 |
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| Preceded by | Pinkie C. Wilkerson |
| Succeeded by | Patrick Jefferson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 1966 Ruston, Lincoln Parish Louisianan, USA |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Christy Cox Gallot |
| Children | Four children |
| Residence | Grambling, Louisiana |
| Alma mater | Southern University Law Center |
| Profession | Attorney |
Richard Joseph Gallot, Jr., known as Rick Gallot (born April 1966), is the current president of Grambling State University and was a Democratic member of the Louisiana State Senate for District 29, which encompasses the African-American portions of seven parishes. In the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 22, 2011, Gallot received 12,992 votes (50.3 percent). Trailing was the Republican Tony "Bo" Vets, with 7,579 votes (29.3 percent) and Democrat Mary L. Wardsworth, with 5,271 votes (20.4 percent).
Gallot, an African American born in Ruston, graduated from the historically black Grambling State University in Grambling and the Southern University Law Center of Baton Rouge. He is an inductee of the Southern Law Hall of Fame. In 2012, he succeeded the term-limited white Democratic Senator Joe McPherson of Woodworth in southern Rapides Parish, who had represented a different configuration of the district.
From 2000 to 2012, Gallot held the District 11 seat in the Louisiana House of Representatives. That district was established after the 1990 U.S. census to guarantee a black voter majority. Gallot won the position after the popular incumbent Pinkie C. Wilkerson of Grambling in western Lincoln Parish was killed on August 1, 2000, in a six-vehicle accident on Interstate 20 in Bossier City. At the time of her death, Wilkerson, committed to the Gore/Lieberman ticket, had been scheduled two weeks thereafter as a delegate to the 2000 Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles, California.
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