Tommy Armstrong (Louisiana politician)
| Tommy Gene Armstrong | |
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| Louisiana State Representative from District 4 (Caddo Parish) |
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In office February 27, 1991 – 1992 |
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| Preceded by | Robert P. "Bobby" Waddell |
| Succeeded by | C.O. Simpkins |
| President, Caddo Parish Commission | |
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In office 1987–1989 |
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| Preceded by | Roy M. Hopkins |
| Succeeded by | Lloyd E. Lenard |
| Member, Caddo Parish Commission for District 11 | |
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In office 1984–1991 |
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| Preceded by | New position |
| Succeeded by | Ginger Armstrong |
| Member, Caddo Parish Police Jury from Ward 19 | |
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In office 1976–1984 |
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| Succeeded by | Position ended |
| Personal details | |
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February 19, 1941 Shreveport Caddo Parish Louisiana, USA |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Kathryn Genevieve Mulina Armstrong, aka Ginger Armstrong |
| Children |
Alisa Rene Armstrong Holmes |
| Parents | George Marcus and Myrtle Cato Armstrong |
| Residence | Shreveport, Louisiana |
| Alma mater | Northwestern State University |
| Occupation | Real estate developer |
| Religion | Protestant |
| Though he served for fifteen years on the Caddo Parish Commission and its predecessor, the police jury, and a one-year term in the Louisiana House of Representatives, Armstrong in 1991 lost his bid for state senator by 754 votes to a fellow Republican, Ron Bean. | |
Alisa Rene Armstrong Holmes
Alaine Rochelle Armstrong Stewart
Tommy Gene Armstrong (born February 19, 1941) is a businessman from his native Shreveport, Louisiana, who served as a Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1991 to 1992. He filled the unexpired term of the Democrat, Robert P. "Bobby" Waddell, who resigned to become a state district court judge. Armstrong was elected to the House from District 4 on February 23, 1991, with 50.5 percent of the vote over two Democratic opponents, Forrest A. Davis and Stephen B. Carter.
When Armstrong won the District 4 House seat, the lines were under the 1980 census. He did not pursue a full term in 1991 because, under the 1990 census, District 4 became majority African American and heavily Democratic. Instead, Armstrong contested the Louisiana State Senate District 38 seat vacated by the three-term Democratic incumbent, Richard G. Neeson, also of Shreveport. Armstrong's principal rival was Ron Bean, a more liberal Republican who had narrowly lost to Neeson in the 1987 election and had once been a pilot for U.S. President Richard M. Nixon. Armstrong led in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 19, 1991, with 13,354 votes (40 percent). Bean trailed with 8,866 votes (26 percent). Ken Wright, another Republican candidate, trailed with 6,088 votes (18 percent). Democrat Bobby Bruce Shofner (born 1948) finished last with 5,494 votes (15 percent). In the general election, popularly termed the runoff in Louisiana, Bean narrowly defeated Armstrong, 20,474 (51 percent) to 19,720 (49 percent).
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