Gerald Long
| Gerald Long | |
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| Member of the Louisiana Senate from the 31st district |
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Assumed office January 14, 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Mike Smith |
| Louisiana State Senate President Pro Tempore | |
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Assumed office January 11, 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Sharon Weston Broome |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
July 9, 1944 Winnfield, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Rose Landry Long (1966–2017, her death) |
| Relations |
Jimmy D. Long (brother) |
| Children |
Andrea Phillips |
| Parents | Reuben Ray and Ruby Smith Long |
| Alma mater |
Winnfield Senior High School |
| Religion | Southern Baptist |
Jimmy D. Long (brother)
Gillis William Long (cousin)
Huey Long (third cousin)
Earl Kemp Long (third cousin)
George S. Long (third cousin)
P.K. Smith (uncle)
Mike Smith (cousin)
Andrea Phillips
Pamela Jordan
Richard Gerald Long
Winnfield Senior High School
Gerald Long (born July 9, 1944), is a rare Republican member of the traditionally Democratic Long political dynasty in the U.S. state of Louisiana. Specifically, he is a third cousin of the late Governors Huey Pierce Long, Jr., and Earl Kemp Long.
Long was elected on October 20, 2007, to the Louisiana State Senate District 31, which includes Grant and parishes and parts of Rapides, Red River, Sabine, and Winn parishes in the north central portion and western portion of the state. Long and former State Representative Rick Nowlin are the first two Republicans since Reconstruction to represent Natchitoches Parish in the Louisiana legislature. Nowlin was subsequently defeated in a revised districting plan in 2011 but rebounded the next year as the first elected president of Natchitoches Parish.
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