Tony Bacala | |
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Louisiana State Representative for District 59 (Ascension Parish) |
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Assumed office January 2016 |
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Preceded by | Eddie J. Lambert |
Personal details | |
Born | c. 1957 |
Political party | Republican |
Residence |
Prairieville Ascension Parish Louisiana, USA |
Alma mater |
East Ascension High School |
Occupation | Law-enforcement officer |
East Ascension High School
Louisiana State University
Mississippi Command College
Tony Bacala (born c. 1957) is a law enforcement officer from Prairieville, Louisiana, who is a Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 59 in Ascension Parish.
On January 11, 2016, Bacala succeeded outgoing Republican Representative Eddie J. Lambert, also of Prairieville, who instead moves to the District 18 seat in the Louisiana State Senate. In the primary election of October 24, 2015, Bacala, with 6,987 votes (66 percent), defeated two other Republicans, Pat Bell, with 2,654 votes (25.1 percent), and Rusty Messer, who ran third with 947 votes (8.9 percent).
Bacala graduated from East Ascension High School and studied at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Mississippi Command College, and the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Virginia. He has been employed by the Ascension Parish School Board and the parish sheriff's department.
Tony Bacala
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