Todd Hollenshead, a small businessman, farmer, and Louisiana
native, has announced his candidacy for the Louisiana Senate District 36 seat
representing all of Webster Parish and parts of Bienville, Bossier and
Claiborne parishes. The seat is currently occupied by Robert Adley of Benton,
who is term-limited. The primary election is October 24.
Hollenshead is concerned about the state’s $700 million
annual budget deficit, the rising cost of college tuition, industry leaving the
state, and the struggles facing Louisiana-based small businesses. He is
pro-life, pro-traditional marriage, and supports gun rights.
“I believe our state needs new direction. We need leaders
who will work hard for Louisiana and not be tied to the lobbyists and
out-of-state special interests. I will listen to the concerns of our
small-business owners, working families and the middle class and get to work
for them.”
“There is nothing like having a grandchild to make a person
want to improve their community,” Hollenshead said. “That is one of the
main things driving me to seek this Senate seat. So that not only my children,
but all of our children, have the same shot at the American Dream that I did.”
Hollenshead also said he would fight for what is best for
local schools and retirees, “It’s time to get our state government back to
the basics. To start, we need local control of our schools. Across the board,
lobbyists and out-of-state special interests have too much influence in Baton
Rouge. I will listen to voters and defend our common values.”
Hollenshead is a senior project manager for Waste Management’s Minden office. In his position
he manages heavy construction projects for clients across the country.
Hollenshead also raises Charolais cattle on his family’s
Bossier Parish farm. In 2010 he was named USDA Outstanding Farmer of the
Year for Bossier Parish.
Raised in Bossier Parish, he has been married to the former
Michelle Perry for 25 years, and they have four children and one
grandchild. He and Michelle have been members of the same Benton church
for over a quarter of a century.
Hollenshead earned a degree in geology from Louisiana Tech
University after working his way through school in the oilfield of Caddo and
Webster parish. He is a private pilot and also has been a Bossier Parish
Sheriff’s Reserve officer for seven years. He and his wife are active in
their church youth group, school tutoring programs, Boy Scouts, Court-Appointed
Special Advocates, the ACTS retreat, and a local non-profit organization,
Pick-it-Forward for Orphans.
For more information please contact James Sonneman at 318-510-1391 or visit the
campaign’s website at www.todd4senate.com.
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If you are a candidate for office and would like to address the voters with your platform for office, please send a few paragraphs to mybossier@gmail.com and we will publish it. Attach a picture if you like and we’ll include it.
Yawn.... We've already got two announced candidates who say roughly the same things.
ReplyDeleteMr. Hollenshead, you're probably a good, decent man. What would you do the make a difference? Anything? What sets you apart?
Give him a call and find out. Saw him the other day at a red light and I'm voting for him. I could tell he was different.
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