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Ronald Steven Johns, known as Ronnie Johns (born July 1949),〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ronald Johns, July 1949 )〕 is a State Farm Insurance agency owner in Sulphur, Louisiana,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ronnie Johns Insurance Agency )〕 who is a Republican member of the Louisiana State Senate from District 27 in Calcasieu Parish. He ran without opposition in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 22, 2011, to choose a successor to the term-limited Democratic Senator Willie Landry Mount. A former mayor of Lake Charles and an unsuccessful candidate in 2004 for the United States House of Representatives, Mount failed in her 2011 bid to be elected as the assessor of Calcasieu Parish. ==Background== Johns was reared in Bunkie in Avoyelles Parish, where his father, Johnny Johns (1910-1999) was the municipal fire chief; his mother, Anna D. Johns (1921-1997), was a secretary. In 1967, he graduated from Bunkie High School, where he credits the principal for having inspired hard work in the students and teaching the elements of later success in life. Johns then procured his Bachelor of Science degree in pharmacy from the University of Louisiana at Monroe, then known as Northeast Louisiana University.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ronnie Johns Insurance Agency, Inc. )〕 After college, he practiced pharmacy until the early 1980s, when he observed that numerous local drug stores were closing down or being purchased by chain stores. He hence opened his own insurance agency in Sulphur in 1982. Johns is a former member of the Sulphur City Council and, prior to his legislative years, had worked in numerous political campaigns for others. He is a lector and Eucharistic minister at Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church in Sulphur. He is a member of the board of Christus St. Patrick's Hospital. Johns is a supporter of the Calcasieu Community Clinic, which provides free health care for those who unable to afford health insurance. He is active in the Salvation Army of Lake Charles and numerous organizations that serve senior citizens. Mrs. Johns, the former Michelle Ann Servat (born October 1952), is a retired teacher. Their daughter, Claire J. Broussard, was in 2011 a nursing student at McNeese State University in Lake Charles. Claire and her husband, Alex Broussard, had one son in 2011, the Johnses' only grandchild.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ronnie Johns (Louisiana politician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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