district state_senate relations predecessor children religion birth_place party parents birth_date term_start spouse article_title name alma_mater
31st louisiana jimmy d. long -lrb- brother -rrb- mike smith andrea phillips pamela jordan richard long southern baptist winnfield , louisiana , u.s. republican reuben ray and ruby smith long 9 july 1944 january 14 , 2008 rose landry long -lrb- 1966 -- present -rrb- gerald long
 gerald long winnfield senior high school
gerald long

gerald long -lrb- born july 9 , 1944 -rrb- , 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 natchitoches 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 .
