Randall Edmund Roach is an American

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...

. He served as a Democratic member for the 36th district of the

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. He was also the

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Lake Charles, Louisiana Lake Charles (French: ''Lac Charles'') is the fifth-largest incorporated city in the U.S. state of Louisiana, and the parish seat of Calcasieu Parish, located on Lake Charles, Prien Lake, and the Calcasieu River. Founded in 1861 in Calcasieu ...

from 2000 to 2017. Roach attended LaGrange High School, graduating in 1969. He then attended

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, where he earned an

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in accounting and a

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degree. In 1988 Roach was elected for the 36th district of the

, serving until 1996. In 2000 Roach was elected as

. He was re-elected four times before deciding not to run for re-election in 2017. June 30, 2017 was declared as "Randy Roach Day" by Lake Charles.

References

Living people People from Lake Charles, Louisiana Politicians from Lake Charles, Louisiana Mayors of Lake Charles, Louisiana Year of birth missing (living people) Democratic Party members of the Louisiana House of Representatives 20th-century American politicians 21st-century American politicians Louisiana State University alumni LaGrange High School (Louisiana) alumni {{Louisiana-politician-stub