Jack McFarland

Jack Gideon McFarland (born November 18, 1969) is a Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 13, which encompasses Bienville, Jackson, Ouachita, and Winn parishes in north Louisiana. On January 11, 2016, McFarland succeeded outgoing Republican Representative James R. Fannin, who was elected to the District 35 seat in the Louisiana State Senate in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 24, 2015.

In that same primary, McFarland, with 7,719 votes (60.3 percent), defeated his Democratic opponent, Philip Lawrence, who polled 5,091 votes (39.7 percent).

McFarland resides in Winnfield but has also lived in other Winn Parish communities, Calvin and Dodson and the Jackson Parish community of Chatam. He also has resided in Crossett, Arkansas. He is a former member of the Winn Parish Police Jury and worked for the Police Jury Association of Louisiana. He was formerly employed by The Winn Parish Enterprise weekly newspaper.

Columnist Sam Hanna, Jr., of the Ouachita Citizen in West Monroe, said that he expects no opposition to McFarland in the nonpartisan blanket primary scheduled for October 12, 2019. Hanna contends that McFarland has "distinguished himself in his first term in the House as a straight-shooter."