Fall 2007 Candidate Guide for Jefferson Parish

League of Women Voters^®
of New Orleans

Fall 2007 Candidate Guide for Jefferson Parish

Local candidates' biographies and answers to our questions are now available. Pdf files are available for printing and distribution.

Statewide Offices. State Senate. State House of Representatives. Parish Offices. Constitutional Amendments.

Statewide Offices

Governor - "Bobby" Jindal - WINNER
Lieutenant Governor - "Mitch" Landrieu - WINNER
Secretary of State - "Jay" Dardenne - WINNER
Attorney General- James D. "Buddy" Caldwell - WINNER
State Treasurer - John Kennedy - UNOPPOSED
Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry - Mike Strain - WINNER
Commissioner of Insurance - "Jim" Donelon - WINNER
Board of Elementary and Secondary Education
BESE, District 1 - James "Jim" Garvey - UNOPPOSED

State Senate

State Senator, 3rd Senatorial District - Derrick Shepherd - WINNER
State Senator, 3rd Senatorial District.pdf
State Senator, 6th Senatorial District - Julie Quinn - WINNER
State Senator, 6th Senatorial District.pdf
State Senator, 7th Senatorial District - David Heitmeier - WINNER
State Senator, 7th Senatorial District.pdf
State Senator, 8th Senatorial District - John A. Alario, Jr. - WINNER
State Senator, 8th Senatorial District.pdf
State Senator, 9th Senatorial District - Stephen J. Scalise - WINNER
State Senator, 9th Senatorial District.pdf
State Senator, 10th Senatorial District - Daniel R. "Danny" Martiny - WINNER
State Senator, 10th Senatorial District.pdf

State House of Representatives

State Representative, 54th Representative District - Jerry "Truck" Gisclair - WINNER
State Representative, 78th Representative District - Kirk R. Talbot - WINNER
State Representative, 78th Representative District.pdf
State Representative, 79th Representative District - "Tony" Ligi - WINNER
State Representative, 79th Representative District.pdf
State Representative, 80th Representative District - Joseph Lopinto - WINNER
State Representative, 80th Representative District.pdf
State Representative, 81st Representative District - John F. Labrusso, Jr. - UNOPPOSED
State Representative, 82nd Representative District - Cameron Henry - WINNER
State Representative, 82nd Representative District.pdf
State Representative, 83rd Representative District - Robert E. Billiot - WINNER
State Representative, 83rd Representative District.pdf
State Representative, 84th Representative District - Patrick Connick - UNOPPOSED
State Representative, 85th Representative District - Ricky J. Templet - WINNER
State Representative, 85th Representative District.pdf
State Representative, 86th Representative District -"Jim" Tucker - UNOPPOSED
State Representative, 87th Representative District - Girod Jackson, III - UNOPPOSED
State Representative, 92nd Representative District - "Tom" Willmott - WINNER
State Representative, 105th Representative District - Ernest Durham Wooton - WINNER

Parish Offices

Assessor - Lawrence E. Chehardy - UNOPPOSED
Clerk of Court - Jon A. Gegenheimer - UNOPPOSED
Coroner - Robert E. Treuting - UNOPPOSED
Councilman, District 1 - "Chris" Roberts - UNOPPOSED
Councilman, District 2 - Elton Manard Lagasse - WINNER
Councilman, District 2.pdf
Councilman, District 3 - Byron Lee - UNOPPOSED
Councilman, District 4 - Louis J Congemi - UNOPPOSED
Councilman, District 5 - Jennifer Sneed - UNOPPOSED
Councilman-at-Large, Division A - John F. Young, Jr. - WINNER
Councilman-at-Large, Division A.pdf
Councilman-at-Large, Division B - Thomas J. Capella - WINNER
Councilman-at-Large, Division B.pdf
Parish President - Aaron F. Broussard - WINNER
Parish President.pdf
Sheriff - Newell D. Normand - WINNER
Sheriff.pdf
District Judge, 24th Judicial District Court, Elec. Sec. 3, Div. L - Donald A. "Donnie" Rowan, Jr. - WINNER
District Judge, 24th Judicial District Court, Elec. Sec. 3, Div. L.pdf

Constitutional Amendments

Expand property tax exemption to consigned jewelry. - DEFEATED
Prohibit lawmakers from reducing state supplemental pay for police and firefighters. - PASSED
Expand state supplemental pay to include firefighters and police officers employed by port authorities. - PASSED
Require Legislature to devise ways of financing future benefits for the State's retirement systems when approving new benefits. - PASSED

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