Caleb Kleinpeter | |
---|---|
Member of the Louisiana State Senate from the 17th district | |
Assumed office December 6, 2022 | |
Preceded by | Rick Ward III |
Personal details | |
Born | Caleb Seth Kleinpeter Baton Rouge,Louisiana,U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Kayne Daigle |
Children | 3 |
Military service | |
Branch/service | United States Marine Corps |
Years of service | 2001–2005 |
Caleb Seth Kleinpeter is an American politician serving as a member of the Louisiana State Senate for the 17th district. He assumed office on December 6,2022.
Kleinpeter was born in Baton Rouge,Louisiana,and raised in Grosse Tête and Brusly. He graduated from Brusly High School in 2000. [1]
In 2001,Kleinpeter enlisted in the United States Marine Corps as a rifleman. [2] Kleinpeter was deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan and was honorably discharged from the United States Marine Corps in 2005. Since 2011,he has worked as a pipeline technician at Enterprise Products. Kleinpeter was elected to the Louisiana State Senate in November 2022. [3]
Hammond is the largest city in Tangipahoa Parish,Louisiana,United States,located 45 miles (72 km) east of Baton Rouge and 45 miles (72 km) northwest of New Orleans. Its population was 20,019 in the 2010 U.S. census,and 21,359 at the 2020 population estimates program.
Addis is a town in West Baton Rouge Parish,Louisiana,United States. The population was 3,593 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Brusly is a town in West Baton Rouge Parish,Louisiana,United States. The population was 2,589 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Louis Elwood Jenkins Jr.,known as Woody Jenkins,is an American newspaper editor in Baton Rouge and Central City,Louisiana,who served as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1972 to 2000 and waged three unsuccessful races for the United States Senate in 1978,1980,and 1996.
Solomon Weathersbee Downs was an American attorney,politician,and slaveholder from Louisiana. A Democrat,he served as a United States senator from 1847 to 1853.
Foster Lonnie Campbell Jr. is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party from the U.S. state of Louisiana. Since 2003,he has been a member of the Louisiana Public Service Commission. He served in the Louisiana State Senate from 1976 to 2002.
The Republican Party of Louisiana(LAGOP) (French:Parti républicain de Louisiane,Spanish:Partido Republicano de Luisiana) is the affiliate of the Republican Party in the U.S. state of Louisiana. Its chair is Louis Gurvich,who was elected in 2018. It is currently the dominant party in the state,controlling all but one of Louisiana's six U.S. House seats,both U.S. Senate seats,all statewide executive offices,and both houses of the state legislature.
Donald R. Cravins Jr.,is an American attorney and politician serving as the under secretary of commerce for minority business development. He previously served as a member of the Louisiana State Legislature from 2004 to 2009. From April 2021 to August 2022,he was the executive vice president and COO of the National Urban League.
Willie Landry Mount is an American politician from Louisiana who served as a Democratic member of the Louisiana State Senate from 2000 to 2012. She represented District 27,which includes parts of her native Lake Charles and the surrounding cities of Sulphur and Westlake. From 1993 to 1999,Mount was the first woman to serve as the mayor of Lake Charles.
Edwin Rene Murray,known as Ed Murray is an American lawyer and Democratic politician from New Orleans,Louisiana. From 2005 to 2016,he served in the Louisiana State Senate from District 4 in Orleans Parish.
John Michael Schroder Sr. is an American businessman from Covington,Louisiana who served as state treasurer. He was formerly a Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 77 in St. Tammany Parish in suburban New Orleans.
Paul Bryan Hollis was a Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for the revised 104th District in St. Tammany Parish in southeastern Louisiana.
Jeffrey Neale Jackson is an American politician,attorney,and military officer serving as the U.S. representative for North Carolina's 14th congressional district since 2023. A member of the Democratic Party,he represented the 37th district in the North Carolina Senate from 2014 to 2022.
Jeffrey W. "Jeff" Hall is an American politician and accountant serving as the 24th mayor of Alexandria,Louisiana. On taking office on December 4,2018,he stepped down as a Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 26 in Rapides Parish,a position which he assumed in 2015.
Sharon Woodall Hewitt is a former Republican member of the Louisiana State Senate for the 1st district,which encompasses portions of St. Tammany,Orleans,Plaquemines,and St. Bernard Parishes. In January 2016,she succeeded fellow Republican A. G. Crowe,who did not pursue a third term in the primary election held on October 24,2015. She chaired the Republican Legislative Delegation in the state senate.
Andrew McCoy "Mac" Warner is an American attorney,veteran,and the current West Virginia secretary of state. He announced his candidacy for Governor of West Virginia in 2024 on January 10,2023.
Edmond Dwayne Jordan is an American attorney and politician. He is a Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 29. On May 14,2016,he won a special election runoff to succeed fellow Democrat Ronnie Edwards.
Louisiana's 17th State Senate district is one of 39 districts in the Louisiana State Senate. The district is currently represented by Republican Caleb Kleinpeter. It was previously represented by Democrat-turned-Republican Rick Ward III from 2012 until his resignation in June 2022.
Scott Baldwin is an American politician,businessman,and law enforcement officer who is a member of the Indiana Senate from the 20th district. He assumed office on November 18,2020,succeeding Victoria Spartz.
The 2022 Shreveport mayoral election took place on November 8,2022,with a runoff election on December 10 because no candidate obtained a majority of the vote in the first round. It selected the next mayor of Shreveport,Louisiana. Incumbent Democratic mayor Adrian Perkins sought re-election to a second term in office,but finished fourth in the general election. Former Shreveport City Councillor Tom Arceneaux,a Republican,and Louisiana state senator Gregory Tarver,a Democrat,advanced to the runoff election. Besides Perkins,other candidates eliminated in the general election include Caddo Parish Commission president Mario Chavez and city councillor LeVette Fuller.