Iberville Parish is a parish located south of Baton Rouge in the U.S. state of Louisiana,formed in 1807. The parish seat is Plaquemine. At the 2010 U.S. census,the population was 33,387,and 30,241 at the 2020 census.
John Berlinger Breaux is an American lobbyist,attorney and retired politician who was a member of the United States Senate from Louisiana from 1987 until 2005. He was also a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1972 to 1987. He was considered one of the more conservative national legislators from the Democratic Party. Breaux was a member of the New Democrat Coalition.
Baton Rouge Magnet High School is a public magnet school in Baton Rouge,Louisiana,United States,founded in 1880. It is part of the East Baton Rouge Parish School System with a student body of approximately 1500 students. The current building was built in 1926,and,as Baton Rouge High School,was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. The campus underwent a two-year renovation and expansion starting in 2010,resulting in the addition of two new wings to the main building. This renovation was completed and the school reopened in fall 2012. Baton Rouge High is also one of the highest-ranked schools in the state,and consistently wins state-level academic competitions. The school requires students to pass enrollment standards and exceed graduation standards. As a result,nearly all graduating students attend college.
John Bennett Johnston Jr. is a retired American attorney,politician,and later lobbyist. A member of the Democratic Party,Johnston represented Louisiana in the U.S. Senate from 1972 to 1997.
Charles Joseph Melançon is an American politician and the former secretary of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.
Louis Elwood Jenkins Jr.,known as Woody Jenkins,is a 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.
Walter Fox McKeithen served five terms as Secretary of State of Louisiana between 1988 and 2005. He is best known for merging the state's election divisions into one department and for the promotion of historical preservation.
The Paul M. Hebert Law Center,often styled "LSU Law",is a public law school in Baton Rouge,Louisiana. It is part of the Louisiana State University System and located on the main campus of Louisiana State University.
Melvin Lee Holden,known as Kip Holden,is an American politician who served from 2005 to 2016 as the Democratic Mayor-President of Baton Rouge and East Baton Rouge Parish,Louisiana. The parish includes the state capital of Baton Rouge and smaller suburban cities such as Baker,Central City,and Zachary.
John Leigh "Jay" Dardenne,Jr. is an American lawyer and politician from Baton Rouge,Louisiana,who is serving as commissioner of administration for Democratic Governor John Bel Edwards. A Republican,Dardenne served as the 53rd lieutenant governor of his state from 2010 to 2016. Running as a Republican,he won a special election for lieutenant governor held in conjunction with the regular November 2,2010 general election. At the time,Dardenne was Louisiana secretary of state. Formerly,Dardenne was a member of the Louisiana State Senate for the Baton Rouge suburbs,a position he filled from 1992 until his election as secretary of state on September 30,2006.
Paul Jude Hardy is an American attorney from Baton Rouge,in the U.S. state of Louisiana,who was the first Republican to have been elected lieutenant governor of the U.S. state of Louisiana since Reconstruction. He served in the second-ranking post under Governor Buddy Roemer from 1988 to 1992.
William Henson Moore III is an American attorney and businessman who is a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives,having represented Louisiana's 6th congressional district,based about Baton Rouge,from 1975 to 1987. He was only the second Republican to have represented Louisiana in the House since Reconstruction,the first having been David C. Treen,then of Jefferson Parish.
Samuel Houston Jones was the 46th Governor of Louisiana for the term from 1940 to 1944. He defeated the renowned Earl Kemp Long in the 1940 Democratic runoff primary election. Eight years later,Long then in a reversal of 1940 defeated Jones in the 1948 party primary.
The Republican Party of Louisiana is the affiliate of the Republican Party in the U.S. state of Louisiana. Its chair is Louis Gurvich,who was elected in 2018.
Donald J. Cazayoux Jr. is an American lawyer and politician. He served as the United States Attorney for the Middle District of Louisiana from 2010 to 2013. From 2008 to 2009,he was a Democratic United States Representative from Louisiana's 6th congressional district.
Robert Jackson Munson,Sr.,was a Democrat from Cheneyville,Louisiana,who served from 1956 to 1973 in the Louisiana House of Representatives during the administrations of Governors Earl Kemp Long,Jimmie Davis,John McKeithen,and Edwin Edwards.
The 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana were held on November 8,2016,to elect the six U.S. representatives from the state of Louisiana,one from each of the state's six congressional districts. The elections coincided with the 2016 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections.
The 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana were held on November 3,2020,to elect the six U.S. representatives from the state of Louisiana,one from each of the state's six congressional districts. The elections coincided with other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate,and various state and local elections.
The 2020 Baton Rouge mayoral election was held on November 3,2020 and December 5,2020 to elect the mayor-president of Baton Rouge,Louisiana.
