Terrebonne Parish is a parish located in the southern part of the U.S. state of Louisiana. At the 2020 census,the population was 109,580. The parish seat is Houma. The parish was founded in 1822. Terrebonne Parish is part of the Houma-Thibodaux metropolitan statistical area.
Lafourche Parish is a parish located in the south of the U.S. state of Louisiana. The parish seat is Thibodaux. The parish was formed in 1807. It was originally the northern part of Lafourche Interior Parish,which consisted of the present parishes of Lafourche and Terrebonne. Lafourche Parish was named after the Bayou Lafourche. City buildings have been featured in television and movies,such as in Fletch Lives,due to its architecture and rich history. At the 2020 census,its population was 97,557.
Houma is the largest city in and the parish seat of Terrebonne Parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is also the largest principal city of the Houma–Bayou Cane–Thibodaux metropolitan statistical area. The city's government was absorbed by the parish in 1984,which currently operates as the Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Government.
John Leigh "Jay" Dardenne,Jr. is an American lawyer and politician from Baton Rouge,Louisiana,who served as commissioner of administration for Democratic Governor John Bel Edwards. A Republican,Dardenne previously served as the 53rd lieutenant governor of his state from 2010 to 2016. Dardenne was Louisiana secretary of state. He was previously 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.
Clarence C. "Taddy" Aycock,an American conservative Democrat from Franklin in St. Mary Parish,was the only three-term lieutenant governor in 20th century Louisiana history. He served from 1960 to 1972. Aycock failed in his only bid for governor in the 1971 Democratic primary. Few lieutenant governors in Louisiana have been elected directly to the governorship;former Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco of Lafayette,is a prominent exception.
Terrebonne Parish School District is a school district headquartered in Bayou Cane,an unincorporated area in Terrebonne Parish,Louisiana,near Houma. The district serves residents in Terrebonne Parish,including the city of Houma as well as the surrounding unincorporated areas of Bayou Cane,Bourg,Chauvin,Gibson,Gray,Montegut,and Schriever.
Pointe-aux-Chênes is an unincorporated community located in Terrebonne Parish,Louisiana,United States. The community shares a zip code with Montegut (70377) and has many residents of Houma descent and others of Chitimacha descent. In 1993,they established the independent Pointe-au-Chien Indian Tribe,which is one of three state-recognized Houma tribes.
Dudley Anthony Gautreaux,known as Butch Gautreaux was an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the Louisiana State Senate from Morgan City,Louisiana. From 2000 to 2012,he represented Senate District 21. In 2012,the reconfigured district incorporated mostly Republican portions of Iberia,Lafourche,St. Mary,and Lafourche parishes.
The 1996 United States presidential election in Louisiana took place on November 5,1996. Voters chose nine representatives,or electors to the Electoral College,who voted for president and vice president.
Lenar Marie Ledet Whitney is an American businesswoman from Houma,Louisiana,who is a Republican former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 53 in Terrebonne Parish. She was a member of the Louisiana delegation of the Republican National Committee. Whitney lost her election on Saturday April 6,2024 for an additional term on the RNC. Whitney was soundly defeated by Gena Gore. Whitney lost her bid for a second term in the runoff election held on November 21,2015. A year earlier,she had been an unsuccessful candidate in the nonpartisan blanket primary for Louisiana's 6th congressional district seat.
James Morgan Field,known as Jimmy Field,is a part-time attorney in Baton Rouge,Louisiana,and a Republican former member of the Louisiana Public Service Commission. The five-member public regulatory agency oversees utilities,trucking,and telecommunications companies. Field was elected to the PSC in 1996 to succeed the Democrat Kathleen Babineaux Blanco of Lafayette,who became lieutenant governor and subsequently governor from 2004 to 2008.
Joseph Louis Watkins Jr.,was a judge of the Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal,based in Baton Rouge,Louisiana,from 1979 until his death in 1997. He resided in Houma in Terrebonne Parish in south Louisiana.
Anthony Joseph Guarisco Jr.,sometimes known as Tony Guarisco,is a Democratic former member of the Louisiana State Senate from Morgan City in St. Mary Parish in south Louisiana. He represented Senate District 21 from 1976 to 1988,which included the parishes of St. Mary,Assumption,Terrebonne,and St. Martin,two precincts only.
Leonard Joseph Chabert,I,of Houma,Louisiana,served in each house of the Louisiana State Legislature. He was born in rural Chauvin in Terrebonne Parish in South Louisiana.
Marty James Chabert is a businessman from Houma,Louisiana,who is a Democratic former member of the Louisiana State Senate. He served a single term from 1992 to 1996 to succeed his father,Leonard J. Chabert,also a Democrat,who died in office in 1991. His younger brother,Norby Chabert,a Democrat-turned-Republican,now holds this same District 20 seat,which encompasses Terrebonne and Lafource parishes.
Sherman Albert Bernard Sr. was an American businessman from Jefferson Parish in the New Orleans suburbs,who served from 1972 to 1988 as the Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance. He is mainly remembered for having served twenty-six months in federal prison after he pleaded guilty to extortion in federal court in connection with his job duties.
Lottie Polozola Beebe,sometimes known as Lottie Beebe-Pearson,is the superintendent of public schools in St. Martin Parish,Louisiana. In September 2018,the St. Martin Parish School Board declined to renew Beebe's contract as superintendent,but she showed up for work the next day on the advice of her lawyer,L. Lane Roy of Lafayette. Beebe claims the school board action is "illegal" and "political" in nature.
Louisiana's 20th State Senate district is one of 39 districts in the Louisiana State Senate. It has been represented by Republican Mike Fesi since 2020,succeeding fellow Republican Norby Chabert.
Louisiana's 21st State Senate district is one of 39 districts in the Louisiana State Senate. It has been represented by Republican Bret Allain since 2012.
The 2023 Louisiana Attorney General election was held on November 18,2023,to elect the next attorney general of Louisiana,with the first round occurring on October 14. Incumbent Republican Attorney General Jeff Landry retired to successfully run for governor,leading to an open race. In the runoff,Louisiana Solicitor General Liz Murrill defeated attorney Lindsey Cheek by a margin of 33 percent.
