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'''Joseph A. Marino, III''' (born 1967), is the District 85 member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, one of three Independents in the lower legislative chamber.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_Reps/members.aspx?ID=85|title=Joseph A. Marino, III|publisher=
Louisiana House|accessdate=May 5, 2017}}</ref>
A former member of the Gretna City Council in Jefferson Parish in [[suburb]] [[New Orleans]], Marino ran without opposition in 2016 in a special election to fill a vacancy created by the resignation of [[Republican Party|Republican]] Representative Bryan Adams,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Joseph_Marino_(Louisiana)|title=Joseph Marino (Louisiana)|publisher=ballotpedia.org|accessdate=December 22, 2016}}</ref> who instead joined the office of the state fire marshal.<ref name=jmarino/>
Marino graduated from Holy Cross High School in New Orleans, [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]] with a degree in [[journalism]], and then the [[University of South Carolina]] School of Law in Columbia, South Carolina. A former president of the Jefferson Bar Association, Marino is a member of the Westbank Rotary International and a board member of the Westbank Boys and Girls Club.<ref name=jmarino>{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/06/gretna_city_councilman_joe_mar.html|title=Gretna Councilman Joe Marino to run for Louisiana House seat|date=June 9, 2016|publisher=''New Orleans Times-Picayune''|accessdate=May 5, 2017}}</ref>
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