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{{Infobox person
{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Paulette Jung "Polly" Thomas
|name=Paulette Jung "Polly" Thomas
|birth_date=April 7, 1947
|birth_date=April 7, 1947
|religion=
|religion=
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
|office=Louisiana State Representative for District 80 (Jefferson Parish)
|term_start=2016
|preceded=Joe Lopinto
}}
}}
'''Paulette Jung Thomas''', known as '''Polly Thomas''' (born April 7, 1947),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/paulette-thomas/177617195|title=Paulette Thomas|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=September 13, 2017}}</ref> is a retired [[education]] [[professor]] at the University of New Orleans and a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 80 in Jefferson Parish in [[suburb]]an [[New Orleans]]. She is a former member of the Jefferson Parish School Board.
'''Paulette Jung Thomas''', known as '''Polly Thomas''' (born April 7, 1947),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/paulette-thomas/177617195|title=Paulette Thomas|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=September 13, 2017}}</ref> is a retired [[education]] [[professor]] at the University of New Orleans and a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 80 in Jefferson Parish in [[suburb]]an [[New Orleans]]. She is a former member of the Jefferson Parish School Board.
She graduated from the University of Louisiana at [[Lafayette]] and then received her master's and [[Ph.D.]] in educational psychology from [[Texas A&M University]] in College Station, [[Texas]]. She is a formerly assistant superintendent in the Louisiana Department of Education and as a resident of Metairie, a former member of the Jefferson Parish School Board, in which capacity she was an early supporter of charter schools.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/pg/PollyThomasStateRep/about/|title=Polly Thomas, State Representative|publisher=[[Facebook]]|accessdate=September 13, 2017}}</ref>
She graduated from the University of Louisiana at [[Lafayette]] and then received her master's and [[Ph.D.]] in educational psychology from [[Texas A&M University]] in College Station, [[Texas]]. She is a formerly assistant superintendent in the Louisiana Department of Education and as a resident of Metairie, a former member of the Jefferson Parish School Board, in which capacity she was an early supporter of charter schools.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/pg/PollyThomasStateRep/about/|title=Polly Thomas, State Representative|publisher=[[Facebook]]|accessdate=September 13, 2017}}</ref>
When Republican former Representatie Joe Lopinto resigned the seat to join the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Department, Thomas filed without opposition for the special election to choose his successor for the remainder of the term through January 13, 2020. A resident of Metairie, Thomas said that she would "be a leader in strengthening education, protecting our coastline, and securing higher paying jobs to keep our children working here at home."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/07/polly_thomas_elected_to_state.html|title=Polly Thomas elected to state 80th House District|publisher=''New Orleans Times-Picayune''|date=July 22, 2016|
When Republican Representatie Joe Lopinto resigned the seat to join the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Department, Thomas filed without opposition for the special election to choose his successor for the remainder of the term through January 13, 2020. A resident of Metairie, Thomas said that she would "be a leader in strengthening education, protecting our coastline, and securing higher paying jobs to keep our children working here at home."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/07/polly_thomas_elected_to_state.html|title=Polly Thomas elected to state 80th House District|publisher=''New Orleans Times-Picayune''|date=July 22, 2016|
accessdate=May 5, 2017}}</ref>
accessdate=May 5, 2017}}</ref>