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|term_start2=January 2012

|term_start2=January 2012

|term_end2=January 2015

|term_end2=January 2015

|preceded2=Jane H. Smith

|preceded2=Jane Holland Smith

|succeeded2=James Michael "Mike" Johnson

|succeeded2=[[Mike Johnson]]

|office=Division B [[Judge]] of the<br> Louisiana 26th Judicial District Court

|office=Division B [[Judge]] of the<br> Louisiana 26th Judicial District Court

|term_start=January 2015

|term_start=January 2015

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'''Jefferson Rowe "Jeff" Thompson''' (born March 10, 1965) is a [[lawyer]] in [[Bossier City]], [[Louisiana]], who is a judge of the Louisiana 26th Judicial District. A [[Republican Party|Republican]] born in [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], he formerly served in the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 8 in Bossier Parish from 2012 to 2015.

'''Jefferson Rowe Thompson''', known as '''Jeff" Thompson''' (born March 10, 1965), is a [[lawyer]] in [[Bossier City]], [[Louisiana]], who is a judge of the Louisiana 26th Judicial District. A [[Republican Party|Republican]] born in [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], he formerly served in the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 8 in Bossier Parish from 2012 to 2015.

Thompson was elected to the House in 2011, when the term-limited incumbent, fellow Republican Jane H. Smith, also of Bossier City, ran instead, unsuccessfully, for the Louisiana State Senate. Thompson defeated fellow Republican and [[conservative]] Duke Lowrie, 4,991 (56.8 percent) to 3,803 (43.3 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10222011/10222011_Legislative.html|title=Election returns, October 22, 2011|publisher=staticresults.sos.la.gov|accessdate=May 15, 2012}}</ref> Smith, meanwhile, was defeated by the Republican businessman [[Barrow Peacock]] of [[Shreveport]] for the Senate seat vacated by Republican [[B. L. "Buddy" Shaw]] of [[Shreveport]], who like Smith was an educator.

Thompson was elected to the House in 2011, when the term-limited incumbent, fellow Republican Jane H. Smith, also of Bossier City, ran instead, unsuccessfully, for the Louisiana State Senate. Thompson defeated fellow Republican and [[conservative]] Duke Lowrie, 4,991 (56.8 percent) to 3,803 (43.3 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10222011/10222011_Legislative.html|title=Election returns, October 22, 2011|publisher=staticresults.sos.la.gov|accessdate=May 15, 2012}}</ref> Smith, meanwhile, was defeated by the Republican businessman [[Barrow Peacock]] of [[Shreveport]] for the Senate seat vacated by Republican [[B. L. "Buddy" Shaw]] of [[Shreveport]], who like Smith was an educator.

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