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'''Tanner Daniel Magee''' (born July 30, 1980)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/tanner-magee/e497114183022|title=Tanner Magee|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=September 13, 2017}}</ref> is a criminal defense [[lawyer]] in his native Houma in Terrebonne Parish in south [[Louisiana]], who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] member of the Louisiana House of Representatives. On January 11, 2016, he succeeded fellow Republican [[Lenar Whitney]], whom he unseated in the runoff election held on November 21, 2015.

'''Tanner Daniel Magee''' (born July 30, 1980)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/tanner-magee/e497114183022|title=Tanner Magee|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=September 13, 2017}}</ref> is a criminal defense [[lawyer]] in his native Houma in Terrebonne Parish in south [[Louisiana]], who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] member of the Louisiana House of Representatives. On January 11, 2016, he succeeded fellow Republican [[Lenar Whitney]], whom he unseated in the runoff election held on November 21, 2015.

Magee is a graduate of [[Louisiana State University]], from which he obtained a bachelor's degree in psychology and a Master of Public Administration, and the LSU Law School, both in the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]]. He practices with the Houma firm of Taylor Wellons Politz & Duhe.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intelius.com/results.php?ReportType=1&formname=name&qf=Tanner&qmi=&qn=Magee&qcs=Houma%2C+LA&focusfirst=1|title=Tanner Magee|publisher=intelius.com|accessdate=November 27, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_Reps/members.aspx?ID=53|title=Louisiana House Member Tanner Magee|publisher=house.louisiana.gov|accessdate=September 13, 2017}}</ref>

Magee is a graduate of [[Louisiana State University]], from which he obtained a bachelor's degree in psychology and a Master of Public Administration, and the LSU Law School, both in the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]]. He practices with the Houma firm of Taylor Wellons Politz & Duhe.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intelius.com/results.php?ReportType=1&formname=name&qf=Tanner&qmi=&qn=Magee&qcs=Houma%2C+LA&focusfirst=1|title=Tanner Magee|publisher=intelius.com|accessdate=November 27, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_Reps/members.aspx?ID=53|title=Louisiana House Member Tanner Magee|publisher=house.louisiana.gov|accessdate=September 13, 2017}}</ref> Magee and his wife, the former Kristen Lora Balhoff (born May 14, 1990), are the parents of triplet daughters. They reside in Theriot, sixteen miles south of Houma.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/kristen-magee/e73686817998606|title=Kristen L. Magee|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=September 13, 2017}}</ref>

In the primary election on October 24, 2015, Magee led Whitney by nine votes, 3,073 (34.35 percent) to her 3,064 (34.25 percent). The [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] candidate, Brenda Leroux Babin, polled the remaining bur crucial 2,809 ballots (31.4 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10242015/10242015_Legislative.html|title=Results for Election Date: 10/24/2015|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=October 25, 2015}}</ref>  

In the primary election on October 24, 2015, Magee led Lenar Whitney by nine votes, 3,073 (34.35 percent) to her 3,064 (34.25 percent). The [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] candidate, Brenda Leroux Babin, polled the remaining bur crucial 2,809 ballots (31.4 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10242015/10242015_Legislative.html|title=Results for Election Date: 10/24/2015|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=October 25, 2015}}</ref>  

In the second round of balloting in conjunction with the victory of the Democrat [[John Bel Edwards]] as [[governor]], Magee handily unseated Whitney, 4,978 votes (60.8 percent) to 3,206 votes (39.2 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/11212015/11212015_Legislative.html|title=Results for Election Date: 11/21/2015|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=November 27, 2015}}</ref> Whitney was seeking her second term in the state House. She had been among the defeated candidates in the 2014 race for Louisiana's 6th congressional district seat, which was won by another Republican, [[Garret Graves]], who succeeded [[Bill Cassidy]] upon Cassidy's election to the [[United States Senate]] in the race against Democratic incumbent [[Mary Landrieu]].

In the second round of balloting in conjunction with the victory of the Democrat [[John Bel Edwards]] as [[governor]], Magee handily unseated Whitney, 4,978 votes (60.8 percent) to 3,206 votes (39.2 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/11212015/11212015_Legislative.html|title=Results for Election Date: 11/21/2015|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=November 27, 2015}}</ref> Whitney was seeking her second term in the state House. She had been among the defeated candidates in the 2014 race for Louisiana's 6th congressional district seat, which was won by another Republican, [[Garret Graves]], who succeeded [[Bill Cassidy]] upon Cassidy's election to the [[United States Senate]] in the race against Democratic incumbent [[Mary Landrieu]].

Magee and his wife, the former Kristen Lora Balhoff (born May 14, 1990), are the parents of triplet daughters. They reside in Theriot, sixteen miles south of Houma.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/kristen-magee/e73686817998606|title=Kristen L. Magee|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=September 13, 2017}}</ref>

In 2018, Representative Magee proposed legislation to permit [[Uber]] to operate in the state, a move opposed by established cab companies. ''The Baton Rouge Advocate'' reported that state Senate President [[John Alario]] of Jefferson Parish used parliamentary maneuvers to kill the legislation. Alario is a close friend of Democratic former state Senator Francis Heitmeier of New Orleans, who makes a living selling [[insurance]] to cab companies. Magee said that his bill could easily have cleared the legislature except for "one really important person who's just not on board," a reference to Alario, whose name Magee specifically declined to use <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/article_dbaa0c36-a4a8-11e8-abc8-b70c5e234a0b.html|title=This Louisiana politician sank ride-sharing bill; his close pal sells insurance to cabs|author=Rebekah Allen|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=August 23, 2018|accessdate=August 23, 2018}}</ref>

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