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|spouse=Toni Estelle Hurst Thompson

|spouse=Toni Estelle Hurst Thompson

|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]

|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]

|office2=Louisiana State Representative for District 8 (Bossier Parish)

|office=[[Judge]] of the Louisiana Circuit Court of Appeal for the Second Circuit, based in [[Shreveport]]

|term_start2=January 2012

|term_end2=January 2015

|preceded2=Jane Holland Smith

|office3=Louisiana State Representative for District 8 (Bossier Parish)

|succeeded2=[[Mike Johnson]]

|term_start3=January 2012

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

|term_end3=January 2015

|term_start=January 2015

|preceded3=Jane Holland Smith

|preceded=Ford Edwards Stinson, Jr.

|succeede3=[[Mike Johnson]]

|office2=Division B Judge of the<br> Louisiana 26th Judicial District Court

|term_start2=January 2015

|term_end2=April 2019

|preceded2=[[Ford E. Stinson, Jr.]]

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'''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.

'''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 Court of Appeal for the Second Circuit, based in [[Shreveport]]. Previously from 2015 to 2019, he was the Louisiana 26th Judicial District. A [[Republican Party|Republican]] born in [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], he served in the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 8 in Bossier Parish from 2012 to 2015.

Thompson is a candidate in a [[special election]] scheduled on March 30, 2019, to fill the seat of the retired Justice Henry Newton Brown on the Louisiana Court of Appeal for the Second Circuit, based in [[Shreveport]]. He faces fellow Republican Jason Trevor Brown;  no [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] filed for the seat.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical|title=Multiparish races, Judge of the Second Circuit Court of Appeal for District 2|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|date=March 18, 2019}}</ref>

On March 30, 2019, Thompson won his race in a [[special election]] to fill the seat of the retired Justice Henry Newton Brown, Jr. on the Court of Appeal. He defeated fellow Republican Jason Trevor Brown, the son of Henry Brown, 7,337 (76 percent) to 2,340 (24 percent). No [[Democratic Party|(District 2)|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|date=March 30, 2019}}</ref>

In 2011, Thompson was elected to the House when the term-limited incumbent, fellow Republican Jane Holland 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=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical|title=Legislative election returns; Bossier Parish, District 8|date=October 22, 2011|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=March 18, 2019}}</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.

In 2011, Thompson was elected to the House when the term-limited incumbent, fellow Republican Jane Holland 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=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical|title=Legislative election returns; Bossier Parish, District 8|date=October 22, 2011|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=March 18, 2019}}</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.

   

   

In 2008, Thompson was an unsuccessful candidate for the [[United States House of Representatives]] from Louisiana's 4th congressional district. The seat opened when the incumbent Jim McCrery stepped down to become a [[lobbyist]]. Thompson ran third in the primary, and the position eventually went to the Republican physician and businessman [[John Fleming]] of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]].

In 2008, Thompson was an unsuccessful candidate for the [[United States House of Representatives]] for Louisiana's 4th congressional district. The seat opened when the incumbent Jim McCrery stepped down to become a [[lobbyist]]. Thompson ran third in the primary, and the position eventually went to the Republican physician and businessman [[John Fleming]] of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]].

   

   

In the spring of 2012, Representative Thompson worked to kill an anti-bullying bill sponsored by Patricia Smith, a [[Democrat]] from [[Baton Rouge]]. [[Conservative]] opponents to the legislation claimed that the measure is at odds with freedom of speech rulings by the United States [[Supreme Court]]. Thompson offered an amendment, which removed those sections of the bill that specify prohibitions against bullying in regard to sexual orientation, disabilities, and race. Smith said that the Thompson amendment effectively killed the focus of the legislation, and she withdrew it from further consideration.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theadvocate.com/home/2606631-125/changes-doom-bullying-proposal|title=Will Sentell, "Changes doom bullying proposal," May 1, 2012|publisher=''Baton Rouge Morning Advocate''|accessdate=May 15, 2012}}</ref>  

In the spring of 2012, Representative Thompson worked to kill an anti-bullying bill sponsored by Patricia Smith, a [[Democrat]] from [[Baton Rouge]]. [[Conservative]] opponents to the legislation claimed that the measure is at odds with freedom of speech rulings by the United States [[Supreme Court]]. Thompson offered an amendment, which removed those sections of the bill that specify prohibitions against bullying in regard to sexual orientation, disabilities, and race. Smith said that the Thompson amendment effectively killed the focus of the legislation, and she withdrew it from further consideration.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theadvocate.com/home/2606631-125/changes-doom-bullying-proposal|title=Will Sentell, "Changes doom bullying proposal," May 1, 2012|publisher=''Baton Rouge Morning Advocate''|accessdate=May 15, 2012}}</ref>