| − | '''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. | + | '''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]].From 2015 to 2019, he was one of six judges who sit on 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. |
| | 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|Democrat]] filed for the seat.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Multiparish Election Returns, March 30, 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|Democrat]] filed for the seat.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Multiparish Election Returns, March 30, 2019.</ref> |