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{{Infobox person
| name=Phillip Wesley "Phil" Preis, Sr.<br>
(Louisiana attorney and former gubernatorial candidate)
| party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]] / later [[Republican Party|Republican]]
| birth_date=April 18, 1950
| birth_place=Newellton, Tensas Parish<br>[[Louisiana]], U.S.A.<br>
Resident of [[Baton Rouge]], Louisiana
| death_date=
| death_place=
| religion=
| spouse=Terry Preis
| children=Phillip Preis, Jr.<br>
Caroline Preis Graham<br>
Michael Preis<br>
Jennifer Preis
|parents=[[Edwin Preis]], and Patricia M. Preis
|alma_mater=Newellton High School<br>
[[Louisiana State University]]<br>
[[Georgetown University]] Law School
}}
'''Phillip Wesley Preis, Sr.''', known as '''Phil Preis''' (born April 18, 1950), is an [[attorney]] and former [[politician]], based in [[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]], who specializes in mergers and acquisitions. A native of Newellton in Tensas Parish in northeastern Louisiana, Preis is the son of Patricia M. Preis of Newellton and [[Edwin Preis]], a former Newellton [[mayor]], who was also from 1976 to 1977 the president of the Louisiana Municipal Association.<ref name=edpreisobit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=edwin-g-preis&pid=152797628|title=Edwin G. Preis|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advodate'', July 29, 2011|accessdate=August 2, 2011}}</ref>
Preis graduated in 1968 from the defunct Newellton High School. In 1972, he obtained his Bachelor of Science in accounting from [[Louisiana State University]] in Baton Rouge. He procured his [[Juris Doctor]] degree in 1975 from [[Georgetown University]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] He is affiliated with Omicron Delta Kappa; Beta Gamma Sigma, and Phi Kappa Phi.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.martindale.com/Phillip-W-Preis/590474-lawyer.htm|title=Phillip W. Preis, Lawyer Profile|publisher=martindale.com|accessdate=January 20, 2011}}</ref> His Baton Rouge law firm is Preis Gordon.
Preis ran unsuccessfully for [[governor]] as a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] in both 1995 and 1999. In the October 21, 1995 gubernatorial election, he finished fifth in a field of sixteen candidates with 9.03 percent of the vote. He received a plurality of the vote in his native Tensas Parish (36.91 percent) and in neighboring Franklin Parish (26.17 percent), which includes Winnsboro.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Gubernatorial primary election returns, October 21, 1995.</ref>
In the gubernatorial election of October 23, 1999, Preis ran fourth among eleven candidates, having polled 1.81 percent of the statewide vote. That race was decisively won by the incumbent [[Republican Party|Republican]] Governor [[Mike Foster]].<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Gubernatorial primary ele4ction returns, October 23, 1999, Retrieved October 30, 2008.</ref>
Preis and his wife, Terry, have four children, Phillip Preis, Jr., Caroline Preis Graham, Michael Preis, of [[Austin]], [[Texas]], and Jennifer Preis, of [[Dallas]], [[Dallas]], Texas. Preis's brother, Edwin G. Preis, Jr. (born 1947), is an attorney with the firm, Preis and Roy in [[Lafayette]], Louisiana. His sister, Patricia Preis Thompson, is married to Dr. Tony Thompson, formerly of Newellton and now of Nacogdoches, Texas. Patricia Thompson's late father-in-law was the Tensas Parish School Superintendent [[Charles E. Thompson]].<ref name=edpreisobit/>
In 2017, Preis was listed by the Louisiana Secretary of State's office as a Republican voter in East Baton Rouge Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Home/Home?uid=2185016|title=Phillip Price (April 1950)|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=June 4, 2017}}</ref>
==References==
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| name=Phillip Wesley "Phil" Preis, Sr.<br>
(Louisiana attorney and former gubernatorial candidate)
| party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]] / later [[Republican Party|Republican]]
| birth_date=April 18, 1950
| birth_place=Newellton, Tensas Parish<br>[[Louisiana]], U.S.A.<br>
Resident of [[Baton Rouge]], Louisiana
| death_date=
| death_place=
| religion=
| spouse=Terry Preis
| children=Phillip Preis, Jr.<br>
Caroline Preis Graham<br>
Michael Preis<br>
Jennifer Preis
|parents=[[Edwin Preis]], and Patricia M. Preis
|alma_mater=Newellton High School<br>
[[Louisiana State University]]<br>
[[Georgetown University]] Law School
}}
'''Phillip Wesley Preis, Sr.''', known as '''Phil Preis''' (born April 18, 1950), is an [[attorney]] and former [[politician]], based in [[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]], who specializes in mergers and acquisitions. A native of Newellton in Tensas Parish in northeastern Louisiana, Preis is the son of Patricia M. Preis of Newellton and [[Edwin Preis]], a former Newellton [[mayor]], who was also from 1976 to 1977 the president of the Louisiana Municipal Association.<ref name=edpreisobit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=edwin-g-preis&pid=152797628|title=Edwin G. Preis|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advodate'', July 29, 2011|accessdate=August 2, 2011}}</ref>
Preis graduated in 1968 from the defunct Newellton High School. In 1972, he obtained his Bachelor of Science in accounting from [[Louisiana State University]] in Baton Rouge. He procured his [[Juris Doctor]] degree in 1975 from [[Georgetown University]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] He is affiliated with Omicron Delta Kappa; Beta Gamma Sigma, and Phi Kappa Phi.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.martindale.com/Phillip-W-Preis/590474-lawyer.htm|title=Phillip W. Preis, Lawyer Profile|publisher=martindale.com|accessdate=January 20, 2011}}</ref> His Baton Rouge law firm is Preis Gordon.
Preis ran unsuccessfully for [[governor]] as a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] in both 1995 and 1999. In the October 21, 1995 gubernatorial election, he finished fifth in a field of sixteen candidates with 9.03 percent of the vote. He received a plurality of the vote in his native Tensas Parish (36.91 percent) and in neighboring Franklin Parish (26.17 percent), which includes Winnsboro.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Gubernatorial primary election returns, October 21, 1995.</ref>
In the gubernatorial election of October 23, 1999, Preis ran fourth among eleven candidates, having polled 1.81 percent of the statewide vote. That race was decisively won by the incumbent [[Republican Party|Republican]] Governor [[Mike Foster]].<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Gubernatorial primary ele4ction returns, October 23, 1999, Retrieved October 30, 2008.</ref>
Preis and his wife, Terry, have four children, Phillip Preis, Jr., Caroline Preis Graham, Michael Preis, of [[Austin]], [[Texas]], and Jennifer Preis, of [[Dallas]], [[Dallas]], Texas. Preis's brother, Edwin G. Preis, Jr. (born 1947), is an attorney with the firm, Preis and Roy in [[Lafayette]], Louisiana. His sister, Patricia Preis Thompson, is married to Dr. Tony Thompson, formerly of Newellton and now of Nacogdoches, Texas. Patricia Thompson's late father-in-law was the Tensas Parish School Superintendent [[Charles E. Thompson]].<ref name=edpreisobit/>
In 2017, Preis was listed by the Louisiana Secretary of State's office as a Republican voter in East Baton Rouge Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Home/Home?uid=2185016|title=Phillip Price (April 1950)|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=June 4, 2017}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Preis, Phil}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Attorneys]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Former Democrats]]
[[Category:Republicans]]