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| | Lambert represented District 18 in the Louisiana State Senate from 1994 until 2004. His district encompassed parts of Ascension, East Baton Rouge, Livingston, St. James, and St. John the Baptist Parish parishes. He lives in Prairieville in Ascension Parish with his wife, Mary Gayle S. Lambert. | | Lambert represented District 18 in the Louisiana State Senate from 1994 until 2004. His district encompassed parts of Ascension, East Baton Rouge, Livingston, St. James, and St. John the Baptist Parish parishes. He lives in Prairieville in Ascension Parish with his wife, Mary Gayle S. Lambert. |
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| − | Lambert was to have been a major candidate in the November 4, 2008, general election for [[District Attorney]] in the 23rd Judicial District, which encompasses Ascension, Assumption, and St. James parishes. He faced a fellow Democrat, assistant district attorney Ricky Babin (born ca. 1962). In the October 4 nonpartisan blanket primary.., Babin received 11,540 votes (34.8 percent) to Lambert's 9,370 votes (28.3 percent). | + | Lambert was to have been a major candidate in the November 4, 2008, general election for district attorney in the 23rd Judicial District, which encompasses Ascension, Assumption, and St. James parishes. He faced a fellow Democrat, assistant district attorney Ricky Babin (born c. 1962). In the October 4 nonpartisan blanket primary, Babin received 11,540 votes (34.8 percent) to Lambert's 9,370 votes (28.3 percent). |
| − | <ref>''The Baton Rouge Morning Advocate,'' October 5, 2008. Citing political divisiveness in the lengthy campaign, Lambert withdrew from the race, and Babin won by default.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.weeklycitizen.com/opinions/x1157484619/OUR-OPINION-A-twist-in-the-DA"|publisher=''Gonzales Weekly Citizen,'' title=Our Opinion: A twist in the DA|date=October 15, 2008, p. 1.}}</ref> | + | <ref>''The Baton Rouge Morning Advocate,'' October 5, 2008. Citing political divisiveness in the lengthy campaign, Lambert withdrew from the race, and Babin won by default.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.weeklycitizen.com/opinions/x1157484619/OUR-OPINION-A-twist-in-the-DA"|publisher=''Gonzales Weekly Citizen,'' title=Our Opinion: A twist in the DA|date=October 15, 2008, p. 1.}}</ref> |
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| − | ==Education and community involvement== | + | ==Education and community involvement== |
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| | Lambert graduated from the Capital Page School in [[Washington, D.C.]], and attended the St. Amant School in St. Amant in Ascension Parish. He obtained his undergraduate degree from [[Louisiana State University]] in Baton Rouge and his law degree from Loyola University in [[New Orleans]]. | | Lambert graduated from the Capital Page School in [[Washington, D.C.]], and attended the St. Amant School in St. Amant in Ascension Parish. He obtained his undergraduate degree from [[Louisiana State University]] in Baton Rouge and his law degree from Loyola University in [[New Orleans]]. |