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Lambert was scheduled to be a runoff candidate in general election held on November 4,2008, 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).
Lambert was scheduled to be a runoff candidate in general election held on November 4,2008, 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.</ref> 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>
<ref>''The Baton Rouge Morning Advocate,'' October 5, 2008.</ref> 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>
==Education and community involvement==
==Education and community involvement==
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]].
Lambert is a retired captain in the Louisiana [[United States National Guard|National Guard]]. He is a member of the Ascension [[Chamber of Commerce]], the East Ascension Sportsman League, creator and volunteer chairman of the board of the River Region Cancer Clinic, and is the creator and volunteer chairman of the board of the River Parishes Community College in Sorrento in Ascension Parish. Lambert lists his religion as [[Christianity|Christian]].
Lambert is a retired captain in the Louisiana National Guard. He is a member of the Ascension [[Chamber of Commerce]], the East Ascension Sportsman League, creator and volunteer chairman of the board of the River Region Cancer Clinic, and is the creator and volunteer chairman of the board of the River Parishes Community College in Sorrento in Ascension Parish. Lambert lists his religion as [[Christianity|Christian]].
==Constitutional convention delegate, 1973==
==Constitutional convention delegate, 1973==
Those that support the Republican philosophy believe that government exists to do as little as possible for people. Those of us who are [[Populism|populists]] so to speak, and real Democrats, believe that government exists to help people. It's that simple.<ref>''Shreveport Journal,'' December 4, 1979, p. 8A.</ref></blockquote>
Those that support the Republican philosophy believe that government exists to do as little as possible for people. Those of us who are [[Populism|populists]] so to speak, and real Democrats, believe that government exists to help people. It's that simple.<ref>''Shreveport Journal,'' December 4, 1979, p. 8A.</ref></blockquote>
A surprise of the campaign was that Lambert ran well in North Louisiana, where he carried more than a dozen parishes which had supported Treen in Treen's earlier 1972 campaign against Edwards. The parishes included Morehouse and Webster parishes. Treen dominated the [[suburb]]an parishes around Baton Rouge and New Orleans. Lambert's weakness, however, was to the west of his home base: Acadiana, where Treen ran strongly in Lafayette Parish and the nearby sugar parishes. Factions which had supported Hardy and Mouton in the primary agreed to work for Treen. In an appearance in Lafayette, Treen told the Acadiana audience that his campaign reached across party, racial, and geographic lines. Mouton, who had been an Edwards loyalist, said at the rally: "Did you ever think you would see this sight -- a bunch of Acadiana Democrats cheering a Republican?"
A surprise of the campaign was that Lambert ran well in North Louisiana, where he carried more than a dozen parishes which had supported Treen in Treen's earlier 1972 campaign against Edwards. The parishes included Morehouse and Webster parishes. Treen dominated the [[suburb]]an parishes around Baton Rouge and New Orleans. Lambert's weakness, however, was to the west of his home base: Acadiana, where Treen ran strongly in Lafayette Parish and the nearby sugar parishes. Factions which had supported Hardy and Mouton in the primary agreed to work for Treen. In an appearance in Lafayette, Treen told the Acadiana audience that his campaign reached across party, racial, and geographic lines. Mouton, who had been an Edwards loyalist, said at the rally: "Did you ever think you would see this sight -- a bunch of Acadiana Democrats cheering a Republican?"
Treen finished with 690,691 (50.3 percent) to Lambert's 681,134 (49.7 percent). Treen won only twenty-two of the sixty-four parishes in victory, whereas he had carried twenty-seven parishes in defeat in 1972. Only ten parishes supported Treen in both 1972 and 1979, including Bossier, Caddo, Ouachita, Lincoln, East Baton Rouge, Lincoln. Treen's victory is attributed to his Acadiana margins -- Lafayette, Iberia, Terrebonne, Acais, and St. Martin parishes, where he overcame huge deficits from 1972 to win in 1979.
Treen finished with 690,691 (50.3 percent) to Lambert's 681,134 (49.7 percent). Treen won only twenty-two of the sixty-four parishes in victory, whereas he had carried twenty-seven parishes in defeat in 1972. Only ten parishes supported Treen in both 1972 and 1979, including Bossier, Caddo, Ouachita, Lincoln, East Baton Rouge, Lincoln. Treen's victory is attributed to his Acadiana margins -- Lafayette, Iberia, Terrebonne, Acais, and St. Martin parishes, where he overcame huge deficits from 1972 to win in 1979.