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{{Infobox officeholder
| name=Eddie Joseph Lambert
| nationality=[[United States|American]]
| office2=Louisiana State Representative<br> for District 59 (Ascension Parish)
| term_start2=January 2004
| term_end2=January 11, 2016
| preceded2=Juba Diez]
| succeeded2=Tony Bacala
| office=[[Louisiana]] State Senator for District 18 (Ascension, Livingston, St. James, and St. John the Baptist parishes)
| term_start=January 11, 2016
| term_end=
| preceded=Jody Amedee
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| birth_date=February 16, 1956
| birth_place=[[Baton Rouge]]<br> Louisiana, [[United States|USA]]
| alma_mater=[[Louisiana State University]]<br>
LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center
| occupation=[[Attorney]]
| spouse=Marilyn Montgomery Lambert (married 1985)
| children=Marie Claire, John Malcolm, and Lori Lambert<br>
'''Parents''':<br>
Elmo and Concetta Lucia Lambert
| religion=[[Roman Catholic]]}}
'''Eddie Joseph Lambert''' (born February 16, 1956)<ref name=cong>{{cite web|url=http://www.congress.org/bio/id/141542|title=Rep. Eddie Lambert|publisher=congress.org|accessdate=July 16, 2011}}</ref> is an [[attorney]] from Prairieville, [[Louisiana]],<ref name=cong/> who is the state senator for District 18, which encompasses Ascension, Livingston, St. James, and St. John the Baptist parishes. He is a former state representative for District 59 in Ascension Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2020|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=October 14, 2019}}</ref>
When term-limited in the House, Lambert ran without opposition for his Senate seat, which was vacated by the term-limited Jody Amedee, another Republican, in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 24, 2015.
==Background==
The son of Elmo and Concetta Lucia Lambert, Eddie Lambert was born<ref name=cong/> and reared in [[Baton Rouge]], where he graduated in 1974 from Istrouma High School and played [[football]] and [[basebal]]l.<ref name=lambert>{{cite web|url=http://eddielambert.com/about.h] from [[Louisiana State University]]. In 1982, he procured the [[Juris Doctor]]ate degree from the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center. Prior to establishing his law practice, Lambert worked as an [[alligator]] hunter for the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.<ref name=votesmart>{{cite web|url=http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=35405|title=Rep. Eddie J. Lambert (LA)|publisher=votesmart.org|accessdate=July 16, 2011}}</ref> Over the years, he continued his small business of rasing crawfish. He is a member of Ducks Unlimited and the [[National Rifle Association]].<ref name=lambert/>l
Lambert's law firm, Lambert & Lambert, located in Gonzales though his residence is in Prairieville, specializes in Personal Injury, Criminal, Civil, Criminal Law, and Civil Law.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://local.yahoo.com/info-18244209-lambert-eddie-j-lambert-lambert-gonzales|title=Lambert, Eddie J. - Lambert & Lambert|publisher=yahoo.com|accessdate=July 16, 2011}}</ref> Lambert began his law practice in 1985 and for a time was an assistant district attorney in the 23rd Judicial District. He refers to himself as a former "hard-nosed prosecutor."<ref name=lambert/>
==Personal life==
Lambert and his wife, the former Marilyn Montgomery, married in 1985. Originally from Port Gibson, [[Mississippi]], she graduated from [[Mississippi State University]] at Starkville with a Bachelor of Science degree in education. Like her husband, she is a graduate of the LSU Law School. She was the 2011 vice president of Delta Gamma in Baton Rouge, a member of Rotary Internationa], and an Ascension Parish judge.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brdgalumnae.com/officers.html|title=Chapter Officers: Delta Gamma alumnae|publisher=brdgalumnae.com|accessdate=July 16, 2011}}</ref>
The Lamberts have three children, Mary Claire, John Malcolm, and Lori Lambert. Lambert is [[Roman Catholic]]<ref name=cong/> and a member of the [[Knights of Columbus]] men's organization. The family attends St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Prairieville.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stjohnchurch.org/main/index.php?page=home|title=St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church|publisher=stjohnchurch.org|accessdate=July 16, 2011}}</ref>
==Legislative career==
Lambert was elected to the House in 2003, when he upset the incumbent Republican [[Juba Diez]]. In the primary, Lambert and another Republican, George Cabanas, polled 6,581 votes (42.4 percent) and 3,002 (19.3 percent), respectively, as Diez trailed with 5,950 (38.3 percent.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 4, 2003.</ref> In the [[general election]] on November 15, 2003, Lambert topped Diez, 9,601 votes (57.7 percent) to 7,026 (42.3 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 15, 2003.</ref> As a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] in 1999, Diez had polled 63 percent of the primary vote against another Democrat, Jeff Burns.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 23, 1999.</ref>
In 2007, Lambert was reelected to the House without opposition. He was the vice chairman of the House Appropriations Committee and the Subcommittee on Education. He was a member of the committees on the Budget and Natural Resources and Environment as well as the subcommittees on Business Development and Litigation.<ref name=votesmart/>
In 2011, Lambert voted with the House majority to make the Louisiana [[cigarette tax]] permanent. He then voted to override a veto by then Governor [[Bobby Jindal]], who killed the permanent cigarette tax. The veto override failed to gain the two-thirds needed vote of the state House. Lambert voted to prohibit the holding of hand-held cellular devices while driving, another measure which failed. In 2010, he was ranked 100 percent by the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, but only 58 percent in 2008-2009 by the Louisiana National Federation of Independent Business.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.votesmart.org/summary.php?can_id=35405|title=Rep. Eddie J. Lambert (LA)|publisher=votesmart.org|accessdate=July 16, 2011}}</ref> Lambert, considered a strong [[conservative]] focused on extending and improving the road network in House District 59. Lambert favoed requiring lawmakers and local officials to disclose their personal incomes.<ref name=mlgs>{{cite web|url=http://www.mobilelgs.com/LambertEddieJ.html|title=Rep. Lambert, Eddie J.|publisher=mobilelgs.com|accessdate=July 16, 2011}}</ref>
Most of Ascension Parish falls within House District 59, located on the east bank of the [[Mississippi River]] and among the fastest-growing areas of the state. Former farmlands have become suburbia, with residents from Baton Rouge fleeing urban problems but still plagued by floods and hurricanes. Gonzales is a major retail center, with a large outlet mall nearby but outside the House district. Ascension Parish still has many working-class residents employed in construction and petrochemical plants, but the influence of [[organized labor]] there has declined in recent years. Suburban development has brought more middle-class residents who commute to administrative, government. and professional positions in Baton Rouge.<ref name=mlgs/>
Near the end of the 2011 legislative session, Lambert sponsored a successful bill which returned the Louisiana U.S. presidential [[primary]] date from February, when it was held in 2008, to March, the date in and prior to 2004. Lambert's colleague, [[Alan Seabaugh]] of [[Shreveport]], said that without the measure, signed by Governor Jindal, Louisiana would have forfeited half its delegates at the 2012 [[Republican National Convention]], which met in [[Tampa]], [[Florida]]. None of the Louisiana Democratic delegates in 2012 would have been eligible to cast convention ballots at the convention in [[Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte]], [[North Carolina]], unless the date were returned to March. The measure hence switches the date of the primary to the third Saturday after the first Tuesday in March. Lambert, who has sought to tighten drunk-driving laws,<ref name=mlgs/> attached a [[rider (legislation)|rider]] to the presidential primary bill which clarifies the drinking age for underage boaters on Louisiana waterways.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrkf.org/batonrouge&newsID=1633|title=Tegan Wendland, "La.'s Presidential Primaries Pusheb Back," June 30, 2011|publisher=wrkf.org|accessdate=July 16, 2011}}</ref>
Lambert won a third House term in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 22, 2011. Since taking office in 2004, Lambert pushed for the four-laning of Louisiana Highway 42 in Prairieville. The previous highway was two-laned and had open ditches on both sides of the roadway.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theadvocate.com/home/8129684-125/long-awaited-la-42-work|title=David J. Mitchell, Sewer, utility work for four-lane highway to begin next month|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|accessdate=January 21, 2014}}</ref>
==Move to the state Senate==
Lambert succeeded Jody Amedee in Senate District 18, which includes east Ascension, Lower Livingston, St. James, and St. John the Baptistparishes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eddielambert.com/|title=Eddie Lambert Senator|publisher=eddielambert.com|accessdate=September 12, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://winwithjmc.com/archives/6832?utm_source=JMCEL+Political+EMails&utm_campaign=f2c8ba169e-9_11_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_ca8cff4ec3-f2c8ba169e-124677329&ct=t(9_11_2015)|title=Decision 2015: The end of candidate qualifying|publisher=winwithjmc.com|author=JMC Enterprises|date=September 10, 2015|accessdate=September 12, 2015}}</ref>
In the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 12, 2019, Lambert won his second term in the Senate without opposition.
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lambert, Eddie}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Attorneys]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:State Senators]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Catholics]]
[[Category:Catholic Politicians]]
| name=Eddie Joseph Lambert
| nationality=[[United States|American]]
| office2=Louisiana State Representative<br> for District 59 (Ascension Parish)
| term_start2=January 2004
| term_end2=January 11, 2016
| preceded2=Juba Diez]
| succeeded2=Tony Bacala
| office=[[Louisiana]] State Senator for District 18 (Ascension, Livingston, St. James, and St. John the Baptist parishes)
| term_start=January 11, 2016
| term_end=
| preceded=Jody Amedee
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| birth_date=February 16, 1956
| birth_place=[[Baton Rouge]]<br> Louisiana, [[United States|USA]]
| alma_mater=[[Louisiana State University]]<br>
LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center
| occupation=[[Attorney]]
| spouse=Marilyn Montgomery Lambert (married 1985)
| children=Marie Claire, John Malcolm, and Lori Lambert<br>
'''Parents''':<br>
Elmo and Concetta Lucia Lambert
| religion=[[Roman Catholic]]}}
'''Eddie Joseph Lambert''' (born February 16, 1956)<ref name=cong>{{cite web|url=http://www.congress.org/bio/id/141542|title=Rep. Eddie Lambert|publisher=congress.org|accessdate=July 16, 2011}}</ref> is an [[attorney]] from Prairieville, [[Louisiana]],<ref name=cong/> who is the state senator for District 18, which encompasses Ascension, Livingston, St. James, and St. John the Baptist parishes. He is a former state representative for District 59 in Ascension Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2020|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=October 14, 2019}}</ref>
When term-limited in the House, Lambert ran without opposition for his Senate seat, which was vacated by the term-limited Jody Amedee, another Republican, in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 24, 2015.
==Background==
The son of Elmo and Concetta Lucia Lambert, Eddie Lambert was born<ref name=cong/> and reared in [[Baton Rouge]], where he graduated in 1974 from Istrouma High School and played [[football]] and [[basebal]]l.<ref name=lambert>{{cite web|url=http://eddielambert.com/about.h] from [[Louisiana State University]]. In 1982, he procured the [[Juris Doctor]]ate degree from the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center. Prior to establishing his law practice, Lambert worked as an [[alligator]] hunter for the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.<ref name=votesmart>{{cite web|url=http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=35405|title=Rep. Eddie J. Lambert (LA)|publisher=votesmart.org|accessdate=July 16, 2011}}</ref> Over the years, he continued his small business of rasing crawfish. He is a member of Ducks Unlimited and the [[National Rifle Association]].<ref name=lambert/>l
Lambert's law firm, Lambert & Lambert, located in Gonzales though his residence is in Prairieville, specializes in Personal Injury, Criminal, Civil, Criminal Law, and Civil Law.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://local.yahoo.com/info-18244209-lambert-eddie-j-lambert-lambert-gonzales|title=Lambert, Eddie J. - Lambert & Lambert|publisher=yahoo.com|accessdate=July 16, 2011}}</ref> Lambert began his law practice in 1985 and for a time was an assistant district attorney in the 23rd Judicial District. He refers to himself as a former "hard-nosed prosecutor."<ref name=lambert/>
==Personal life==
Lambert and his wife, the former Marilyn Montgomery, married in 1985. Originally from Port Gibson, [[Mississippi]], she graduated from [[Mississippi State University]] at Starkville with a Bachelor of Science degree in education. Like her husband, she is a graduate of the LSU Law School. She was the 2011 vice president of Delta Gamma in Baton Rouge, a member of Rotary Internationa], and an Ascension Parish judge.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brdgalumnae.com/officers.html|title=Chapter Officers: Delta Gamma alumnae|publisher=brdgalumnae.com|accessdate=July 16, 2011}}</ref>
The Lamberts have three children, Mary Claire, John Malcolm, and Lori Lambert. Lambert is [[Roman Catholic]]<ref name=cong/> and a member of the [[Knights of Columbus]] men's organization. The family attends St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Prairieville.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stjohnchurch.org/main/index.php?page=home|title=St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church|publisher=stjohnchurch.org|accessdate=July 16, 2011}}</ref>
==Legislative career==
Lambert was elected to the House in 2003, when he upset the incumbent Republican [[Juba Diez]]. In the primary, Lambert and another Republican, George Cabanas, polled 6,581 votes (42.4 percent) and 3,002 (19.3 percent), respectively, as Diez trailed with 5,950 (38.3 percent.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 4, 2003.</ref> In the [[general election]] on November 15, 2003, Lambert topped Diez, 9,601 votes (57.7 percent) to 7,026 (42.3 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 15, 2003.</ref> As a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] in 1999, Diez had polled 63 percent of the primary vote against another Democrat, Jeff Burns.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 23, 1999.</ref>
In 2007, Lambert was reelected to the House without opposition. He was the vice chairman of the House Appropriations Committee and the Subcommittee on Education. He was a member of the committees on the Budget and Natural Resources and Environment as well as the subcommittees on Business Development and Litigation.<ref name=votesmart/>
In 2011, Lambert voted with the House majority to make the Louisiana [[cigarette tax]] permanent. He then voted to override a veto by then Governor [[Bobby Jindal]], who killed the permanent cigarette tax. The veto override failed to gain the two-thirds needed vote of the state House. Lambert voted to prohibit the holding of hand-held cellular devices while driving, another measure which failed. In 2010, he was ranked 100 percent by the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, but only 58 percent in 2008-2009 by the Louisiana National Federation of Independent Business.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.votesmart.org/summary.php?can_id=35405|title=Rep. Eddie J. Lambert (LA)|publisher=votesmart.org|accessdate=July 16, 2011}}</ref> Lambert, considered a strong [[conservative]] focused on extending and improving the road network in House District 59. Lambert favoed requiring lawmakers and local officials to disclose their personal incomes.<ref name=mlgs>{{cite web|url=http://www.mobilelgs.com/LambertEddieJ.html|title=Rep. Lambert, Eddie J.|publisher=mobilelgs.com|accessdate=July 16, 2011}}</ref>
Most of Ascension Parish falls within House District 59, located on the east bank of the [[Mississippi River]] and among the fastest-growing areas of the state. Former farmlands have become suburbia, with residents from Baton Rouge fleeing urban problems but still plagued by floods and hurricanes. Gonzales is a major retail center, with a large outlet mall nearby but outside the House district. Ascension Parish still has many working-class residents employed in construction and petrochemical plants, but the influence of [[organized labor]] there has declined in recent years. Suburban development has brought more middle-class residents who commute to administrative, government. and professional positions in Baton Rouge.<ref name=mlgs/>
Near the end of the 2011 legislative session, Lambert sponsored a successful bill which returned the Louisiana U.S. presidential [[primary]] date from February, when it was held in 2008, to March, the date in and prior to 2004. Lambert's colleague, [[Alan Seabaugh]] of [[Shreveport]], said that without the measure, signed by Governor Jindal, Louisiana would have forfeited half its delegates at the 2012 [[Republican National Convention]], which met in [[Tampa]], [[Florida]]. None of the Louisiana Democratic delegates in 2012 would have been eligible to cast convention ballots at the convention in [[Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte]], [[North Carolina]], unless the date were returned to March. The measure hence switches the date of the primary to the third Saturday after the first Tuesday in March. Lambert, who has sought to tighten drunk-driving laws,<ref name=mlgs/> attached a [[rider (legislation)|rider]] to the presidential primary bill which clarifies the drinking age for underage boaters on Louisiana waterways.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrkf.org/batonrouge&newsID=1633|title=Tegan Wendland, "La.'s Presidential Primaries Pusheb Back," June 30, 2011|publisher=wrkf.org|accessdate=July 16, 2011}}</ref>
Lambert won a third House term in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 22, 2011. Since taking office in 2004, Lambert pushed for the four-laning of Louisiana Highway 42 in Prairieville. The previous highway was two-laned and had open ditches on both sides of the roadway.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theadvocate.com/home/8129684-125/long-awaited-la-42-work|title=David J. Mitchell, Sewer, utility work for four-lane highway to begin next month|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|accessdate=January 21, 2014}}</ref>
==Move to the state Senate==
Lambert succeeded Jody Amedee in Senate District 18, which includes east Ascension, Lower Livingston, St. James, and St. John the Baptistparishes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eddielambert.com/|title=Eddie Lambert Senator|publisher=eddielambert.com|accessdate=September 12, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://winwithjmc.com/archives/6832?utm_source=JMCEL+Political+EMails&utm_campaign=f2c8ba169e-9_11_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_ca8cff4ec3-f2c8ba169e-124677329&ct=t(9_11_2015)|title=Decision 2015: The end of candidate qualifying|publisher=winwithjmc.com|author=JMC Enterprises|date=September 10, 2015|accessdate=September 12, 2015}}</ref>
In the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 12, 2019, Lambert won his second term in the Senate without opposition.
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lambert, Eddie}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Attorneys]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:State Senators]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Catholics]]
[[Category:Catholic Politicians]]