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| term_start2=January 2004
| term_start2=January 2004
| term_end2=January 11, 2016
| term_end2=January 11, 2016
| preceded2=Juba Diez]
| preceded2=Juba Diez
| succeeded2=Tony Bacala
| succeeded2=Tony Bacala
| office=[[Louisiana]] State Senator for District 18 (Ascension, Livingston, St. James, and St. John the Baptist parishes)
| office=[[Louisiana]] State Senator for District 18 (Ascension, Livingston, St. James, and St. John the Baptist parishes)
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>
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==
==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|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>
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|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>