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'''Timothy Paul Kerner,''' known as '''Tim Kerner''' (born August 24, 1959), is the incoming [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for District 84 in Jefferson Parish, [[Louisiana]]. On January 13, 2020, Kerner will succeed the term-limited Republican Representative Patrick Connick. To win the seat, he defeated two opponents in the nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] held on October 12, 2019. With 5,607 votes (51 percent), he polled more votes than his three opponents combined.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, October 12, 2019.</ref>

'''Timothy Paul Kerner,''' known as '''Tim Kerner''' (born August 24, 1959), is the incoming [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for District 84 in Jefferson Parish, [[Louisiana]]. On January 13, 2020, Kerner will succeed the term-limited Republican Representative Patrick Connick. To win the seat, he defeated two opponents in the nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] held on October 12, 2019. With 5,607 votes (51 percent), he polled more votes than his three opponents combined.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, October 12, 2019.</ref>

 

Kerner graduated from Fisher High School in Lafitte and the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Police Academy. He formerly worked under Sheriff Harry Lee, a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], who served from 1980 to 2007. He also has experience as a commercial fisherman and shrimp buyer.<ref name=meettim/>

Kerner is a graduate of Fisher High School in Lafitte and the Jefferson Parish Sheriff 's Office Police Academy. He formerly worked under Sheriff Harry Lee, a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], who served from 1980 to 2007. He also has experience as a commercial fisherman and shrimp buyer.<ref name=meettim/>

Previously, for seventeen years Kerner was the [[mayor]] of his hometown of Jean Lafitte,  in which capacity he faced seventeen hurricane and tropical storms and an oil spill that threatened the existence of his community. The crises developed because of salt water and the vanishing [[Gulf of Mexico]] coast. As mayor, Kerner lobbied for his town and the surrounding communities and persuaded parish, state, and federal officials to invest in the area. He acquired $300 million for capital improvements, in Lafitte. These included the multi-purpose complex, library, auditorium, senior center, medical clinic, visitor center, museum, and [[baseball]] field, as well as levee, sewerage, and drainage infrastructure.<ref name=meettim/>  

Previously, for seventeen years Kerner was the [[mayor]] of his hometown of Jean Lafitte,  in which capacity he faced seventeen hurricane and tropical storms and an oil spill that threatened the existence of his community. The crises developed because of salt water and the vanishing [[Gulf of Mexico]] coast. As mayor, Kerner lobbied for his town and the surrounding communities and persuaded parish, state, and federal officials to invest in the area. He acquired $300 million for capital improvements, in Lafitte. These included the multi-purpose complex, library, auditorium, senior center, medical clinic, visitor center, museum, and [[baseball]] field, as well as levee, sewerage, and drainage infrastructure.<ref name=meettim/>