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{{Infobox officeholder
| name=Heather Deshea Miley Cloud
| office=[[Louisiana]] State Senator<br> for District 28 (Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Evangeline, and St. Landry parishes)
| term_start=January 13, 2020
| preceded=Eric LaFleur
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| spouse=Jody Lynn Cloud
| children=Logan and Ethan Cloud
| birth_date=April 12, 1982
| birth_place=Place of birth missing
Resident of Turkey Creek
| occupation=[[Educator]]-turned-[[business]]woman
| alma_mater=
| religion=[[Christian]]}}
'''Heather Deshea Miley Cloud''' (born April 12, 1982), is the incoming [[Republican Party|Republican]] state senator for District 28, which encompasses Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Evangeline, and St. Landry parishes in the southern portion of the state. On January 13, 2020, she will succeed the term-limited [[Democratic Party|Democratic Senator Eric LaFleur of Ville Platte in Evangeline Parish.
Cloud finished the Senate race with 22,293 votes (63 percent) and defeated two Democratic candidate, both outgoing state representatives, Robert Allen Johnson (born 1975), an [[attorney]] from Marksville in Avoyelles Parish, and Harvey Bernard LeBas, a pharmacist from Ville Platte. Johnson received 8,370 (24 percent); LeBas, 4,646 (13 percent). There was a 52 percent turnout of registered voters.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 12, 2019.</ref>
From 2011 to 2019, she was a two-term [[mayor]] of [[rural]] Turkey Creek in Evangeline Parish. She was from 2011 to 18 the president of the Evangeline Parish Tax Commission. She ran for mayor after state auditors found financial irregularities in the finances of the village. Though small in population, Turkey Creek owns a large utility system that furnishes water thousands of customer sin northern Evangeline Parish. The mayor is also the director of operations and finance for the utility system. In this capacity, Mayor Cloud became experienced in dealing with the state agencies, the departments of Health and Hospitals and Environmental Quality.<ref name=aboutheather/> On February 21, 2015, Cloud was reelected mayor, 53 to 45 percent over a No Party opponent, Bert K. Campbell. Turnout in the race was 78.3 percent of registered voters.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, February 21, 2015.</ref>
In 2018, Cloud was an unsuccessful candidate for Louisiana Secretary of State to complete the term of [
Republican [[Tom Schedler]], who resigned amid a sex scandal. Cloud finished eighth in a field of nine candidates with 71,195 votes (5 percent). Republican [[Kyle Ardoin]] emerged the winner of the [[special election]],<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 6, 2018.</ref> and he then won a full term as secretary of state on November 16, 2019, in the same election in which Democratic Governor [[John Bel Edwards]] narrowly defeated Republican [[Eddie Rispone]].
Cloud was formerly employed by the Vermilion [[Chamber of Commerce]] in Abbeville. In 2005, she left a brief career as an elementary school [[educator]]. Cloud and her husband, Jody Lynn Cloud (born 1977), have two sons, Logan and Ethan Cloud. The Clouds operate a [[restaurant]] and a trucking company.<ref name=aboutheather>{{cite web|url=https://www.heathercloudforlouisiana.com/about-1|title=About Heather Cloud|publisher=heathercloudforlouisiana.com|accessdate=December 4, 2019}}</ref>
In 2017, at the age of thirty-five, Cloud was diagnosed with [[cancer]]. Surgery was performed at MD Anderson in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]].The cancer metastasized beyond her thyroid to numerous lymph nodes. She was preparing for radiation treatment when tests revealed that the cancer had disappeared. Cloud describes herself as "a woman of great faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, and I believe in present-day miracles"<ref name=aboutheather/>.
==References==
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| name=Heather Deshea Miley Cloud
| office=[[Louisiana]] State Senator<br> for District 28 (Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Evangeline, and St. Landry parishes)
| term_start=January 13, 2020
| preceded=Eric LaFleur
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| spouse=Jody Lynn Cloud
| children=Logan and Ethan Cloud
| birth_date=April 12, 1982
| birth_place=Place of birth missing
Resident of Turkey Creek
| occupation=[[Educator]]-turned-[[business]]woman
| alma_mater=
| religion=[[Christian]]}}
'''Heather Deshea Miley Cloud''' (born April 12, 1982), is the incoming [[Republican Party|Republican]] state senator for District 28, which encompasses Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Evangeline, and St. Landry parishes in the southern portion of the state. On January 13, 2020, she will succeed the term-limited [[Democratic Party|Democratic Senator Eric LaFleur of Ville Platte in Evangeline Parish.
Cloud finished the Senate race with 22,293 votes (63 percent) and defeated two Democratic candidate, both outgoing state representatives, Robert Allen Johnson (born 1975), an [[attorney]] from Marksville in Avoyelles Parish, and Harvey Bernard LeBas, a pharmacist from Ville Platte. Johnson received 8,370 (24 percent); LeBas, 4,646 (13 percent). There was a 52 percent turnout of registered voters.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 12, 2019.</ref>
From 2011 to 2019, she was a two-term [[mayor]] of [[rural]] Turkey Creek in Evangeline Parish. She was from 2011 to 18 the president of the Evangeline Parish Tax Commission. She ran for mayor after state auditors found financial irregularities in the finances of the village. Though small in population, Turkey Creek owns a large utility system that furnishes water thousands of customer sin northern Evangeline Parish. The mayor is also the director of operations and finance for the utility system. In this capacity, Mayor Cloud became experienced in dealing with the state agencies, the departments of Health and Hospitals and Environmental Quality.<ref name=aboutheather/> On February 21, 2015, Cloud was reelected mayor, 53 to 45 percent over a No Party opponent, Bert K. Campbell. Turnout in the race was 78.3 percent of registered voters.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, February 21, 2015.</ref>
In 2018, Cloud was an unsuccessful candidate for Louisiana Secretary of State to complete the term of [
Republican [[Tom Schedler]], who resigned amid a sex scandal. Cloud finished eighth in a field of nine candidates with 71,195 votes (5 percent). Republican [[Kyle Ardoin]] emerged the winner of the [[special election]],<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 6, 2018.</ref> and he then won a full term as secretary of state on November 16, 2019, in the same election in which Democratic Governor [[John Bel Edwards]] narrowly defeated Republican [[Eddie Rispone]].
Cloud was formerly employed by the Vermilion [[Chamber of Commerce]] in Abbeville. In 2005, she left a brief career as an elementary school [[educator]]. Cloud and her husband, Jody Lynn Cloud (born 1977), have two sons, Logan and Ethan Cloud. The Clouds operate a [[restaurant]] and a trucking company.<ref name=aboutheather>{{cite web|url=https://www.heathercloudforlouisiana.com/about-1|title=About Heather Cloud|publisher=heathercloudforlouisiana.com|accessdate=December 4, 2019}}</ref>
In 2017, at the age of thirty-five, Cloud was diagnosed with [[cancer]]. Surgery was performed at MD Anderson in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]].The cancer metastasized beyond her thyroid to numerous lymph nodes. She was preparing for radiation treatment when tests revealed that the cancer had disappeared. Cloud describes herself as "a woman of great faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, and I believe in present-day miracles"<ref name=aboutheather/>.
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cloud, Heather}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Educators]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Mayors]]
[[Category:State Senators]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Conservatives]]
[[Category:Christians]]
[[Category:Pro-Life]]