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{{Infobox officeholder
| name=J. Lomax "Max" Jordan, Jr.
| office=[[Louisiana]] State Senator for District 23 (Acadia and Lafayette parishes)
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| term_start=1992
| term_end=2000
| preceded=[[Allen Bares]]
| succeeded=Michael John "Mike" Michot
| birth_date=May 17, 1952
| birth_place=Pine Bluff, Jefferson County<br> [[Arkansas]], [[United States|USA]]
| law school=[[Louisiana State University]]
| religion=[[Southern Baptist]]
| occupation=[[Attorney]]
| spouse=Cynthia Riley Jordan
}}
'''J. Lomax Jordan, Jr.''', known as '''Max Jordan''' (born May 17, 1952), is a [[Lafayette]] [[attorney]] who was a [[Republican Party|Republican]] state senator from 1992 to 2000 for the District 23 seat (Lafayette and Acadia parishes). He was unseated after two terms in the 1999 nonpartisan blanket [[primary].
==Background==
Jordan was born in Pine Bluff in Jefferson County in southern [[Arkansas]], to Mr. and Mrs. J. Lomax Jordan, Sr. He graduated in 1970 from Lafayette High School and in 1974 from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette (then the University of Southwestern Louisiana) in 1974. He was listed at the time in ''Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities.'' Thereafter, he procured his law degree from [[Louisiana State University]] Paul M. Hebert Law Center in [[Baton Rouge]]. In the late 1970s, he worked in various research positions for both the state Senate and the Louisiana Legislative Council, prior to the establishment of his law firm in 1979. He was an assistant district attorney from 1981 to 1982. In his private practice, he specializes in Personal Injury and Accident cases and Criminal Defense Law.<ref name=enlou/>
==State Senate service==
Jordan unseated [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] state Senator [[Allen Bares]] in the 1991 [[general election]].<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 16, 1991.</ref> Bares had been first elected to the Senate in 1979, when he was challenged by among others, the equally [[pro-life]] [[Dud Lastrapes]], later the [[conservative]] Republican [[mayor]] of Lafayette. Bares, who had also served in the state House from 1972 to 1980, won again in 1983 and 1987.
In 1991, Bares authored a controversial measure which would have outlawed most [[abortion]]s in Louisiana. The legislature approved the bill, but it was vetoed by Democrat-turned Republican [[Governor]] [[Buddy Roemer]], on the grounds that it went beyond the scope of the [[United States Supreme Court]] opinion ''[[Roe v. Wade]].'' [[Feminist]] groups such as the [[National Organization for Women]], targeted for defeat Bares and a pro-life House member, Democrat [[Carl Gunter, Jr.|Carl Newton Gunter, Jr.]], of Rapides Parish. The controversy worked to Jordan's advantage though he too took the pro-life position. In the end, Bares and Gunter were defeated in what Louisiana feminists hailed as a great success.
Bares led in the primary with 13,409 votes (40 percent), but Jordan ran second with 9,313 (28 percent). Two other Republicans, Carl W. Tritschler (born 1964) and Max A. Menard received 6,713 votes (20 percent) and 3,921 (12 percent), respectively. The three Republican candidates, in what was otherwise a heavily Democratic year in Louisiana politics, polled a combined 60 percent in the state Senate primary.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 19, 1991.</ref> In the runoff, technically the [[general election]] on November 16, Jordan received 22,224 (60 percent) to Bares' 14,730 (again 40 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 16, 1991.</ref>
In 1993, Jordan spoke out against a bill to repeal the Louisiana laws against [[sodomy]]. "Intolerance is not necessarily a bad thing. ... This is one of the things we should be intolerant of," Jordan told colleagues on the Senate floor."<ref>"Gay rights bill dies in Louisiana Senate," ''Minden Press-Herald,'' May 4, 1993, p. 1.</ref>
Jordan won reelection outright in the 1995 primary. He received 20,629 votes (61 percent) to 10,823 (32 percent) for Democrat Sidney B. Flynn and 2,242 (7 percent) for "No Party" candidate Charles Olivier.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 21, 1995.</ref>
In 1999, Michael John "Mike" Michot, a son of a former state education superintendent, the [[business]]man [[Louis J. Michot]], also of Lafayette, roundly defeated Jordan. Michot received 25,699 ballots (68 percent) to Jordan's 12,347 (32 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 23, 1999.</ref>
Jordan worked in the Lafayette City Court indigent defender program from 1979 to 1981. He has served on the Indigent Defender Board of Lafayette, Acadia, and Vermilion parishes. He has served on the board of the following youth-oriented groups: Lafayette Juvenile and Young Adult Program, Acadiana Youth, Inc., Pollux House, Lafayette Children's Shelter, and the Lafayette Community Correctional Center.<ref name=enlou>Louisiana District 23 : J. Lomas Jordan, Jr. [http://www.enlou.com/officeholders/senatedistrict23.htmtp://www.enlou.com/officeholders/senatedistrict23.htm], no longer on-line.</ref>
Jordan is married to the former Cynthia Riley (born September 13, 1953).<ref>Net Detective, People Search</ref> Jordan is a [[Baptist]].
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jordan, J. Lomax}}
[[Category:1952 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Louisiana Republicans]]
[[Category:Politicians from Lafayette, Louisiana]]
[[Category:People from Pine Bluff, Arkansas]]
[[Category:Baptists from the United States]]
[[Category:Louisiana lawyers]]
[[Category:University of Louisiana at Lafayette alumni]]
[[Category:Louisiana State University Law Center alumni]]
| name=J. Lomax "Max" Jordan, Jr.
| office=[[Louisiana]] State Senator for District 23 (Acadia and Lafayette parishes)
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| term_start=1992
| term_end=2000
| preceded=[[Allen Bares]]
| succeeded=Michael John "Mike" Michot
| birth_date=May 17, 1952
| birth_place=Pine Bluff, Jefferson County<br> [[Arkansas]], [[United States|USA]]
| law school=[[Louisiana State University]]
| religion=[[Southern Baptist]]
| occupation=[[Attorney]]
| spouse=Cynthia Riley Jordan
}}
'''J. Lomax Jordan, Jr.''', known as '''Max Jordan''' (born May 17, 1952), is a [[Lafayette]] [[attorney]] who was a [[Republican Party|Republican]] state senator from 1992 to 2000 for the District 23 seat (Lafayette and Acadia parishes). He was unseated after two terms in the 1999 nonpartisan blanket [[primary].
==Background==
Jordan was born in Pine Bluff in Jefferson County in southern [[Arkansas]], to Mr. and Mrs. J. Lomax Jordan, Sr. He graduated in 1970 from Lafayette High School and in 1974 from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette (then the University of Southwestern Louisiana) in 1974. He was listed at the time in ''Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities.'' Thereafter, he procured his law degree from [[Louisiana State University]] Paul M. Hebert Law Center in [[Baton Rouge]]. In the late 1970s, he worked in various research positions for both the state Senate and the Louisiana Legislative Council, prior to the establishment of his law firm in 1979. He was an assistant district attorney from 1981 to 1982. In his private practice, he specializes in Personal Injury and Accident cases and Criminal Defense Law.<ref name=enlou/>
==State Senate service==
Jordan unseated [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] state Senator [[Allen Bares]] in the 1991 [[general election]].<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 16, 1991.</ref> Bares had been first elected to the Senate in 1979, when he was challenged by among others, the equally [[pro-life]] [[Dud Lastrapes]], later the [[conservative]] Republican [[mayor]] of Lafayette. Bares, who had also served in the state House from 1972 to 1980, won again in 1983 and 1987.
In 1991, Bares authored a controversial measure which would have outlawed most [[abortion]]s in Louisiana. The legislature approved the bill, but it was vetoed by Democrat-turned Republican [[Governor]] [[Buddy Roemer]], on the grounds that it went beyond the scope of the [[United States Supreme Court]] opinion ''[[Roe v. Wade]].'' [[Feminist]] groups such as the [[National Organization for Women]], targeted for defeat Bares and a pro-life House member, Democrat [[Carl Gunter, Jr.|Carl Newton Gunter, Jr.]], of Rapides Parish. The controversy worked to Jordan's advantage though he too took the pro-life position. In the end, Bares and Gunter were defeated in what Louisiana feminists hailed as a great success.
Bares led in the primary with 13,409 votes (40 percent), but Jordan ran second with 9,313 (28 percent). Two other Republicans, Carl W. Tritschler (born 1964) and Max A. Menard received 6,713 votes (20 percent) and 3,921 (12 percent), respectively. The three Republican candidates, in what was otherwise a heavily Democratic year in Louisiana politics, polled a combined 60 percent in the state Senate primary.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 19, 1991.</ref> In the runoff, technically the [[general election]] on November 16, Jordan received 22,224 (60 percent) to Bares' 14,730 (again 40 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 16, 1991.</ref>
In 1993, Jordan spoke out against a bill to repeal the Louisiana laws against [[sodomy]]. "Intolerance is not necessarily a bad thing. ... This is one of the things we should be intolerant of," Jordan told colleagues on the Senate floor."<ref>"Gay rights bill dies in Louisiana Senate," ''Minden Press-Herald,'' May 4, 1993, p. 1.</ref>
Jordan won reelection outright in the 1995 primary. He received 20,629 votes (61 percent) to 10,823 (32 percent) for Democrat Sidney B. Flynn and 2,242 (7 percent) for "No Party" candidate Charles Olivier.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 21, 1995.</ref>
In 1999, Michael John "Mike" Michot, a son of a former state education superintendent, the [[business]]man [[Louis J. Michot]], also of Lafayette, roundly defeated Jordan. Michot received 25,699 ballots (68 percent) to Jordan's 12,347 (32 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 23, 1999.</ref>
Jordan worked in the Lafayette City Court indigent defender program from 1979 to 1981. He has served on the Indigent Defender Board of Lafayette, Acadia, and Vermilion parishes. He has served on the board of the following youth-oriented groups: Lafayette Juvenile and Young Adult Program, Acadiana Youth, Inc., Pollux House, Lafayette Children's Shelter, and the Lafayette Community Correctional Center.<ref name=enlou>Louisiana District 23 : J. Lomas Jordan, Jr. [http://www.enlou.com/officeholders/senatedistrict23.htmtp://www.enlou.com/officeholders/senatedistrict23.htm], no longer on-line.</ref>
Jordan is married to the former Cynthia Riley (born September 13, 1953).<ref>Net Detective, People Search</ref> Jordan is a [[Baptist]].
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jordan, J. Lomax}}
[[Category:1952 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Louisiana Republicans]]
[[Category:Politicians from Lafayette, Louisiana]]
[[Category:People from Pine Bluff, Arkansas]]
[[Category:Baptists from the United States]]
[[Category:Louisiana lawyers]]
[[Category:University of Louisiana at Lafayette alumni]]
[[Category:Louisiana State University Law Center alumni]]