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'''Julie Skinner Stokes''' (born January 23, 1970) is a [[Certified Public Accountant]] who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] departing member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 79 in Kenner in Jefferson Parish in [[suburb]]an [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]]. She was an unsuccessful candidate for Louisiana Secretary of State in the special election held on November 6, 2018.  

'''Julie Skinner Stokes''' (born January 23, 1970) is a [[Certified Public Accountant]] who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 79 in Kenner in Jefferson Parish in [[suburb]]an [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]]. She was an unsuccessful candidate for Louisiana Secretary of State in the [[special election]] held on November 6, 2018.  

On July 29, 2019, Stokes announced that she would not seek a third term in her position to be more available for her children. "I do not want to miss any of the few years remaining with my children before they leave for college," Stokes said in her announcement of non-candidacy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nola.com/news/politics/article_0e8536c0-b237-11e9-af71-4bc8b4f6a80a.html|title=Kenner Republican Julie Stokes won't seek reelection to Louisiana House seat|publisher=''New Orleans Times-Picayune''|date=July 29, 2019|author=Faimon Roberts, III|accessdate=July 31, 2019}}</ref>

On July 29, 2019, Stokes announced that she would not seek a third term in her position to be more available for her children. "I do not want to miss any of the few years remaining with my children before they leave for college," Stokes said in her announcement of non-candidacy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nola.com/news/politics/article_0e8536c0-b237-11e9-af71-4bc8b4f6a80a.html|title=Kenner Republican Julie Stokes won't seek reelection to Louisiana House seat|publisher=''New Orleans Times-Picayune''|date=July 29, 2019|author=Faimon Roberts, III|accessdate=July 31, 2019}}</ref>

Until her diagnosis of [[breast cancer]] in 2017, Stokes had been a candidate<ref name=breastcancer>{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2017/07/julie_stokes_treasurer_not_run.html|title=Julie Stokes quits Louisiana treasurer race after breast cancer diagnois|publisher=''The New Orleans Times-Picayune''|date=July 6, 2017|author=Julia O'Donoghue|accessdate=March 24, 2018}}</ref> for state treasurer in the special election held on October 14, 2017, to choose a successor to [[John Neely Kennedy]], who was elected in 2016 to the [[United States Senate]] to succeed fellow Republican [[David Vitter]]. Stokes underwent [[chemotherapy]] and remains a legislator until January 2020.<ref name=breastcancer/> Her legislative colleague, [[John Schroder]], from St. Tammany Parish, won a special election runoff against an [[African-American]] [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] for the right to succeed Kennedy.

Until her diagnosis of [[breast cancer]] in 2017, Stokes had been a candidate<ref name=breastcancer>{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2017/07/julie_stokes_treasurer_not_run.html|title=Julie Stokes quits Louisiana treasurer race after breast cancer diagnois|publisher=''The New Orleans Times-Picayune''|date=July 6, 2017|author=Julia O'Donoghue|accessdate=March 24, 2018}}</ref> for state treasurer in the special election held on October 14, 2017, to choose a successor to [[John Neely Kennedy]], who was elected in 2016 to the [[United States Senate]] to succeed fellow Republican [[David Vitter]]. Stokes underwent [[chemotherapy]] and remains a legislator until January 2020.<ref name=breastcancer/> Her legislative colleague, [[John Schroder]], from St. Tammany Parish, won a special election runoff against an [[African-American]] [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] for the right to succeed Kennedy.

On March 2, 2013, Stokes won a special election to succeed fellow Republican Anthony V. "Tony" Ligi, Jr., who resigned to become director of the Jefferson Business Council. On the same day that Stokes was elected to the Louisiana House, another Republican, Barry Dee Ivey of [[Baton Rouge]], won a special election in District 65 to choose a successor to the Republican Clifton Russell "Clif" Richardson, who resigned because of health issues. In defeating three fellow Republicans, Stokes received 56 percent of the vote to fill the nearly three years left in Ligi's term. Businessman Jack Rizzuto, a  candidate defeated by Ligi in 2007, finished second in the 2013 contest with 31 percent of the ballots cast. Allison Bent Bowler, the chief financial officer at Benjamin Franklin High School in New Orleans held the remaining 9 percent of the vote.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2013/03/baton_rouge_businessman_barry.html|author=Lauren McGaughy|title=Baton Rouge businessman Barry Ivey wins special House election, March 2, 2013|publisher=''The New Orleans Times-Picayune''|accessdate=March 24, 2018}}</ref> No Democrat sought the District 79 House seat.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical|title=Election Returns|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|date=March 2, 2013|accessdate=March 24, 2018}}</ref>

On March 2, 2013, Stokes won a special election to succeed fellow Republican Anthony V. "Tony" Ligi, Jr., who resigned to become director of the Jefferson Business Council. On the same day that Stokes was elected to the Louisiana House, [[Moderate Republican]] Barry Dee Ivey of [[Baton Rouge]], won a special election in District 65 to choose a successor to the Republican Clifton Russell "Clif" Richardson, who resigned because of health issues. In defeating three fellow Republicans, Stokes received 56 percent of the vote to fill the nearly three years left in Ligi's term. Businessman Jack Rizzuto, a  candidate defeated by Ligi in 2007, finished second in the 2013 contest with 31 percent of the ballots cast. Allison Bent Bowler, the chief financial officer at Benjamin Franklin High School in New Orleans held the remaining 9 percent of the vote.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2013/03/baton_rouge_businessman_barry.html|author=Lauren McGaughy|title=Baton Rouge businessman Barry Ivey wins special House election, March 2, 2013|publisher=''The New Orleans Times-Picayune''|accessdate=March 24, 2018}}</ref> No Democrat sought the District 79 House seat.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical|title=Election Returns|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|date=March 2, 2013|accessdate=March 24, 2018}}</ref>

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