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Mincey graduated in 1987 first in his class at Denham Springs High School and then attended Southeastern Louisiana University, at which he obtained  a bachelor's degree in industrial technology. He is the safety, health, and environmental director at Volks Construction Company in Prairieville, a census-designated  place in Ascension Parish between [[Baton Rouge]] and Gonzales. In 2006, Mincey was elected as a Democrat to the District 5 seat on the Livingston Parish School Board. At some point after that election, he switched parties. The board will select a temporary successor pending a special election to choose Mincey's successor.<ref name=minceytakesit>{{cite web|url=https://www.livingstonparishnews.com/breaking_news/mincey-takes-it-buddy-mincey-jr-wins-house-seat-with/article_d5273328-098f-11ea-b3d9-4f70013148b2.html|title=Mincey Takes it: Buddy Mincey, Jr., wins House Seat 71 with 77 percent of the vote; school board to elect replacement|publisher=''Livingston Parish News''|author=McHugh David|date=November 17, 2019|accessdate=November 28, 2019}}</ref>

Mincey graduated in 1987 first in his class at Denham Springs High School and then attended Southeastern Louisiana University, at which he obtained  a bachelor's degree in industrial technology. He is the safety, health, and environmental director at Volks Construction Company in Prairieville, a census-designated  place in Ascension Parish between [[Baton Rouge]] and Gonzales. In 2006, Mincey was elected as a Democrat to the District 5 seat on the Livingston Parish School Board. At some point after that election, he switched parties. The board will select a temporary successor pending a special election to choose Mincey's successor.<ref name=minceytakesit>{{cite web|url=https://www.livingstonparishnews.com/breaking_news/mincey-takes-it-buddy-mincey-jr-wins-house-seat-with/article_d5273328-098f-11ea-b3d9-4f70013148b2.html|title=Mincey Takes it: Buddy Mincey, Jr., wins House Seat 71 with 77 percent of the vote; school board to elect replacement|publisher=''Livingston Parish News''|author=McHugh David|date=November 17, 2019|accessdate=November 28, 2019}}</ref>

Mincey said that as a legislator, he has "no agenda"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.livingstonparishnews.com/news/i-don-t-have-an-agenda-buddy-mincey-jr-holds/article_961cd496-952a-11e9-bc78-abe400d0fb7c.html|title="I Don't Have an Agenda": Buddy Mincey, Jr. holds kickoff fundraiser|author=Drew Walker|date=June 22, 2019|publisher=''Livingston Parish News''|accesdate=November 29, 2019}}</ref> but expects to focus on public education, infrastructure, and flood recovery.<ref name=minceytakesit/>

Mincey said that as a legislator, he has "no agenda"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.livingstonparishnews.com/news/i-don-t-have-an-agenda-buddy-mincey-jr-holds/article_961cd496-952a-11e9-bc78-abe400d0fb7c.html|title="I Don't Have an Agenda": Buddy Mincey, Jr. holds kickoff fundraiser|author=Drew Walker|date=June 22, 2019|publisher=''Livingston Parish News''|accesdate=November 29, 2019}}</ref> but expects to focus on public education, infrastructure, and flood recovery, issue normally pushed by Democrats.<ref name=minceytakesit/>

 

On January 13, 2020, Mincey was among twenty-three Republican lawmakers, known as the [[Louisiana Republican Fraud Squad|Fraud Squad]], who voted for the [[Moderate Republican]] [[Clay Schexnayder]] of Ascension Parish, whose election as House [[Speaker]] depended heavily on the votes of thirty-five Democratic lawmakers, along with the Republican defectors. Statewide [[radio]] commentator [[Moon Griffon]] coined the term "Fraud Squad" for the twenty-three dissidents nominally in the Republican Party.<ref>''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]],'' January 23, 2020.</ref>

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