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| term_start=January 11, 2016 ​

| term_start=January 11, 2016 ​

| term_end=​

| term_end=​

| preceded=Jody Amedee​

| preceded=[[Jody Amedee​]]

| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]​

| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]​

| birth_date=February 16, 1956​

| birth_date=February 16, 1956​

'''Eddie Joseph Lambert''' (born February 16, 1956)<ref name=cong>{{cite web|url=http://www.congress.org/bio/id/141542|title=Rep. Eddie Lambert|publisher=congress.org|accessdate=July 16, 2011; no longer on-line}}</ref> is an [[attorney]] from Prairieville, [[Louisiana]],<ref name=cong/> who is the state senator for District 18, which encompasses Ascension, Livingston, St. James, and St. John the Baptist parishes. He is a former state representative for District 59 in Ascension Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2020 (Ascension Parish)|publisher|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=October 14, 2019}}</ref>​

'''Eddie Joseph Lambert''' (born February 16, 1956)<ref name=cong>{{cite web|url=http://www.congress.org/bio/id/141542|title=Rep. Eddie Lambert|publisher=congress.org|accessdate=July 16, 2011; no longer on-line}}</ref> is an [[attorney]] from Prairieville, [[Louisiana]],<ref name=cong/> who is the state senator for District 18, which encompasses Ascension, Livingston, St. James, and St. John the Baptist parishes. He is a former state representative for District 59 in Ascension Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2020 (Ascension Parish)|publisher|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=October 14, 2019}}</ref>​

When term-limited in the House, Lambert ran without opposition for his Senate seat, which was vacated by the term-limited Jody Amedee, another Republican, in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 24, 2015.

When term-limited in the House, Lambert ran without opposition for his Senate seat, which was vacated by the term-limited [[Jody Amedee]], another Republican, in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 24, 2015.

==Background==

==Background==