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{{Infobox officeholder
|name= Lee Joseph "Jody" Amedee, III
|office=[[Louisiana]] State Senator for<br> District 18 (Ascension, Livingston, St. James, and St. John the Baptist parishes)
|term_start=2004
|term_end=2016
|preceded=[[Louis Lambert]]
|succeeded=[[Eddie J. Lambert]]
|birth_date=December 9, 1967
|birth_place=
|spouse=Jancy Berthelot Amedee
|children=Three children
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]-turned-[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] (March 2011)
|occupation=[[Attorney]]
|religion=[[Roman Catholic]]
|alma_mater=Nicholls State University<br>
(Thibodax, Louisiana)
Southern University Law Cente ([[Baton Rouge]])}}
'''Lee Joseph Amedee, III''', known as '''Jody Amedee''' (born December 9, 1967), is a personal injury [[attorney]] in Gonzales, near the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]], who is a [[Republican Part|Republican]] former state senator for District 18, which encompasses portions of Ascension, Livingston, St. James, and St. John the Baptist parishes.<ref name=elections/>
Amedee graduated from Nicholls State University in Thibodaux in Lafourche Parish and the historically black Southern University Law Center in Baton Rouge. Early in his career he was a law clerk in the Louisiana Senate. He is a former assistant district attorney for the 23rd Judicial District and the attorney for the Ascension Parish Tourist Commission. Amedee has been active in various sports organizations, including time as a coach of [[basketball]] and [[soccer]]. He is a member of the [[National Rifle Association]], the National Wildlife Turkey Federation, the East Ascension Sportsman League, and [[Ducks Unlimited]]. He is a [[Roman Catholic]].<ref name=vsmart>{{cite web|url=http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=35444|title=Senator Jody Amedee|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=April 2, 2020}}</ref>
Amedee was elected to the first of his senatorial terms in 2003 as a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]]. He led the six-candidate field with 12,413 votes (27.2 percent). The runner up was fellow Democrat Jeff Diez, who received 11,323 votes (24.8 percent). Two Republicans, Mark Stermer and Warren Harang, III, shared 30 percent of the vote. Two other Democrats held a combined 18 percent of the ballots.<ref name=elections>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 4, 2003.</ref> In the second balloting on November 15, Amedee defeated Diez, 24,190 (51.6 percent) to 22,668 (48.4 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 15, 2003.</ref> Amedee was unopposed for his second term in the nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] held on October 20, 2007.
In March 2011, Amedee switched to [[Republican Party (United States)|GOP]] affiliation, and the Republicans gained numerical control of the state Senate.<ref name=vsmart/> He serves on the committees of (1) Environmental Quality, (2) Natural Resources as chairman, (3) Senate and Governmental Affairs, (4) Homeland Security, and (5) Veterans Affairs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://senate.legis.state.la.us/amedee/assignments.asp|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120721000809/http://senate.legis.state.la.us/amedee/assignments.asp|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 21, 2012|title=Senator Jody Amedee - District 18|publisher=Louisiana State Senate|accessdate=August 31, 2011}}</ref> In 2010, Amedee supported the interest group, the[Louisiana Association of Business and Industry 58 percent of the time. The [[conservative]] Louisiana Family Forum gave him an 80 percent rating. In 2009, he was ranked 100 percent by the Louisiana [[Right to Life]] Federation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.votesmart.org/issue_rating_category.php?can_id=35444|title=Senator Jody Amedee|publisher=votesmart.org|accessdate=April 2, 2020}}</ref>
Amedee and his wife, the former Jancy L. Berthelot, formerly of Orange Beach in Baldwin County, [[Alabama]], have three children.<ref name=vsmart/>
Amedee was term-limited in the nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] held on October 24, 2015. He was succeeded in January 2016 by outgoing District 59 state Representative [[Eddie J. Lambert]], another Republican. Lambert ran unopposed for the Amedee Senate seat.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://winwithjmc.com/archives/6832?ct=t(9_11_2015)|title=Decision 2015: The end of candidate qualifying|publisher=winwithjmc.com|author=JMC Enterprises|date=September 10, 2015|accessdate=September 12, 2015}}</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:State senators]]
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[[Category:Catholic Politicians]]
|name= Lee Joseph "Jody" Amedee, III
|office=[[Louisiana]] State Senator for<br> District 18 (Ascension, Livingston, St. James, and St. John the Baptist parishes)
|term_start=2004
|term_end=2016
|preceded=[[Louis Lambert]]
|succeeded=[[Eddie J. Lambert]]
|birth_date=December 9, 1967
|birth_place=
|spouse=Jancy Berthelot Amedee
|children=Three children
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]-turned-[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] (March 2011)
|occupation=[[Attorney]]
|religion=[[Roman Catholic]]
|alma_mater=Nicholls State University<br>
(Thibodax, Louisiana)
Southern University Law Cente ([[Baton Rouge]])}}
'''Lee Joseph Amedee, III''', known as '''Jody Amedee''' (born December 9, 1967), is a personal injury [[attorney]] in Gonzales, near the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]], who is a [[Republican Part|Republican]] former state senator for District 18, which encompasses portions of Ascension, Livingston, St. James, and St. John the Baptist parishes.<ref name=elections/>
Amedee graduated from Nicholls State University in Thibodaux in Lafourche Parish and the historically black Southern University Law Center in Baton Rouge. Early in his career he was a law clerk in the Louisiana Senate. He is a former assistant district attorney for the 23rd Judicial District and the attorney for the Ascension Parish Tourist Commission. Amedee has been active in various sports organizations, including time as a coach of [[basketball]] and [[soccer]]. He is a member of the [[National Rifle Association]], the National Wildlife Turkey Federation, the East Ascension Sportsman League, and [[Ducks Unlimited]]. He is a [[Roman Catholic]].<ref name=vsmart>{{cite web|url=http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=35444|title=Senator Jody Amedee|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=April 2, 2020}}</ref>
Amedee was elected to the first of his senatorial terms in 2003 as a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]]. He led the six-candidate field with 12,413 votes (27.2 percent). The runner up was fellow Democrat Jeff Diez, who received 11,323 votes (24.8 percent). Two Republicans, Mark Stermer and Warren Harang, III, shared 30 percent of the vote. Two other Democrats held a combined 18 percent of the ballots.<ref name=elections>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 4, 2003.</ref> In the second balloting on November 15, Amedee defeated Diez, 24,190 (51.6 percent) to 22,668 (48.4 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 15, 2003.</ref> Amedee was unopposed for his second term in the nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] held on October 20, 2007.
In March 2011, Amedee switched to [[Republican Party (United States)|GOP]] affiliation, and the Republicans gained numerical control of the state Senate.<ref name=vsmart/> He serves on the committees of (1) Environmental Quality, (2) Natural Resources as chairman, (3) Senate and Governmental Affairs, (4) Homeland Security, and (5) Veterans Affairs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://senate.legis.state.la.us/amedee/assignments.asp|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120721000809/http://senate.legis.state.la.us/amedee/assignments.asp|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 21, 2012|title=Senator Jody Amedee - District 18|publisher=Louisiana State Senate|accessdate=August 31, 2011}}</ref> In 2010, Amedee supported the interest group, the[Louisiana Association of Business and Industry 58 percent of the time. The [[conservative]] Louisiana Family Forum gave him an 80 percent rating. In 2009, he was ranked 100 percent by the Louisiana [[Right to Life]] Federation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.votesmart.org/issue_rating_category.php?can_id=35444|title=Senator Jody Amedee|publisher=votesmart.org|accessdate=April 2, 2020}}</ref>
Amedee and his wife, the former Jancy L. Berthelot, formerly of Orange Beach in Baldwin County, [[Alabama]], have three children.<ref name=vsmart/>
Amedee was term-limited in the nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] held on October 24, 2015. He was succeeded in January 2016 by outgoing District 59 state Representative [[Eddie J. Lambert]], another Republican. Lambert ran unopposed for the Amedee Senate seat.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://winwithjmc.com/archives/6832?ct=t(9_11_2015)|title=Decision 2015: The end of candidate qualifying|publisher=winwithjmc.com|author=JMC Enterprises|date=September 10, 2015|accessdate=September 12, 2015}}</ref>
==References==
{{DEFAULTSORT:Amedee, Jody}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Attorneys]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:State senators]]
[[Category:Former Democrats]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Catholics]]
[[Category:Catholic Politicians]]