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{{Infobox officeholder
| name=Bobby Gene Badon
| nationality=[[United States|American]]
| office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative for<br>District 39 [[(Lafayette]], St. Landry, and St. Martin parishes; in 2012, only Lafayette and St. Landry parishes)
| term_start=January 14, 2008
| term_end= January 9, 2012
| preceded=Clara Baudoin
| succeeded=Stephen Ortego
| party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
| birth_date=December 10, 1950
| birth_place=Place of birth missing
| alma_mater=Northside High School (Lafayette, Louisiana)
| occupation=[[Business]]man
| residence=Carencro, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana
| religion=[[Roman Catholic]]}}
'''Bobby Gene Badon''' (born December 10, 1950) is a [[farmer]] and[[ business]]man from Carencro, [[Louisiana]], who is a former one-term [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] state representative for District 39 ([[Lafayette]], St. Landry Parish, and St. Martin Parish parishes). In 2012, the St. Martin Parish precincts were removed from District 39.
==Background==
Badon graduated in 1968 from Northside High School in [[Lafayette]]. Prior to his legislative tenure, Badon was a two-term member of the Carencro City Council in Lafayette Parish. He is a veteran of the [[United States Navy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/h_reps/members.asp?id=39|title=Rep. Bobby G. Badon|publisher=house.louisiana.gov|accessdate=August 30, 2011}}</ref> Badon is a [[Roman Catholic]].
==Political life==
In 2007, he defeated the [[Republican Party|Republican]] candidate, Raymond "La La" Lalonde, a former Democratic member of the Louisiana House. In the low-turnout [[general election]] held on November 17, 2007, Badon polled 3,914 (52 percent) to Lalonde's 3,662 (48 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 17, 2007.</ref> Badon attributed crossover Republican voters who helped to secure his Democratic victory. He vowed to end corrupt practices in Louisiana state government: "I have not sold my vote to any special [[interest group]]. When I get to [[Baton Rouge]], I don't owe anyone any favors," he told the ''Lafayette Daily Advertise.r''<ref>''Lafayette Daily Advertiser,'' November 18, 2007.</ref>
In the October 20 nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] Lalonde had led Badon, 4,352 (30 percent) to 4,028 (27 percent). Two other primary candidates, both Democrats, held a combined and critical 43 percent of the vote. Incumbent Clara Baudoin was term-limited and hence ineligible to seek a fourth term.<ref name=election>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 20, 2007.</ref>
Badon served on these House committees: (1) Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development, (2) Commerce, and (3) Natural Resources and Environment.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=93798|title=Rep. Bobby G. Badon|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=April 3, 2020}}</ref> In 2010, Badon was ranked 94 percent by the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry and 67 percent by the [[conservative]] Louisiana Family Forum. In 2009, he was given 100 percent ranking by the Louisiana [[Right to Life]] Federation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.votesmart.org/issue_rating_category.php?can_id=93798|title=Rep. Bobby G. Badon|publisher=August 30, 2011}}</ref>
On January 18, 2010, Badon was arrested in Carencro for [[driving while intoxicated]] after a Louisiana trooper stopped him for alleged improper lane usage. In June 2011, a state district court judge, Herman Clause, threw out the first-offense DWI case on grounds that the officer had no grounds to have stopped Badon.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.katc.com/news/judge-acquits-rep-bobby-badon-on-dwi-charge/|title=Judge acquits Rep. Bobby Badon on DWI charge|date=June 16, 2011|publisher=katc.com|accessdate=August 30, 2011}}</ref>
On August 2, 2011, Badon announced that because of his farming and business commitments he would not seek reelection in the October 22 nonpartisan blanket primary.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.katc.com/news/representative-bobby-badon-not-seeking-reelection/|title=Representative Bobby Badon Not Seeking Reelection|date= August 2, 2011|publisher=katc.com|accessdate=August 30, 2011}}</ref>
Home builder [[Stephen Ortego]], a Democrat who polled 25 percent of the ballots in the 2007 primary against Badon,<ref name=election/> ran again for the post in [[redistricting|redistricted]] territory. The redrawn district included the city of Scott, now in District 45 represented by [[Moderate Republican]] [[Jean-Paul Coussan]] of Lafayette.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kpel965.com/ortego-announces-candidacy-for-badons-seat/|title=Oretega announces candidacy for Badon's seat, August 3, 2011|publisher=kpel965.com|accessdate=August 30, 2011}}</ref>
Primary results place Ortego in the November 19, 2011, general election with Republican Don Menard, who led the three-candidate field with 44.5 percent. Ortego trailed with 35 percent, and the [[Independent voter|Independent]] candidate, James "Jaime" Arnaud, held the remaining 20.5 percent of the ballots cast.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Primary election returns, October 22, 2011.</ref> Menard carried the backing of then [[U.S. Senator]] [[David Vitter]]'s Louisiana Committee for a Republican Majority. Stephen Ortego then won the general electionover Menard with 55 percent of the vote.
==References==
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| name=Bobby Gene Badon
| nationality=[[United States|American]]
| office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative for<br>District 39 [[(Lafayette]], St. Landry, and St. Martin parishes; in 2012, only Lafayette and St. Landry parishes)
| term_start=January 14, 2008
| term_end= January 9, 2012
| preceded=Clara Baudoin
| succeeded=Stephen Ortego
| party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
| birth_date=December 10, 1950
| birth_place=Place of birth missing
| alma_mater=Northside High School (Lafayette, Louisiana)
| occupation=[[Business]]man
| residence=Carencro, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana
| religion=[[Roman Catholic]]}}
'''Bobby Gene Badon''' (born December 10, 1950) is a [[farmer]] and[[ business]]man from Carencro, [[Louisiana]], who is a former one-term [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] state representative for District 39 ([[Lafayette]], St. Landry Parish, and St. Martin Parish parishes). In 2012, the St. Martin Parish precincts were removed from District 39.
==Background==
Badon graduated in 1968 from Northside High School in [[Lafayette]]. Prior to his legislative tenure, Badon was a two-term member of the Carencro City Council in Lafayette Parish. He is a veteran of the [[United States Navy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/h_reps/members.asp?id=39|title=Rep. Bobby G. Badon|publisher=house.louisiana.gov|accessdate=August 30, 2011}}</ref> Badon is a [[Roman Catholic]].
==Political life==
In 2007, he defeated the [[Republican Party|Republican]] candidate, Raymond "La La" Lalonde, a former Democratic member of the Louisiana House. In the low-turnout [[general election]] held on November 17, 2007, Badon polled 3,914 (52 percent) to Lalonde's 3,662 (48 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 17, 2007.</ref> Badon attributed crossover Republican voters who helped to secure his Democratic victory. He vowed to end corrupt practices in Louisiana state government: "I have not sold my vote to any special [[interest group]]. When I get to [[Baton Rouge]], I don't owe anyone any favors," he told the ''Lafayette Daily Advertise.r''<ref>''Lafayette Daily Advertiser,'' November 18, 2007.</ref>
In the October 20 nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] Lalonde had led Badon, 4,352 (30 percent) to 4,028 (27 percent). Two other primary candidates, both Democrats, held a combined and critical 43 percent of the vote. Incumbent Clara Baudoin was term-limited and hence ineligible to seek a fourth term.<ref name=election>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 20, 2007.</ref>
Badon served on these House committees: (1) Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development, (2) Commerce, and (3) Natural Resources and Environment.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=93798|title=Rep. Bobby G. Badon|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=April 3, 2020}}</ref> In 2010, Badon was ranked 94 percent by the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry and 67 percent by the [[conservative]] Louisiana Family Forum. In 2009, he was given 100 percent ranking by the Louisiana [[Right to Life]] Federation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.votesmart.org/issue_rating_category.php?can_id=93798|title=Rep. Bobby G. Badon|publisher=August 30, 2011}}</ref>
On January 18, 2010, Badon was arrested in Carencro for [[driving while intoxicated]] after a Louisiana trooper stopped him for alleged improper lane usage. In June 2011, a state district court judge, Herman Clause, threw out the first-offense DWI case on grounds that the officer had no grounds to have stopped Badon.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.katc.com/news/judge-acquits-rep-bobby-badon-on-dwi-charge/|title=Judge acquits Rep. Bobby Badon on DWI charge|date=June 16, 2011|publisher=katc.com|accessdate=August 30, 2011}}</ref>
On August 2, 2011, Badon announced that because of his farming and business commitments he would not seek reelection in the October 22 nonpartisan blanket primary.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.katc.com/news/representative-bobby-badon-not-seeking-reelection/|title=Representative Bobby Badon Not Seeking Reelection|date= August 2, 2011|publisher=katc.com|accessdate=August 30, 2011}}</ref>
Home builder [[Stephen Ortego]], a Democrat who polled 25 percent of the ballots in the 2007 primary against Badon,<ref name=election/> ran again for the post in [[redistricting|redistricted]] territory. The redrawn district included the city of Scott, now in District 45 represented by [[Moderate Republican]] [[Jean-Paul Coussan]] of Lafayette.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kpel965.com/ortego-announces-candidacy-for-badons-seat/|title=Oretega announces candidacy for Badon's seat, August 3, 2011|publisher=kpel965.com|accessdate=August 30, 2011}}</ref>
Primary results place Ortego in the November 19, 2011, general election with Republican Don Menard, who led the three-candidate field with 44.5 percent. Ortego trailed with 35 percent, and the [[Independent voter|Independent]] candidate, James "Jaime" Arnaud, held the remaining 20.5 percent of the ballots cast.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Primary election returns, October 22, 2011.</ref> Menard carried the backing of then [[U.S. Senator]] [[David Vitter]]'s Louisiana Committee for a Republican Majority. Stephen Ortego then won the general electionover Menard with 55 percent of the vote.
==References==
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Badon, Bobby}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:Farmers]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
[[Category:United States Navy]]
[[Category:Catholics]]
[[Category:Catholic Politicians]]