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{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Clarence Wendell Manning
|image=Judge Wendell Manning of LA.jpg
|office=[Judge]] of the [[Louisiana]] 4th Judicial District (Ouachita and Morehouse parishes)
|term_start=2003
|term_end=
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
|birth_date=October 5, 1962
|birth_place=
|residence=[[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]], Louisiana
|occupation=[[Attorney]] and judge<br>
|spouse=
|children=
'''Parents''':<br>
|religion=[[Roman Catholic]]
|alma_mater=[[Louisiana State University]]}}
'''Clarence Wendell Manning''', known as '''Wendell Manning'' (born October 5, 1962), has been since 2003 the chief judge of the state 4th Judicial District Court (Division F) in [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]], [[Louisiana]]. The district encompasses Ouachita and Morehouse parishes<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/clarence-manning/e500172769350|title=Clarence Manning (Wendell)|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=September 27, 2020}}</ref> He was re-elected without opposition in 2014 and is again unoposed for a third term in the [[general election]] set for November 3, 2020. He is a [[Republican Party|Republican]].
Manning is a graduate of the Paul M. Hebert School of Law at [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]]. In 2007, he received the Crystal Gavel Award from the Louisiana State Bar Association.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Wendell_Manning|title=Wendell Manning|publisher=Ballotpedia|accessdate=September 27, 2020}}</ref> He is an active [[Roman Catholic]].
When he was first elected to the bench in 2002, his cousin [[Lee Fletcher]], narrowly lost the race for the then open 5th congressional district to then [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Rodney Alexander]].
==References==
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[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Attorneys]]
[[Category:Judges]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Catholics]]
[[Category:Catholic Politicians]]