| − | '''Lenar Marie Ledet Whitney''' (born February 17, 1959)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/lenar-whitney/e469895211132|title=Lenar Whitney|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=September 13, 2017}}</ref> is a [[business]]woman from her native Houma, [[Louisiana]], who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 53 in Terrebonne Parish. | + | '''Lenar Marie Ledet Whitney''' (born February 17, 1959)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/lenar-whitney/e469895211132|title=Lenar Whitney|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=September 13, 2017}}</ref> is a [[business]]woman from her native Houma, [[Louisiana]], who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 53 in [[Terrebonne Parish]]. |
| | In 2011, Whitney won the right to succeed the term-limited [[Democrat]] Damon Baldone, who later claimed Republican affiliation. She defeated fellow Republican Billy Hebert, a member of the Terrebonne Parish Council, 3,709 (59 percent) top 2,552 (41 percent). District 53 encompasses the Oakshire, Broadmoor, Park Avenue, Bayou Blue, Cocodrie, Montegut, Bourg, and Pointe-aux-Chenes sections of Houma, the parish seat of Terrebonne Parish.<ref name=houmac>{{cite web|url=http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20111122/articles/111129914?p=1&tc=pg|title=Nate Monroe, "Terrebonne elections yield historic results"|publisher=''Houma Courier'', November 22, 2011|accessdate=May 16, 2012}}</ref> | | In 2011, Whitney won the right to succeed the term-limited [[Democrat]] Damon Baldone, who later claimed Republican affiliation. She defeated fellow Republican Billy Hebert, a member of the Terrebonne Parish Council, 3,709 (59 percent) top 2,552 (41 percent). District 53 encompasses the Oakshire, Broadmoor, Park Avenue, Bayou Blue, Cocodrie, Montegut, Bourg, and Pointe-aux-Chenes sections of Houma, the parish seat of Terrebonne Parish.<ref name=houmac>{{cite web|url=http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20111122/articles/111129914?p=1&tc=pg|title=Nate Monroe, "Terrebonne elections yield historic results"|publisher=''Houma Courier'', November 22, 2011|accessdate=May 16, 2012}}</ref> |