| − | '''Fritz Heinrich Windhorst''' (born January 31, 1935) is an [[attorney]] in Gretna in [[suburb]]an Jefferson Paris outside [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lawyers.justia.com/lawyer/fritz-windhorst-710773|title=Fritz Windhorst|publisher=lawyers.justia.com|accessdate=November 22, 2020}}</ref> who served from 1972 to 1992 as a state senator for Jefferson and Orleans parishes, originally District 8, and later District 7. Windhorst was a [[conservative]] [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] from 1972 to 1985, when he switched to [[Republican Party|Republican]] affiliation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://senate.la.gov/Documents/Membership/1880membership.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana State Senate, 1880-2024|publisher=Louisiana State Senate|accessdate=November 22, 2020}}</ref> His son, Stephen Joseph Windhorst (born 1957), served as a Republican state representative from 1992 to 2000, when he resigned to accept a state court judgeship. | + | '''Fritz Heinrich Windhorst''' (born January 31, 1935) is an [[attorney]] in Gretna in [[suburb]]an Jefferson Paris outside [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lawyers.justia.com/lawyer/fritz-windhorst-710773|title=Fritz Windhorst|publisher=lawyers.justia.com|accessdate=November 22, 2020}}</ref> who served from 1972 to 1992 as a state senator for Jefferson and Orleans parishes, originally District 8, and later District 7. Windhorst was a [[conservative]] [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] from 1972 to 1985, when he switched to [[Republican Party|Republican]] affiliation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://senate.la.gov/Documents/Membership/1880membership.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana State Senate, 1880-2024|publisher=Louisiana State Senate|accessdate=November 22, 2020}}</ref> His son, [[Stephen J. Windhorst]], served as a Republican state representative from 1992 to 2000, when he resigned to accept a state court judgeship. |