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| | |office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative for District 31 (Lafayette and<br> Vermilion parishes) | | |office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative for District 31 (Lafayette and<br> Vermilion parishes) |
| | |term_start=January 13, 2020 | | |term_start=January 13, 2020 |
| | + | |term_end=January 2024 |
| | |predecessor=Nancy Ruth Landry | | |predecessor=Nancy Ruth Landry |
| − | ||party=[[Republican Party|Republican]] | + | |succeeded=Troy Hebert |
| | + | |party=[[Republican Party|Republican]] |
| | |birth_date=December 26, 1964 | | |birth_date=December 26, 1964 |
| | |birth_place=[[Lafayette]], Louisiana | | |birth_place=[[Lafayette]], Louisiana |
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| | |residence=Lafayette, Louisiana}} | | |residence=Lafayette, Louisiana}} |
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| − | '''Jonathan Fergus Goudeau''' (born December 26, 1963) is the incoming [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for District 31 for [[Lafayette]] and Vermilion parishes in southwestern [[Louisiana]]. | + | '''Jonathan Fergus Goudeau, I''' (born December 26, 1963), is the departing [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for District 31 for [[Lafayette]] and Vermilion parishes in southwestern [[Louisiana]]. |
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| | Goudeau won his position in a runoff contest against another [[conservative]] Republican, Gus J. Rantz (born September 17, 1979), for the right to succeed state Representative Nancy Ruth Landry, a [[Moderate Republican]] who left the legislature in 2019 to become chief of staff for Louisiana Secretary of State [[Kyle Ardoin]]. Goudeau polled 8,379 votes (54 percent) to Rantz's 1,161 (46 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 16, 2019.</ref> | | Goudeau won his position in a runoff contest against another [[conservative]] Republican, Gus J. Rantz (born September 17, 1979), for the right to succeed state Representative Nancy Ruth Landry, a [[Moderate Republican]] who left the legislature in 2019 to become chief of staff for Louisiana Secretary of State [[Kyle Ardoin]]. Goudeau polled 8,379 votes (54 percent) to Rantz's 1,161 (46 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 16, 2019.</ref> |
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| | A supporter of [[U.S. President]] [[Donald Trump]], Goudeau vowed in the campaign to support conservative positions in his legislative votes. A [[business]]man for nearly three decades, Goudeau formerly worked for nineteen years for the Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office. He since became the owner of Indoor Recreation Company in Lafayette.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/news/politics/article_7ed47fd8-08ec-11ea-8c8c-5baff6353d9f.html|title=Jonathan Goudeau wins runoff for House District 31|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=November 16, 2019|accessdate=November 22, 2019}}</ref> | | A supporter of [[U.S. President]] [[Donald Trump]], Goudeau vowed in the campaign to support conservative positions in his legislative votes. A [[business]]man for nearly three decades, Goudeau formerly worked for nineteen years for the Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office. He since became the owner of Indoor Recreation Company in Lafayette.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/news/politics/article_7ed47fd8-08ec-11ea-8c8c-5baff6353d9f.html|title=Jonathan Goudeau wins runoff for House District 31|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=November 16, 2019|accessdate=November 22, 2019}}</ref> |
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| − | On October 14, 2023, Representative Goudeau sought reelection to the House against Republican and former Democrat Troy Hebert. | + | On October 14, 2023, Representative Goudeau was defeated for his bid for a second House term by the Republican and former Democrat Troy Hebert, who led the balloting with 6,389 votes (61 percent) to Goudeau's 4,128 votes (39 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 14, 2023.</ref> |
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| | ==References== | | ==References== |