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'''Austin Joseph Badon, Jr.''' (born December 14, 1964),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/austin-badon/e30142097178|title=Austin Badon|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=July 29, 2020}}</ref> is an [[African-American]] educational administrator in his native [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]], who is a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] former state representative for District 100 in Orleans Parish. First elected in 2003, he was term-limited in the 2015 state elections.<ref name=ajb>{{cite web|url=https://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2024 (Orleans Parish)|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=July 29, 2020}}</ref>
'''Austin Joseph Badon, Jr.''' (born December 14, 1964),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/austin-badon/e30142097178|title=Austin Badon|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=July 29, 2020}}</ref> is an [[African-American]] former educational administrator in his native [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]], who is a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] former state representative for District 100 in Orleans Parish. First elected in 2003, he was term-limited in the 2015 state elections.<ref name=ajb>{{cite web|url=https://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2024 (Orleans Parish)|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=July 29, 2020}}</ref>
==Background==
==Background==
In December 2021, Badon lost a race for Clerk of the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court. He polled 25,178 votes (44 percent) to 32,318 (56 percent) for another Democrat, Darren Lombard.
In December 2021, Badon lost a race for Clerk of the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court. He polled 25,178 votes (44 percent) to 32,318 (56 percent) for another Democrat, Darren Lombard.
In 2023, Louisiana Republican Governor-elect [[Jeff Landry]] appointed the Democrat Austin Badon to become the Assistant to the Commissioner of the Office of Motor Vehicles, Dan G. Casey.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/gov-elect-jeff-landry-names-new-heads-to-the-office-of-motor-vehicles/ar-AA1lrPDk?ocid=msedgntp&pc=DCTS&cvid=a6713008445e4d6490bd91df9cc76c29&ei=35|title=Gov-Elect Jeff Landry names new heads to the Office of Motor Vehicles|publisher=WAFB-TV in Baton Rouge|accessdate=December 13, 2023}}</ref>
In 2023, Louisiana [[Republican Party|Republican]] Governor-elect [[Jeff Landry]] appointed the Democrat Austin Badon to become the assistant to Dan G. Casey, the Commissioner of the Office of Motor Vehicles.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/gov-elect-jeff-landry-names-new-heads-to-the-office-of-motor-vehicles/ar-AA1lrPDk?ocid=msedgntp&pc=DCTS&cvid=a6713008445e4d6490bd91df9cc76c29&ei=35|title=Gov-Elect Jeff Landry names new heads to the Office of Motor Vehicles|publisher=WAFB-TV in Baton Rouge|accessdate=December 13, 2023}}</ref> Badon campaigned for Landry in the primary election held on October 14, 2023.
==References==
==References==