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| death_date=September 27, 2025<br> (aged 84)
| death_date=September 27, 2025<br> (aged 84)
| spouse=Mary Gayle S. Lambert
| spouse=Mary Gayle S. Lambert
| children=
| children=Jessica, Michael, and John Lambert
| party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
| party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
| occupation=[[Attorney]]
| occupation=[[Attorney]]
}}
}}
'''Louis Joseph Lambert, Jr.''' (December 21, 1940 – September 27, 2025), was a [[Louisiana]] [[attorney]], [[business]]man, former member and chairman of his state's Public Service Commission. He also served two nonconsecutive years in the state Senate.
'''Louis Joseph Lambert, Jr.''' (December 21, 1940 – September 27, 2025), was a [[Louisiana]] [[attorney]], [[business]]man, former member and chairman of his state's Public Service Commission. He also served two nonconsecutive years in the state Senate. While serving on the PSC, Lambert lost the 1979 [[Governor|gubernatorial]] race to [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[U.S. Representative]] [[David C. Treen]], then of Jefferson Parish in Louisiana's 3rd congressional district. A switch of 4,979 votes out of nearly 1.4 million cast, however, would have made Lambert governor by a one-vote margin. Lambert was the first Louisiana [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] to lose to a Republican candidate in a statewide [[general election]].
While serving on the PSC, Lambert lost the 1979 [[Governor|gubernatorial]] race to [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[U.S. Representative]] [[David C. Treen]], then of Jefferson Parish in Louisiana's 3rd congressional district. A switch of 4,979 votes out of nearly 1.4 million cast, however, would have made Lambert governor by a one-vote margin. Lambert was the first Louisiana [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] to lose to a Republican candidate in a statewide [[general election]].
Lambert represented District 18 in the Louisiana State Senate from 1994 until 2004. His district encompassed parts of Ascension, East Baton Rouge, Livingston, St. James, and St. John the Baptist Parish parishes. He lives in Prairieville in Ascension Parish with his wife, Mary Gayle S. Lambert.
Lambert represented District 18 in the Louisiana State Senate from 1994 until 2004. His district encompassed parts of Ascension, East Baton Rouge, Livingston, St. James, and St. John the Baptist Parish parishes. He lives in Prairieville in Ascension Parish with his wife, Mary Gayle S. Lambert.