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'''Paula Pellerin Davis''' (born November 1973)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Home/Home?uid=2346472|title=Paula Davis, November 1973|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=November 29, 2015}}</ref> is a government relations specialist and [[lobbyist]] from [[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]], who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for East Baton Rouge Parish. | '''Paula Pellerin Davis''' (born November 1973)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Home/Home?uid=2346472|title=Paula Davis, November 1973|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=November 29, 2015}}</ref> is a government relations specialist and [[lobbyist]] from [[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]], who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for East Baton Rouge Parish. | ||
| − | Davis won the position in the runoff election held on November 21, 2015 over fellow Republican Ryan Eugene Heck (born April 1978).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Home/Home?uid=2302680|title=Ryan Heck, April 1978|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=November 29, 2015}]</ref> She also carred the | + | Davis won the position in the runoff election held on November 21, 2015 over fellow Republican Ryan Eugene Heck (born April 1978).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Home/Home?uid=2302680|title=Ryan Heck, April 1978|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=November 29, 2015}]</ref> She also carred the special election to fill the remaining six weeks of the term<ref name=ereturns>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/11212015/11212015_Legislative.html|title=Results for Election Date: 11/21/2015|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=November 29, 2015}}</ref> of Republican former Representative Erich Ponti, who resigned in June 2015. |
| − | In the primary, Davis led Heck by eighty-two votes. She sent out a mailer claiming that Heck, a member since 2012 of the Baton Rouge Metro Council and the owner of Cajun Read Mix Concrete Company, | + | In the primary, Davis led Heck by eighty-two votes. She thereafter sent out a mailer claiming that Heck, a member since 2012 of the Baton Rouge Metro Council and the owner of Cajun Read Mix Concrete Company, had made errors in judgment and that his record does not commend him to service in the state House. Davis also stressed her own experience as deputy state insurance commissioner during [[Hurricane Katrina|Hurricanes Katrina]] and Rita.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theadvocate.com/news/14062157-34/paula-davis-wins-house-district|title=Paula Davis wins House District 69 seat over challenger Ryan Heck|author=Andrea Gallo|date=November 21, 2015|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|accessdate=November 29, 2015}}</ref> She prevailed with 6,679 votes (55.3 percent) to Heck's 5,400 (44.7 percent).<ref name=ereturns/> |
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| + | Davis is married to John Davis, a [[lawyer]] in Baton Rouge. She has a daughter, Hayden. She is [[Episcopalian]]. | ||
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Revision as of 13:44, November 29, 2015
Paula Pellerin Davis (born November 1973)[1] is a government relations specialist and lobbyist from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, who is a Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for East Baton Rouge Parish.
Davis won the position in the runoff election held on November 21, 2015 over fellow Republican Ryan Eugene Heck (born April 1978).[2] She also carred the special election to fill the remaining six weeks of the term[3] of Republican former Representative Erich Ponti, who resigned in June 2015.
In the primary, Davis led Heck by eighty-two votes. She thereafter sent out a mailer claiming that Heck, a member since 2012 of the Baton Rouge Metro Council and the owner of Cajun Read Mix Concrete Company, had made errors in judgment and that his record does not commend him to service in the state House. Davis also stressed her own experience as deputy state insurance commissioner during Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.[4] She prevailed with 6,679 votes (55.3 percent) to Heck's 5,400 (44.7 percent).[3]
Davis is married to John Davis, a lawyer in Baton Rouge. She has a daughter, Hayden. She is Episcopalian.
References
- ↑ Paula Davis, November 1973. Louisiana Secretary of State. Retrieved on November 29, 2015.
- ↑ {{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Home/Home?uid=2302680%7Ctitle=Ryan Heck, April 1978|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=November 29, 2015}]
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Results for Election Date: 11/21/2015. Louisiana Secretary of State. Retrieved on November 29, 2015.
- ↑ Andrea Gallo (November 21, 2015). Paula Davis wins House District 69 seat over challenger Ryan Heck. The Baton Rouge Advocate. Retrieved on November 29, 2015.