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| Barbara West Carpenter | |
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| Louisiana State Representative for District 63 (East Baton Rouge Parish) of | |
| Term of office January 11, 2016 – | |
| Born | December 1943 Place of birth missing |
| Political Party | Democrat |
| Occupation | Dean of International Relations at Southern University |
Barbara West Carpenter (born December 1943)[1] is the dean of international relations at historically black Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, who is a Democrat member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 63 in East Baton Rouge Parish.
In the primary held on October 24, 2015, Carpenter, the second-placed contender, was placed into a runoff contest with fellow Democrat Ulysses Zembles "Bones" Addison (born August 1961), a former member of the Baton Rouge Metro Council who runs a market research firm. The incumbent Dalton W. Honoré, another African-American Democrat, did not seek reelection.[2] She subsequently defeated Addison, 58 to 42 percent.[3] District 63 represents areas of Baker, Scotlandville, and Zachary.[3] She resides in Baker.[4] Carpenter is a former board member of the East Baton Rouge Parish Housing Authority. As representative, she vowed to tackle budgetary issues related to higher education.[3]
In March 2016, Carpenter joined a House bipartisan majority to enact a one-cent increase in the state sales tax. State representatives voted 76 to 28 for the tax hike, a part of the revenue-raising measures pushed by Democrat Governor John Bel Edwards.[5] A House and Senate conference committee subsequently trimmed the duration of the tax from five years to twenty-seven months, effective from April 1, 2016 to June 30, 2018. Even the sale of Bibles and religious publications and Girl Scout cookies are now subject to the tax.[6] Carpenter graduated from Southern University and Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas.[4]
References
- ↑ Barbara Carpenter, December 1943. Louisiana Secretary of State. Retrieved on April 6, 2015.
- ↑ Results for Election Date: 10/24/2015. Louisiana Secretary of State. Retrieved on October 27, 2015.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Andrea Gallo (November 21, 2015). Barbara West Carpenter defeats Ulysses “Bones” Addison in race for House District 63 seat. The Baton Rouge Advocate. Retrieved on April 6, 2016.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Barbara W. Carpenter. intelius.com. Retrieved on April 6, 2016.
- ↑ State House of Representatives Vote to Increase Sales Tax. KEEL Radio (February 25, 2016). Retrieved on March 28, 2016.
- ↑ See the list: Examples of goods, services that'll now be taxed in Louisiana. The Baton Rouge Advocate. Retrieved on April 1, 2016.