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{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Jefferson Rowe "Jeff" Thompson
|name=Jefferson Rowe "Jeff" Thompson
|birth_date=March 10, 1965
|birth_date=March 10, 1965
|spouse=Toni Estelle Hurst Thompson
|spouse=Toni Estelle Hurst Thompson
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
|office2=Louisiana State Representative for District 8 (Bossier Parish)
|term_start2=January 2012
|term_end2=January 2015
|preceded2=Jane H. Smith
|succeeded2=James Michael "Mike" Johnson
|office=Division B [[Judge]] of the<br> Louisiana 26th Judicial District Court
|term_start=January 2015
|preceded=Ford Edwards Stinson, Jr.
}}
}}
'''Jefferson Rowe "Jeff" Thompson''' (born March 10, 1965) is a [[lawyer]] in Bossier City, [[Louisiana]], who is a judge of the Louisiana 26th Judicial District. A [[Republican Party|Republican]] born in [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], he formerly served in the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 8 in Bossier Parish from 2012 to 2015.
'''Jefferson Rowe "Jeff" Thompson''' (born March 10, 1965) is a [[lawyer]] in [[Bossier City]], [[Louisiana]], who is a judge of the Louisiana 26th Judicial District. A [[Republican Party|Republican]] born in [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], he formerly served in the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 8 in Bossier Parish from 2012 to 2015.
Thompson was elected to the House in 2011, when the term-limited incumbent, fellow Republican Jane H. Smith, also of Bossier City, ran instead, unsuccessfully, for the Louisiana State Senate. Thompson defeated fellow Republican, Duke Lowrie, 4,991 (56.8 percent) to 3,803 (43.3 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10222011/10222011_Legislative.html|title=Election returns, October 22, 2011|publisher=staticresults.sos.la.gov|accessdate=May 15, 2012}}</ref> Smith, meanwhile, was defeated by the Republican businessman [[Barrow Peacock]] of [[Shreveport]] for the Senate seat vacated by Republican B. L. "Buddy" Shaw, who like Smith is a former educator.
Thompson was elected to the House in 2011, when the term-limited incumbent, fellow Republican Jane H. Smith, also of Bossier City, ran instead, unsuccessfully, for the Louisiana State Senate. Thompson defeated fellow Republican and [[conservative]] Duke Lowrie, 4,991 (56.8 percent) to 3,803 (43.3 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10222011/10222011_Legislative.html|title=Election returns, October 22, 2011|publisher=staticresults.sos.la.gov|accessdate=May 15, 2012}}</ref> Smith, meanwhile, was defeated by the Republican businessman [[Barrow Peacock]] of [[Shreveport]] for the Senate seat vacated by Republican B. L. "Buddy" Shaw, who like Smith is a former educator.
In 2008, Thompson was an unsuccessful candidate for the [[United States House of Representatives]] from Louisiana's 4th congressional district. The seat opened when the incumbent Jim McCrery stepped down to become a [[lobbyist]]. Thompson ran third in the primary, and the position eventually went to the Republican physician and businessman [[John Fleming]] of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]].
In 2008, Thompson was an unsuccessful candidate for the [[United States House of Representatives]] from Louisiana's 4th congressional district. The seat opened when the incumbent Jim McCrery stepped down to become a [[lobbyist]]. Thompson ran third in the primary, and the position eventually went to the Republican physician and businessman [[John Fleming]] of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]].
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