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Revision as of 21:56, May 1, 2018
| Jefferson Rowe "Jeff" Thompson | |
Division B Judge of the
Louisiana 26th Judicial District Court | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office January 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Ford Edwards Stinson, Jr. |
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Louisiana State Representative for District 8 (Bossier Parish)
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| In office January 2012 – January 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Jane Holland Smith |
| Succeeded by | Mike Johnson |
| Born | March 10, 1965 Alexandria, Louisiana |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Toni Estelle Hurst Thompson |
| Religion | Baptist |
Jefferson Rowe Thompson, known as 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 born in 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 and conservative Duke Lowrie, 4,991 (56.8 percent) to 3,803 (43.3 percent).[1] Smith, meanwhile, was defeated by the Republican businessman Barrow Peacock of Shreveport for the Senate seat vacated by Republican B. L. "Buddy" Shaw of Shreveport, who like Smith was an 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.
In the spring of 2012, Representative Thompson worked to kill an anti-bullying bill sponsored by Patricia Smith, a Democrat from Baton Rouge. Conservative opponents to the legislation claimed that the measure is at odds with freedom of speech rulings by the United States Supreme Court. Thompson offered an amendment, which removed those sections of the bill that specify prohibitions against bullying in regard to sexual orientation, disabilities, and race. Smith said that the Thompson amendment effectively killed the focus of the legislation, and she withdrew it from further consideration.[2]
Thompson and his wife, the former Toni Estelle Hurst (born November 30, 1967), reside in Benton, the location of the Bossier Parish Court House.[3] They are members of the large Cypress Baptist Church there.
References
- ↑ Election returns, October 22, 2011. staticresults.sos.la.gov. Retrieved on May 15, 2012.
- ↑ Will Sentell, "Changes doom bullying proposal," May 1, 2012. Baton Rouge Morning Advocate. Retrieved on May 15, 2012.
- ↑ Toni Thompson. Mylife.com. Retrieved on September 13, 2017.