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|rank=[[Lieutenant Colonel]] in [[Judge Advocate General's Corps]]

|rank=[[Lieutenant Colonel]] in the<br>[[Judge Advocate General's Corps]]

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'''Nicholas Joseph Lorusso''', known as '''Nick Lorusso''' (born November 28, 1967),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/nicholas-lorusso/nicklorusso_094|title=Nicholas Lorusso|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=April 2, 2020}}</ref> is an [[attorney]] from his native [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]], who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] former state representative for District 94 in Jefferson and Orleans parishes.<ref name=pvs>{{cite web|url=https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/72929/nick-lorusso|title=Nicholas Lorusso's Biography|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=April 2, 2020}}</ref> ​

'''Nicholas Joseph Lorusso''', known as '''Nick Lorusso''' (born November 28, 1967),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/nicholas-lorusso/nicklorusso_094|title=Nicholas Lorusso|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=April 2, 2020}}</ref> is an [[attorney]] from his native [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]], who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] former state representative for District 94 in Jefferson and Orleans parishes.<ref name=pvs>{{cite web|url=https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/72929/nick-lorusso|title=Nicholas Lorusso's Biography|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=April 2, 2020}}</ref> ​

==Political life==

==Political life==

Lorusso won his House seat in a [[special election]] called upon the resignation of long-term Republican Representative Charles Emile "Peppi" Bruneau, Jr. Bruneau's son, Jeb Bruneau, entered the race to succeed his father. In a low-turnout runoff contest, Lorusso defeated Jeb Bruneau, 2,592 votes (59.7 percent) to 1,751 (40.3 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, March 31, 2007.</ref>​

Lorusso won his House seat in a [[special election]] called upon the resignation of long-term Republican Representative [[Peppi Bruneau|Charles Emile "Peppi" Bruneau, Jr.]] Bruneau's son, Jeb Bruneau, entered the race to succeed his father. In a low-turnout runoff contest, Lorusso defeated Jeb Bruneau, 2,592 votes (59.7 percent) to 1,751 (40.3 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, March 31, 2007.</ref>​

Lorusso nearly won the representative's post outright for a full four-year term in the regular nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] held on October 20, 2007. He polled 4,470 votes (48.7 percent). In second place was the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Deborah Langhoff, who received 2,638 votes (28.8 percent). A second Republican, Adrian Bruneau, another son of Peppi Bruneau, obtained 1,897 votes (20.7 percent). An [[Independent voter|Independent]], William Vanderwall, Sr., held the remaining 166 votes (1.8 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 20, 2007.</ref> In the November 17 [[general election]], Lorusso defeated Langhoff, 4,177 votes (62.5 percent) to 2,508 (37.5 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 17, 2007.</ref>

Lorusso nearly won the representative's post outright for a full four-year term in the regular nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] held on October 20, 2007. He polled 4,470 votes (48.7 percent). In second place was the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Deborah Langhoff, who received 2,638 votes (28.8 percent). A second Republican, Adrian Bruneau, another son of Peppi Bruneau, obtained 1,897 votes (20.7 percent). An [[Independent voter|Independent]], William Vanderwall, Sr., held the remaining 166 votes (1.8 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 20, 2007.</ref> In the November 17 [[general election]], Lorusso defeated Langhoff, 4,177 votes (62.5 percent) to 2,508 (37.5 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 17, 2007.</ref>