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'''Austin Joseph Badon, Jr.''' (born December 14, 1964),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/austin-badon/e30142097178|title=Austin Badon|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=July 29, 2020}}</ref> is an [[African-American]] educational administrator in his native [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]], who is a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] former state representative for District 100 in Orleans Parish. First elected in 2003, he was term-limited in the 2015 state elections.<ref name=ajb>{{cite web|url=https://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2024 (Orleans Parish)|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=July 29, 2020}}</ref>
'''Austin Joseph Badon, Jr.''' (born December 14, 1964),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/austin-badon/e30142097178|title=Austin Badon|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=July 29, 2020}}</ref> is an [[African-American]] former educational administrator in his native [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]], who is a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] former state representative for District 100 in Orleans Parish. First elected in 2003, he was term-limited in the 2015 state elections.<ref name=ajb>{{cite web|url=https://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2024 (Orleans Parish)|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=July 29, 2020}}</ref>
==Background==
==Background==
Badon won his second term in 2007 over another New Orleans Democrat, Catherine Pleasant, 3,845 votes (72 percent) to 1,497 (28 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 20, 2007.</ref>
Badon won his second term in 2007 over another New Orleans Democrat, Catherine Pleasant, 3,845 votes (72 percent) to 1,497 (28 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 20, 2007.</ref>
In 2010, Badon ran unsuccessfully for the District E seat on the New Orleans City Council.<ref>f>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, March 6, 2010.</ref> He was unopposed for his third term in the House in 2011.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 22, 2011.</ref>
In 2010, Badon ran unsuccessfully for the District E seat on the New Orleans City Council.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, March 6, 2010.</ref> He was unopposed for his third term in the House in 2011.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 22, 2011.</ref>
Badon served on the Louisiana Legislative Black Caucus and the Democratic Caucus. Badon is chairman of the House Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs Committee and sits as well on the Administration of Criminal Justice Committee.<ref name=ajb/>
Badon served on the Louisiana Legislative Black Caucus and the Democratic Caucus. Badon is chairman of the House Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs Committee and sits as well on the Administration of Criminal Justice Committee.<ref name=ajb/>
In May 2015, Badon introduced a similar measure to guarantee that individuals seeking employment or housing are "treated equally" regardless of "sexual orientation or sexual choice, age or disability." Badon that said his constitutents support the measure. He also criticized [[Governor]] [[Bobby Jindal]] for support of the religious freedom measure pushed by then state Representative [[Mike Johnson]], a [[Republican Party|Republican]] from Benton in Bossier Parish who was elected [[U.S. Representative]] for Louisiana's 4th congressional district in 2016.<ref>Meg Gatto, "Rep. Austin Badon wants to end discrimination based on sexual orientation," KCBD-TV ([[NBC]] in [[Lubbock]], [[Texas]]), May 11, 2015; material no longer accessible on-line.</ref>
In May 2015, Badon introduced a similar measure to guarantee that individuals seeking employment or housing are "treated equally" regardless of "sexual orientation or sexual choice, age or disability." Badon that said his constitutents support the measure. He also criticized [[Governor]] [[Bobby Jindal]] for support of the religious freedom measure pushed by then state Representative [[Mike Johnson]], a [[Republican Party|Republican]] from Benton in Bossier Parish who was elected [[U.S. Representative]] for Louisiana's 4th congressional district in 2016.<ref>Meg Gatto, "Rep. Austin Badon wants to end discrimination based on sexual orientation," KCBD-TV ([[NBC]] in [[Lubbock]], [[Texas]]), May 11, 2015; material no longer accessible on-line.</ref>
In December 2021, Badon lost a race for Clerk of the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court. He polled 25,178 votes (44 percent) to 32,318 (56 percent) for another Democrat, Darren Lombard.
In 2023, Louisiana [[Republican Party|Republican]] Governor-elect [[Jeff Landry]] appointed the Democrat Austin Badon to become the assistant to Dan G. Casey, the Commissioner of the Office of Motor Vehicles.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/gov-elect-jeff-landry-names-new-heads-to-the-office-of-motor-vehicles/ar-AA1lrPDk?ocid=msedgntp&pc=DCTS&cvid=a6713008445e4d6490bd91df9cc76c29&ei=35|title=Gov-Elect Jeff Landry names new heads to the Office of Motor Vehicles|publisher=WAFB-TV in Baton Rouge|accessdate=December 13, 2023}}</ref> Badon campaigned for Landry in the primary election held on October 14, 2023.
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