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==Background==
==Background==
Badon graduated in 1968 from Northside High School in [[Lafayette]]. Prior to his legislative tenure, Badon was a two-term member of the Carencro City Council in Lafayette Parish. He is a veteran of the [[United States Navy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/h_reps/members.asp?id=39|title=Rep. Bobby G. Badon|publisher=house.louisiana.gov|accessdate=August 30, 2011}}</ref> Badon is a [[Roman Catholic]].
Badon graduated in 1968 from Northside High School in [[Lafayette]]. Prior to his legislative tenure, Badon was a two-term member of the Carencro City Council in Lafayette Parish. He is a veteran of the [[United States Navy]]. Badon is a [[Roman Catholic]].
==Political life==
==Political life==
In 2007, he defeated the [[Republican Party|Republican]] candidate, Raymond "La La" Lalonde, a former Democratic member of the Louisiana House. In the low-turnout [[general election]] held on November 17, 2007, Badon polled 3,914 (52 percent) to Lalonde's 3,662 (48 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 17, 2007.</ref> Badon attributed crossover Republican voters who helped to secure his Democratic victory. He vowed to end corrupt practices in Louisiana state government: "I have not sold my vote to any special [[interest group]]. When I get to [[Baton Rouge]], I don't owe anyone any favors," he told the ''Lafayette Daily Advertiser.''<ref>''Lafayette Daily Advertiser,'' November 18, 2007.</ref>
In 2007, he defeated the [[Republican Party|Republican]] candidate, Raymond "La La" Lalonde, a former Democratic member of the Louisiana House. In the low-turnout [[general election]] held on November 17, 2007, Badon polled 3,914 (52 percent) to Lalonde's 3,662 (48 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 17, 2007.</ref> Badon attributed crossover Republican voters who helped to secure his Democratic victory. He vowed to end corrupt practices in Louisiana state government: "I have not sold my vote to any special [[interest group]]. When I get to [[Baton Rouge]], I don't owe anyone any favors," he told the ''Lafayette Daily Advertiser.''<ref>''Lafayette Daily Advertiser,'' November 18, 2007.</ref>