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| succeeded2=Ralph Falsetta
| succeeded2=Ralph Falsetta
| office3=Louisiana Public Service Commissioner from [[Baton Rouge]]-based District 3
| office3=Louisiana Public Service Commissioner from [[Baton Rouge]]-based District 3
| term_start3 = 1974
| term_start3=1974
| term_end3 = 1992
| term_end=1992
| preceded3= New position
| preceded3=New position
| succeeded3 =Irma Muse Dixon
| succeeded3=Irma Muse Dixon
| office4 = Member of [[Louisiana State University]] Board of Supervisors
| office4=Member of [[Louisiana State University]] Board of Supervisors
| term_start4 = 2002
| term_start4 = 2002
| term_end4 = June 1, 2008
| term_end4 = June 1, 2008
| religion = [[Christian]]
| religion = [[Christian]]
| alma_mater=St Amant School<br>
| alma_mater=St Amant School<br>
Louisiana State University<br>
Loyola New Orleans School of Law
Loyola New Orleans School of Law
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}}
'''Louis Joseph Lambert, Jr.''' (born December 21, 1940), is a [[Louisiana]] [[attorney]], [[business]]man, former member and chairman of the [[Louisiana Public Service Commission]], and a former state senator.
'''Louis Joseph Lambert, Jr.''' (born December 21, 1940), is a [[Louisiana]] [[attorney]], [[business]]man, former member and chairman of his state's Public Service Commission. He also served two nonsecutive years in the state Senate.
Lambert, while serving on the PSC, lost the 1979 [[Governor|gubernatorial]] race to [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[U.S. Representative]] [[David C. Treen]], then of Jefferson Parish in Louisiana's 3rd congressional district. A switch of 4,979 votes out of nearly 1.4 million cast, however, would have made Lambert governor by a one-vote margin. Lambert was the first Louisiana [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] to lose to a Republican candidate in a statewide [[general election]].
Lambert, while serving on the PSC, lost the 1979 [[Governor|gubernatorial]] race to [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[U.S. Representative]] [[David C. Treen]], then of Jefferson Parish in Louisiana's 3rd congressional district. A switch of 4,979 votes out of nearly 1.4 million cast, however, would have made Lambert governor by a one-vote margin. Lambert was the first Louisiana [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] to lose to a Republican candidate in a statewide [[general election]].