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{{Infobox officeholder
{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Christopher J. "Chris" Leopold
|name=Christopher J. "Chris" Leopold
|image=Christopher J Leopold.jpg
|birth_date=April 22, 1968
|birth_date=April 22, 1968
|birth_place=
|birth_place=Place of birth missing<br>
Resident of Belle Chasse in Plaquemines Parish
|spouse=Joanna Cappiello Leopold
|spouse=Joanna Cappiello Leopold
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
|religion=[[Roman Catholic]]
|religion=[[Roman Catholic]]
|office=Louisiana State Representative for District 105 (Jefferson, Orleans and, primarily, Plaquemines Parish)
|office=Louisiana State Representative for District 105 (Jefferson, Orleans, and Plaquemines parish)
|term_start=January 2012
|term_start=January 2012
|term_end=January 13, 2020
|preceded=Ernest Wooton
|preceded=Ernest Wooton
|succeeded=Mack Cormier
}}
}}
'''Christopher J. "Chris" Leopold''' (born April 22, 1968)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/christopher-leopold/cleopold3555k|title=Christopher Leopold|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=September 12, 2017}}</ref> is a [[business]]man from Belle Chasse, [[Louisiana]], who is a [[Republican]] member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 105 in [[suburban]] [[New Orleans]].
'''Christopher J. Leopold''', known as '''Chris Leopold''' (born April 22, 1968),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/christopher-leopold/cleopold3555k|title=Christopher Leopold|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=September 12, 2017}}</ref> is a [[business]]man from Belle Chasse, [[Louisiana]], who is a [[Republican]] departing member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 105 in [[suburban]] [[New Orleans]].
A native of southeastern Louisiana, Leopold graduated in 1986 from St. Martin's Episcopal School in Metairie in Jefferson Parish. In 1990, he received a bachelor's degree in marketing from Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond. He later attended the Institute of Politics at Loyola University in [[New Orleans]].<ref name=leop>{{cite web|url=http://www.leopoldforlouisiana.com/about|title=My Resume|publisher=leopoldforlouisiana.com|accessdate=May 18, 2012}}</ref>
A native of southeastern Louisiana, Leopold graduated in 1986 from St. Martin's Episcopal School in Metairie in Jefferson Parish. In 1990, he received a bachelor's degree in marketing from Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond. He later attended the Institute of Politics at Loyola University in [[New Orleans]].<ref name=leop>{{cite web|url=http://www.leopoldforlouisiana.com/about|title=My Resume|publisher=leopoldforlouisiana.com|accessdate=May 18, 2012}}</ref>
Leopold was elected in 1996, 2000, and 2004 to the Republican State Central Committee.<ref name=leop/> In 2011, he was elected to the state House to fill the seat vacated by the term-limited Ernest Wooton, an [[Independent voter|Independent]] and a former St. Bernard Parish sheriff. In the general election held on November 19, Leopold defeated fellow Republican, Harold L. "Rocky" Asevedo, 4,786 (53.4 percent) to 4,183 (46.6 percent). In addition to Plaquemines Parish, the district also includes a few precincts from Jefferson and Orleans parishes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/11192011/11192011_Legislative.html|title=General election returns, November 19, 2011|publisher=staticresults.sos.la.gov|accessdate=May 18, 2012}}</ref>
Leopold was elected in 1996, 2000, and 2004 to the Republican State Central Committee.<ref name=leop/> In 2011, he was elected to the state House to fill the seat vacated by the term-limited Ernest Wooton, an [[Independent voter|Independent]] and a former St. Bernard Parish sheriff. In the general election held on November 19, Leopold defeated fellow Republican, Harold L. "Rocky" Asevedo, 4,786 (53.4 percent) to 4,183 (46.6 percent). In addition to Plaquemines Parish, the district also includes a few precincts from Jefferson and Orleans parishes.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 19, 2011.</ref>
Leopold is a member of Ducks Unlimited, Rotary International, and the [[Roman Catholic]] men's organization, the [[Knights of Columbus]]. He and his wife, the former Joanna Cappiello, have three children, William, Charley Ann, and Sydney Claire Leopold.<ref name=leop/>
Leopold is a member of Ducks Unlimited, Rotary International, and the [[Roman Catholic]] men's organization, the [[Knights of Columbus]]. He and his wife, the former Joanna Cappiello, have three children, William, Charley Ann, and Sydney Claire Leopold.<ref name=leop/>
Leopold was unseated in his bid for a third term in the state House by the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Mack Cormier, who polled 7,127 votes (54 percent) to Leopold's 6,075 (46 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 16, 2019.</ref> In the October 12 nonpartisan blanket [[primary]], Leopold had also polled 46 percent of the vote, compared to Cormier's 39 percent, and the remaining 15 percent for a second Republican, Christopher Schulz.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 12, 2019.</ref>
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