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| term_end=​January 13, 2020

| term_end=​January 13, 2020

| preceded=[[Tom Schedler]]​

| preceded=[[Tom Schedler]]​

| succeeded=​Pending runoff on November 16, 2019, between Republicans [[Reid Falconer]] and Patrick McMath

| succeeded=​[[Patrick McMath]]

| birth_date=August 19, 1944​

| birth_date=August 19, 1944​

| birth_place=[[New Orleans]], Louisiana, [[United States|USA]]​

| birth_place=[[New Orleans]], Louisiana, [[United States|USA]]​

In 2009, Governor [[Bobby Jindal]] named Donahue chairman of the Louisiana Commission on Streamlining Government, with Roy O. Martin, III, an [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]] [[industrialist]] and the son of [[Roy O. Martin, Jr.]], as the vice-chairman. Donahue's then House colleague, [[Brett Geymann]] of [[Lake Charles]], no longer a legislator, was also named to the commission. On October 25, 2009, Donahue said that the state must reduce spending: "There is no doubt that we are going to have to reduce state spending, not only to deal with our short-term budget limitations, but also to move toward a more prudent and focused use of taxpayers’ dollars."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://senatorjackdonahue.com/news.html|title=Louisiana Commission on Streamlining Government Budget Busters|publisher=senatorjackdonahue.com|accessdate=November 6, 2009}}</ref>​

In 2009, Governor [[Bobby Jindal]] named Donahue chairman of the Louisiana Commission on Streamlining Government, with Roy O. Martin, III, an [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]] [[industrialist]] and the son of [[Roy O. Martin, Jr.]], as the vice-chairman. Donahue's then House colleague, [[Brett Geymann]] of [[Lake Charles]], no longer a legislator, was also named to the commission. On October 25, 2009, Donahue said that the state must reduce spending: "There is no doubt that we are going to have to reduce state spending, not only to deal with our short-term budget limitations, but also to move toward a more prudent and focused use of taxpayers’ dollars."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://senatorjackdonahue.com/news.html|title=Louisiana Commission on Streamlining Government Budget Busters|publisher=senatorjackdonahue.com|accessdate=November 6, 2009}}</ref>​

In the fall of 2009, Donahue announced that he was relocating his Senate office from Covington in St. Tammany Parish, to his business address, 3030 East Causeway Approach in Mandeville. The relocation saves taxpayers the cost of rent in another building because office space is not funded if it is located on the premises of a lawmaker's private business.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/09/state_sen_jack_donahue_moves_d.html|title=State Sen. Jack Donahue moves district office, September 27, 2009|publisher=’’The New Orleans Times-Picayune’’|accessdate=November 6, 2009}}</ref>​

In the fall of 2009, Donahue announced that he was relocating his Senate office from Covington in St. Tammany Parish, to his business address, 3030 East Causeway Approach in Mandeville. The relocation saves taxpayers the cost of rent in another building because office space is not funded if it is located on the premises of a lawmaker's private business.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/09/state_sen_jack_donahue_moves_d.html|title=State Sen. Jack Donahue moves district office, September 27, 2009|publisher=’’The New Orleans Times-Picayune’’|accessdate=November 6, 2009}}</ref>​

To win his second term in the Senate, Donahue polled more than 80 percent of the vote in the primary held on October 22, 2011, having defeated fellow Republican Gary J. Leonard.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 22, 2011.</ref>​

To win his second term in the Senate, Donahue polled more than 80 percent of the vote in the primary held on October 22, 2011, having defeated fellow Republican Gary J. Leonard.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 22, 2011.</ref>​

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