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'''Heather Deshea Miley Cloud''' (born April 12, 1982), is the incoming [[Republican Party|Republican]] state senator for District 28, which encompasses Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Evangeline, and St. Landry parishes in the southern portion of the state. On January 13, 2020, she will succeed the term-limited [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] Senator Eric LaFleur of Ville Platte in Evangeline Parish.

'''Heather Deshea Miley Cloud''' (born April 12, 1982), is the incoming [[Republican Party|Republican]] state senator for District 28, which encompasses Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Evangeline, and St. Landry parishes in the southern portion of the state. On January 13, 2020, she will succeed the term-limited [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] Senator Eric LaFleur of Ville Platte in Evangeline Parish.

Cloud finished the Senate race with 22,293 votes (63 percent) and defeated two Democratic candidate, both outgoing state representatives,  Robert Allen Johnson (born 1975), an [[attorney]] from Marksville in Avoyelles Parish, and Harvey Bernard LeBas, a pharmacist from Ville Platte. Johnson received 8,370 (24 percent); LeBas, 4,646 (13 percent). There was a 52 percent turnout of registered voters.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 12, 2019.</ref>  

Cloud finished the Senate race with 22,293 votes (63 percent) and defeated two Democratic candidate, both outgoing state representatives,  Robert Allen Johnson (born 1975), an [[attorney]] from Marksville in Avoyelles Parish, and Harvey Bernard LeBas, a pharmacist from Ville Platte. Johnson received 8,370 (24 percent); LeBas, 4,646 (13 percent). There was a 52 percent turnout of registered voters.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 12, 2019.</ref>  

Republican [[Tom Schedler]], who resigned amid a sex scandal. Cloud finished eighth in a field of nine candidates with 71,195 votes (5 percent). Republican [[Kyle Ardoin]] emerged the winner of the [[special election]],<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 6, 2018.</ref> and he then won a full term as secretary of state on November 16, 2019, in the same election in which Democratic Governor [[John Bel Edwards]] narrowly defeated the Baton Rouge businessman Republican [[Eddie Rispone]].

Republican [[Tom Schedler]], who resigned amid a sex scandal. Cloud finished eighth in a field of nine candidates with 71,195 votes (5 percent). Republican [[Kyle Ardoin]] emerged the winner of the [[special election]],<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 6, 2018.</ref> and he then won a full term as secretary of state on November 16, 2019, in the same election in which Democratic Governor [[John Bel Edwards]] narrowly defeated the Baton Rouge businessman Republican [[Eddie Rispone]].

Cloud was formerly employed by the Vermilion [[Chamber of Commerce]] in Abbeville. In 2005, she left a brief career as an elementary school [[educator]]. Cloud and her husband, Jody Lynn Cloud (born 1977), have two sons, Logan and Ethan  Cloud. The Clouds operate a [[restaurant]] and a trucking company.<ref name=aboutheather>{{cite web|url=https://www.heathercloudforlouisiana.com/about-1|title=About Heather Cloud|publisher=heathercloudforlouisiana.com|accessdate=December 4, 2019}}</ref>

Cloud was formerly employed by the Vermilion [[Chamber of Commerce]] in Abbeville. In 2005, she left a brief career as an elementary school [[educator]]. Cloud and her husband, Jody Lynn Cloud (born 1977), have two sons, Logan and Ethan  Cloud. The Clouds operate a [[restaurant]] and a trucking company.<ref name=aboutheather>{{cite web|url=https://www.heathercloudforlouisiana.com/about-1|title=About Heather Cloud|publisher=heathercloudforlouisiana.com|accessdate=December 4, 2019}}</ref>

In 2017, at the age of thirty-five, Cloud was diagnosed with [[cancer]]. Surgery was performed at MD Anderson in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]].The cancer metastasized beyond her thyroid to numerous lymph nodes. She was preparing for radiation treatment when tests revealed that the cancer had disappeared. Cloud describes herself as "a woman of great faith in our [[Lord Jesus Christ]], and I believe in present-day miracles."<ref name=aboutheather/>.

In 2017, at the age of thirty-five, Cloud was diagnosed with [[cancer]]. Surgery was performed at MD Anderson in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]].The cancer metastasized beyond her thyroid to numerous lymph nodes. She was preparing for radiation treatment when tests revealed that the cancer had disappeared. Cloud describes herself as "a woman of great faith in our [[Lord Jesus Christ]], and I believe in present-day miracles."<ref name=aboutheather/>

 

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