| − | '''John Harold Bagneris''' (born July 1950)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Home/Home?uid=1252015|title=John Bagneris, July 1950|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=April 3, 2016}}</ref> is an [[African-American]] [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 100 in eastern Orleans Parish, [[Louisiana]]. On January 11, 2016, he succeeded Austin Badon, another [[New Orleans]] African-American Democrat who was term-limited. | + | '''John Harold Bagneris''' (born July 1950)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Home/Home?uid=1252015|title=John Bagneris, July 1950|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=April 3, 2016}}</ref> is an [[African-American]] [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 100 in eastern Orleans Parish, [[Louisiana]]. On January 11, 2016, he succeeded [[Austin Badon]], another [[New Orleans]] African-American Democrat who was term-limited. |
| | To win the position, Bagneris defeated in the [[general election]] held on November 21, 2015, another Democrat, Alicia Plummer Clivens (born 1959), 6,662 votes (54.9 percent) to 5,150 (45.1 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/John_Bagneris|title=John Bagneris|publisher=ballotpedia.org|accessdate=April 3, 2016}}</ref> Clivens oversees the reopened New Orleans East Hospital and formerly worked in the administration of then [[Mayor]] [[Ray Nagin]]. In the campaign, Clivens charged that since 1993 Bagneris had accumulated more than $206,000 in federal and state tax liens: "He can’t pay his own tax bills. Why trust him as state representative to help you with yours?”, her mailer read.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theneworleansadvocate.com/news/14061468-173/bagneris-takes-lead-in-new|title=John Bagneris wins New Orleans East House race, despite attack over unpaid taxes|publisher=''The New Orleans Times-Picayune''|date=November 21, 2015|author=Jessica Williams|accessdate=April 3, 2016}}</ref> | | To win the position, Bagneris defeated in the [[general election]] held on November 21, 2015, another Democrat, Alicia Plummer Clivens (born 1959), 6,662 votes (54.9 percent) to 5,150 (45.1 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/John_Bagneris|title=John Bagneris|publisher=ballotpedia.org|accessdate=April 3, 2016}}</ref> Clivens oversees the reopened New Orleans East Hospital and formerly worked in the administration of then [[Mayor]] [[Ray Nagin]]. In the campaign, Clivens charged that since 1993 Bagneris had accumulated more than $206,000 in federal and state tax liens: "He can’t pay his own tax bills. Why trust him as state representative to help you with yours?”, her mailer read.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theneworleansadvocate.com/news/14061468-173/bagneris-takes-lead-in-new|title=John Bagneris wins New Orleans East House race, despite attack over unpaid taxes|publisher=''The New Orleans Times-Picayune''|date=November 21, 2015|author=Jessica Williams|accessdate=April 3, 2016}}</ref> |