Louis Lambert Politician

Louis Joseph Lambert, Jr. (born December 21, 1940), is a Louisiana attorney, businessman, former member and chairman of the Louisiana Public Service Commission, and a former Louisiana state senator.Lambert, while serving on the PSC, lost the 1979 gubernatorial race to Republican U.S. Representative David C. Treen, then of Jefferson Parish in the Third 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 Democrat to lose to a Republican candidate in a statewide general election, popularly called the runoff.Lambert represented District 18 in the Louisiana State Senate from 1994 until 2004. His district encompassed parts of East Baton Rouge, Ascension, Livingston, St. James, and St. John the Baptist parishes. He lives in Prairieville (Ascension Parish) with his wife, Mary Gayle S. Lambert.Lambert was to have been a major candidate in the November 4, 2008, general election for District Attorney in the 23rd Judicial District, which encompasses Ascension, Assumption, and St. James parishes. He faced a fellow Democrat, assistant district attorney Ricky Babin (born ca. 1962). In the October 4 jungle primary, Babin received 11,540 votes (34.8 percent) to Lambert's 9,370 votes (28.3 percent). Citing political divisiveness in the lengthy campaign, Lambert withdrew from the race, and Babin won by default.

Personal facts

Birth dateDecember 21, 1940
Religion
Christian

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Office holder

office
Member of Louisiana State University Board of Supervisors
Louisiana State Senator from Ascension Livingston and St. James parishes
Louisiana Public Service Commissioner from Baton Rouge-based District 3
Louisiana State Senator from District 18 (parts of Ascension East Baton Rouge Livingston St. James and St. John the Baptist parishes)
party
Democratic Party (United States)

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External resources

  1. http://capitolwatch.reallouisiana.com/html/EAD58C18-6C6A-4A5A-8755-3375A8193DE6.shtml
  2. http://www.enlou.com/officeholders/senatedistrict18.htm
  3. http://www.lsusystem.lsu.edu/boardofsupermembers.html#lambert
  4. http://www.sos.louisiana.gov:8090/cgibin/?rqstyp=elcms2&rqsdta=092786
  5. http://www.sos.louisiana.gov:8090/cgibin/?rqstyp=elcms3&rqsdta=102195
  6. http://www.sos.louisiana.gov:8090/cgibin/?rqstyp=elcms3&rqsdta=111503