Raymond La La Lalonde Politician
Raymond "La La" Lalonde (born October 22, 1940) is a former Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Carencro in Lafayette Parish. He formerly resided in the town of Sunset in St. Landry Parish. He served in the Louisiana House from 1980-1996. In 2000, Lalonde then ran for Lafayette City-Parish Council in 2000. After that defeat, he switched affiliation to the Republican Party. He was defeated again in the November 17, 2007, general election for his former legislative seat by the Democrat Bobby G. Badon, a small businessman and a former member of the Carencro City Council. Badon polled 3,914 (52 percent) to Lalonde's 3,662 (48 percent) in a low-turnout general election. Badon said that crossover Republican voters helped to secure his Democratic victory and that he is committed to ending corrupt practices in Louisiana state government: "I have not sold my vote to any special interest group. When I get to Baton Rouge, I don't owe anyone any favors," he told the Lafayette Daily Advertiser. Incumbent Clara Baudoin was term-limited and hence ineligible to seek a fourth term. In the October 20 jungle primary Lalonde had led Badon, 4,352 (30 percent) to 4,028 (27 percent). Two other primary candidates, both Democrats, held a combined and critical 43 percent of the vote.
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| office | Louisiana State Representative District 39 |
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| successor | Clara Baudoin |