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3 unusual facts about Jefferson Parish


Jefferson Parish, Louisiana

Kernan "Skip" Hand, former state representative and Jefferson Parish district court judge

In East Jefferson, the Causeway Boulevard corridor grew into a commercial office node, while the Elmwood neighborhood developed as a center for light manufacturing and distribution.

Broussard's report of the events he discussed on Meet the Press have subsequently proven to be inaccurate.


Barry Ivey

On the same day that Ivey was elected, another Republican, Julie Stokes, won the special election in District 79 in Jefferson Parish to choose a successor to Republican Tony Ligi, who resigned to take another position.

Benny Rousselle

Other politicians who criticized the way the U.S. government handled the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina were Mayor Ray Nagin of New Orleans and parish presidents Junior Rodriguez from St. Bernard and Aaron Broussard from Jefferson.

Leonidas, New Orleans

A subdistrict of the Uptown/Carrollton Area, its boundaries as defined by the City Planning Commission are: South Claiborne Avenue, Leonidas and Fig Streets to the north, South Carrollton Avenue to the east, the Mississippi River and Jefferson Parish to the west.

Louisiana Highway 3152

LA 3152 begins at an interchange with U.S. 90 and LA 48 (Jefferson Highway) at the east bank base of the Huey P. Long Bridge in Elmwood.

Louisiana Highway 611

LA 3152 has since been extended south over South Clearview Parkway to U.S. 90/LA 48 (Jefferson Highway) at the Huey P. Long Bridge and north to I-10 over most of its former route.

Melinda Schwegmann

She is married to former Public Service Commissioner John F. Schwegmann (born 1945) of Metairie in Jefferson Parish.

United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana, 2008

His opponents in the primary were New Orleans city councilman James Carter, former New Orleans city councilman Troy Carter, Jefferson Parish councilman Byron Lee, former TV anchor Helena Moreno, State Representative Cedric Richmond, and former mayoral aide Kenya Smith.


see also

Jefferson Parish Hospital District No. 2 v. Hyde

Jefferson Parish Hospital District No. 2 v. Hyde, 466 U.S. 2 (1984), is a United States Supreme Court case involving "tying arrangements" and antitrust law.

Louisiana Highway 611

From the south, LA 611-3 begins at an intersection with LA 611-1 (River Road) in Jefferson and, after passing the Jefferson Parish Streets Department facility, terminates at an intersection with U.S. 90 (Jefferson Highway).

Ricky Templet

Templet is a graduate of West Jefferson High School in Jefferson Parish, of which is wife, Dr. Christine Templet, has been since 2010 the principal.

Stephen J. Windhorst

In the nonpartisan blanket primary, also known as the jungle primary, held on November 16, 1991, Windhorst upset and unseated fellow Republican Representative Terry W. Gee, who had served since 1980, beginning with the gubernatorial term of Governor David C. Treen, then of Jefferson Parish.