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Anti-Obscenity Enforcement Act

State Representative John Rogers of Birmingham has repeatedly introduced legislation to repeal the ban, but each bill has been defeated.

Berwick, Louisiana

V.J. Bella, state representative from St. Mary Parish from 1972–1980, was known as a legislative fiscal watchdog.

Betty Reed

When incumbent State Representative Arthenia Joyner opted to run for the Florida Senate rather than seek re-election, Reed ran to succeed her in the 59th District, which stretched from University to Gibsonton and included much of Tampa in Hillsborough County.

Bruce Antone

In 2000, when incumbent State Representative Alzo J. Reddick did not seek re-election, Antone ran to succeed him, facing Gary Siplin, Wardell Sims, Miles Brooks, and David Rucker in the Democratic primary.

Bruce Holland

Holland faces oposition for a four-year Senate term in the May 20, 2014 Republican primary election from District 21 State Representative Terry Rice of Waldron.

Carl Zimmermann

In 2006, when incumbent Republican State Representative Gus Bilirakis vacated his House seat due to term limits and ran for Congress, Zimmermann ran to succeed him in the 48th District, which included a few precincts in Pasco County and northern Pinellas County.

Carol Aichele

Aichele defeated two other candidates in the primary, including future State Representative Duane Milne, and succeeded retiring Republican incumbent Joseph Carpenter.

Charlie Hennigan

Then State Senator Harold Montgomery, State Representative, Parey Branton, Mayor Frank T. Norman, and other local officials presented Hennigan with a signed document of his accomplishments.

Corey O'Brien

In the Democratic primary, O'Brien finished with the second-highest vote total, narrowly ahead of former county chief of staff Elizabeth Randol, but behind the top vote getter, former State Representative James Wansacz.

Daphne Campbell

When incumbent State Representative Ronald Brise accepted a position on the Florida Public Service Commission in 2010, an open seat was created in the 108th District.

Dorothy L. Hukill

When incumbent Democratic State Representative Suzanne Kosmas was unable to seek an additional term in the House due to term limits, Hukill ran to succeed her, and narrowly defeated Democrat Jim Ward and two independent candidates to win the seat.

Frank L. Madla

Madla had maintained his Senate seat without opposition until successfully challenged in the Democratic primary held in March 2006 by the District 118 state representative, Carlos I. "Charlie" Uresti.

Gwyndolen Clarke-Reed

In 2008, following the inability of State Representative Jack Seiler to seek re-election due to term limits, Clarke-Reed ran to succeed him in the 92nd District.

Hazelle P. Rogers

When incumbent State Representative Matthew Meadows, was unable to seek re-election in 2008 due to term limits, she ran to succeed him in the 94th District, which ran from Broward Estates to North Lauderdale in Broward County.

J. W. Grant

When incumbent State Representative Kevin Ambler could not seek another term in the House due to term limits and instead decided to unsuccessfully run for the Florida State Senate, Grant ran to succeed him in the 47th District, which included parts of Hillsborough County.

Jalila Jefferson-Bullock

Jalila Eshe Jefferson-Bullock (born 1975 in New Orleans, Louisiana) was a state representative in the Louisiana Legislature from 2004 to 2007, representing House District 91, which she won from Rosalind Peychaud in a general election after losing to Peychaud in an earlier special election.

James R. Winchester

Winchester currently resides in Chickasha, Oklahoma, with his wife, State Representative Susan Winchester and their son, Davis.

Jeff Atwater

In the general election, Atwater faced off against former State Representative Loranne Ausley, whom he defeated in a landslide.

Jeff Clemens

In the Democratic primary, he faced fellow State Representative Mack Bernard.

Jonathan Saidel

Ultimately came in second in a three-person field, ahead of Doris Smith-Ribner, a former Commonwealth Court Judge from Pittsburgh, and behind the winner, State Representative Scott Conklin of Philipsburg, Centre County.

Joseph Abruzzo

Additionally, Abruzzo worked with State Representative Joe Saunders to propose the Competitive Workforce Act, which would "update the state's Civil Rights Act of 1992 to include protections against discrimination for reasons of sexual orientation and gender identity," which a University of Florida poll suggested that 73 percent of Floridians supported.

Karen Castor Dentel

When the state legislative districts were redrawn in 2012, incumbent State Representative Scott Plakon opted to run for re-election in the newly created 30th District so as to avoid a contentious primary with fellow Republican Chris Dorworth, which required him to relocate his family, as he did not live in the 30th District.

Kathleen Passidomo

In 2010, incumbent Republican State Representative Tom Grady declined to seek another term in the House, Passidomo ran to succeed him in District 76, which included Collier County.

Louisiana Highway 33

The bridge over LA 33 as it crosses Lake D'Arbonne is named for James Peyton Smith, the state representative from Union and Morehouse parishes from 1964 to 1972.

Max T. Malone

Among those who sought to succeed Malone were outgoing District 9 State Representative Billy Montgomery of Bossier City, who was term-limited himself as a state House member, and Montgomery's former House colleague, B.L. "Buddy" Shaw, a retired Shreveport educator and school board member.

Nancy C. Detert

Detert faced businessman Vern Buchanan, businessman Tramm Hudson, former State Representative Mark G. Flanagan and fellow State Representative Donna Clarke.

Neil Combee

Combee was going to run for the legislature in 2010 when incumbent State Representative Kelli Stargel was planning on seeking the Florida Senate seat held by Paula Dockery, who planned on running for Governor.

Ohio gubernatorial election, 2006

Their running mates were former Ohio Attorney General Lee Fisher on the Democratic ticket and State Representative Tom Raga on the Republican ticket.

Oklahoma's 1st congressional district special election, 2002

The Republican primary featured a competitive contest between then-First Lady of Oklahoma Cathy Keating, and state Senator Scott Pruitt, and the eventual winner state Representative John Sullivan.

Patricia Anderson

Anderson lost her re-election bid to former state representative Rebecca Otto in 2006.

Prairieville, Louisiana

State Representative Eddie J. Lambert and his wife, Judge Marilyn Montgomery Lambert, reside in Prairieville.

Ray Pilon

In 2010, when incumbent Democratic State Representative Keith Fitzgerald ran for a third term in the House, Pilon returned from political retirement to challenge him in the 69th District, which included a few precincts in southern Manatee County and northwestern Sarasota County.

Recognition of same-sex unions in Pennsylvania

In 2006, five state representatives, with Pennsylvania State Representative Scott W. Boyd as a main sponsor, introduced House Bill 2381, proposing an amendment to the Pennsylvania Constitution defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman.

Redemptorist High School

Former State Representative and Louisiana Board of Regents member Vic Stelly taught and coached at Redemptorist during the early 1960s.

Richard Guidry

:For the Louisiana former state representative from Lafourche Parish, see Dick Guidry.

Robert Aderholt

Aderholt was reelected in the November election where he beat State representative Daniel Boman, the Democratic nominee.

Robert Kostelka

Newly-converted Republican State Representative James R. Fannin of Jonesboro, who is term-limited in the House, is considered a leading prospect to seek Kostelka's seat.

Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge

In 1932, Mason Spencer, a state representative from Tallulah, armed with a gun and a hunting permit, shot a rare male Ivory-billed Woodpecker on a large tract of swamp forest land owned by the Singer Sewing Company.

The Gay Marriage Thing

The Gay Marriage Thing includes interviews with United Church of Christ Reverend Richard Wiesenbach, Massachusetts State Representative Kathi-Anne Reinstein, Unitarian Universalist Reverend Carlton Smith, as well as the featured couple and a multitude of man-on-the-street interviews.

Thomas Stevenson Drew

One of Drew's brothers, Richard Maxwell Drew, held several public offices in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, including that of state representative from 1848 until his death in 1850 at the age of twenty-eight.

United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota, 2006

Despite the strong performance of Republicans in many of the state elections held that year, including Incumbent Republican Governor Mike Rounds's 62%-36% victory over former state Representative Jack Billion, Herseth was nevertheless reelected.

United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama, 2012

State representative Daniel Boman, and Rick Neighbors, a former plant supervisor, sought the Democratic nomination to challenge Aderholt.

United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky, 2012

Walter Christian Schumm, a building contractor; Marcus Carey, a lawyer; Lewis County Judge-Executive Thomas Massie; Boone County Judge-Executive Gary Moore; Brian Oerther, a teacher;state representative Alecia Webb-Edgington; and Tom Wurtz, a business consultant, sought the Republican nomination to succeed Davis.

United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, 2006

State Representative Keith Ellison beat out Mike Erlandson, Slabo's chief-of-staff; Ember Reichgott Junge, a former State Senator; and Paul Ostrow, a Minneapolis City Councilman in the DFL primary.

Vermont State Treasurer election, 2012

Wendy Wilton, the Rutland City Treasurer and former State Representative, was the Republican nominee.

W. Winfred Moore

Other receiving the same accolade were former State Representative Malouf Abraham, Sr., of Canadian, Texas, former State Senators Grady Hazlewood, Max Sherman and Teel Bivins, and former Amarillo Mayor and Texas Railroad Commissioner Ernest O. Thompson.


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Adams family political line

George Washington Adams (1801-1828), Massachusetts State Representative 1826.

Brian Calley

In securing the nomination for lieutenant governor, the state Senate nomination was vacated and former state Representative Judy Emmons was chosen to fill the spot.

Bruce M. Bolin

In the 1983 campaign, U.S. Senator J. Bennett Johnston, Jr., U.S. Representatives Jerry Huckaby and Buddy Roemer, then Louisiana House Speaker John Hainkel, and then state Representative Robert Adley headlined a testimonial dinner and fundraiser for Bolin held at the Minden Civic Center and attended by some one thousand supporters.

C. Anthony Muse

In 2004, Muse ran for an open seat in the Maryland Senate and in the Democratic primary defeated fellow State Representative Obie Patterson 55%-45%.

Charlie Howard

Charles F. Howard (born 1942), known as Charlie, Texas state representative, 1995–present

Charter Oak State College

Notable alumni include former professional football player Marvin Jones, Oklahoma State Representative Jason Murphey, Rhode Island State Representative Larry Valencia, and Connecticut television news anchor Al Terzi.

Chris King

Christopher J. King (born 1976), former Pennsylvania state representative

Colorado's 4th congressional district election, 2006

Musgrave's opponents were Democratic state representative Angie Paccione and former Ronald Reagan United States Environmental Protection Agency appointee Eric Eidsness, a former Republican who entered the race as a Reform Party candidate.

Darren Soto

In 2006, Soto ran for a seat in Florida House of Representatives from the 40th District, unsuccessfully challenging incumbent State Representative Andy Gardiner.

David R. Burns

Earlier in the same day, leading Democratic state representative Emily Cain had called for Burns' immediate resignation.

Don Williamson

Williamson was elected to the first full term of Flint Mayor since the recall of Woodrow Stanley defeating former State Representative Floyd Clack.

Francis Trowbridge Sherman

Sherman was born in Connecticut in 1825 but his family moved to Illinois in 1834 where his father, Francis Cornwall Sherman became heavily involved in Chicago politics serving as alderman and mayor of the city and as a state representative.

Garrett Richter

In 2006, Richter sought election to the Florida House of Representatives from the 76th District following the retirement of incumbent State Representative J. Dudley Goodlette.

Georgia Security and Immigration Compliance Act

On April 17, 2006, The Georgia Security and Immigration Compliance Act (GSICA) was authored by Georgia State Senator Chip Rogers, carried in the House by Georgia State Representative John Lunsford and signed into law by Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue.

Glenmora, Louisiana

Lloyd George Teekell, a state representative from 1953 to 1960 and a 9th Judicial District Court judge from 1979 to 1990, was reared in Glenmora.

Gwenyfred Bush

A former State Representative, she was a Republican nominee for a United States Senate seat in 1974 held by Ernest Hollings, a popular former Governor of South Carolina.

Hugh Parmer

In 1984, as a freshman state senator, he lost the Democratic nomination in District 6 to former State Representative Dan Kubiak of Rockdale.

James Allen Williamson

He is related to former State Representative Allen Williamson, who served in the House from 1966 to 1974 and was honored with the dedication of a bridge named after him in Payne County.

James C. Smith

In 1986, he ran for Governor, but narrowly lost the Democratic runoff to liberal state Representative Steve Pajcic.

Jefferson Parish, Louisiana

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

Jimmy Field

The Democrat Forest Wright finished second in the balloting with 76,336 votes (20.5 percent), and Republican State Representative Erich Ponti of Baton Rouge, trailed in third place with 43,287 ballots (11.6 percent).

John Kelsey

John Kelsey, an American judge and state representative from Michigan

John O. Colvin

During college and law school he was employed by a private firm, Niedner, Niedner, Nack and Bodeux, of St. Charles, Missouri, and also worked for a number of political figures, including Missouri Attorney General John C. Danforth and Missouri State Representative Richard C. Marshall, both in Jefferson City; and for U.S. Senator Mark O. Hatfield and Congressman Thomas B. Curtis, in Washington, DC.

Larry D. Shippy

Former State Representative John Hanes, who served with Shippy in the legislature in the 1990s, recalled Shippy as a person who was passionate about privatizing functions that government had usually performed but which could be handled by the private sector at cost savings.

Louisiana state elections, 2007

He was opposed by two Republicans, country musician Sammy Kershaw and State Representative Gary Beard, and by two Independents, Norris "Spanky" Gros Jr. and Thomas D. Kates.

Marie Donigan

Marie Donigan (born 1954) is the Democratic State Representative in the Michigan State House of Representatives, representing the 26th District which covers Royal Oak and Madison Heights in Oakland County.

Mary Kiffmeyer

In 2012, Kiffmeyer referred to fellow Republican State Representative John Kriesel as having "no courage" for not running for re-election in light of the Vikings Stadium vote.

Mary Louise Rasmuson

Her step-daughter was Connecticut state representative Lile Gibbons.

Massachusetts gubernatorial election, 1994

The Democratic Primary was won by Mark Roosevelt, a State Representative and the great-grandson of President Theodore Roosevelt.

Michael Costello

Michael A. Costello (born 1965), State Representative for the Massachusetts House of Representatives

Michigan's 8th congressional district election, 2006

A former resident of Oxford, Michigan, he unsuccessfully ran as a Republican candidate for state representative in 1992 and township trustee in August 2000.

Ohio Legislative Black Caucus

The Ohio Legislative Black Caucus was founded in 1967 by African American state legislators under the leadership of State Representative C.J. McLin of Dayton, Ohio (Deceased)

Oregon AFL–CIO

(One of these successful candidates was longtime Oregon AFL–CIO Secretary-Treasurer Brad Witt, incumbent State Representative.)

Randy Vulakovich

On April 11, 2006, Democrat Shawn Flaherty defeated Republican Mike Dolan in a special election to fill the remainder of Jeff Habay's term as state representative.

Reubin Askew

Mike Thompson, who managed the 1970 Republican gubernatorial primary campaign waged by state Representative L. A. "Skip" Bafalis, sat out the general election between Kirk and Askew.

Rio Grande Foundation

During the 2009 legislative session, State Representative Janice Arnold-Jones made arrangements to Webcast legislative committee meetings herself.

Robert F. Thompson

On May 23, Thompson defeated Paragould resident and former state representative Gary Biggs in the Democratic primary election for the District 11 seat.

Rocky Mountain Gun Owners

In early 2012 the group was critical of Republican State Representative Jim Kerr's support of a measure that would have restricted gun sales on Sundays.

Sam Little

Had the same number of voters who cast ballots in the attorney general's race also participated in the state representative contest, Quinn could have easily prevailed over Little, considering the 2-1 margin for successful Attorney General candidate Buddy Caldwell of Madison Parish over the Republican Royal Alexander of Shreveport.

Scott Beason

In 1998, won the primary runoff in Alabama's House District 51 against State Representative Jim Townsend with 53% of the vote.

Special edition

The Georgia Print Law written by (former) State Representative Chesley V. Morton, became effective July 1, 1986.

Spring Street Historic District

In 1988, 7 protesters, include State Representative James V. Oliver, were arrested while trying to block the demolition of an 1857 building on Park Street.

Stephen Ortego

He ran against businessman (and former Carencro mayor) Tommy Angelle, Carencro City Council member Bobby Badon, and former State Representative (and lone Republican) Raymond "La La" Lalonde.

Suzanne Crouch

In 2005 the district 78 seat for state representative was vacated by Vaneta Becker, who had moved to the State Senate to fill the vacated seat of Greg Server.

Thomas J. Ramsdell

Thomas Jefferson Ramsdell (1833-1917), entrepreneur and Michigan State Representative in 1861

Thomas Sands

Tom Sands (born 1954), Iowa State Representative from the 87th District

Tim Bledsoe

In 2006, he unsuccessfully challenged sitting State Representative Edward Gaffney for his seat in the State House.

United States Senate election in Michigan, 2008

Senator Carl Levin and State Representative Jack Hoogendyk met again, the following day (October 20), for a forum hosted by the Detroit Economic Club.

Warren E. Hearnes

His wife, Betty Cooper Hearnes, began her own political career as a state representative in 1979, serving until 1988.

Wichita Collegiate School

Raj Goyle, State Representative and 2010 Democratic candidate for Kansas's 4th congressional district