Barry Ivey
| Barry Dee Ivey | |
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| Louisiana House of Representatives from District 65 (East Baton Rouge Parish) | |
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Assumed office March 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Clif Richardson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 1979 Central East Baton Rouge Parish Louisiana, USA |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Julie Marie Ivey (married c. 1998) |
| Children | 4 |
| Residence | Central, Louisiana |
| Alma mater |
Central (Louisiana) High School |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Religion | Non-denominational Christian |
Central (Louisiana) High School
Barry Dee Ivey (born November 1979) is a businessman from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, who is a Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from District 65, the victor in a special election held on March 2, 2013.
Ivey graduated from Central High School in his native Central in East Baton Rouge Parish and received a Bachelor of Science degree in finance from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. He is the president of Pinnacle Precision Services LLC, which supplies piping/mechanical services mostly to the nuclear power industry. He is a member of the board of directors of the Louisiana Republican State Central Committee. A non-denominational Christian, he is a member of longstanding of Victory Harvest Church. He and his wife, Julie Marie Ivey, whom he married c. 1998, have four children.
A newcomer to politics, Ivey defeated fellow Republican Scott Wilson, a member of the Baton Rouge Metro Council, to fill the seat vacated by Clif Richardson, a Republican legislator from Greenwell Springs, who stepped down in November 2012 because of cancer.
Former State Representative Woody Jenkins, now chairman of the East Baton Rouge Parish Republican Executive Committee, said that the panel endorsed Ivey because he is "strongly pro-life and is a staunch defender of Second Amendment rights. ... His priority is to cut the state budget to eliminate waste, fraud and low priority programs." Ivey described himself as an "ordinary citizen who is very concerned about the direction of our government and the erosion of our freedom. I will oppose the growth of government ... and protect the freedoms of the people of District 65 from slowly eroding." In the campaign, Ivey said that he has "the temperament and experience to work with other legislators to deliver concrete results for our district."
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