Chris Broadwater
| Christopher D. Broadwater | |
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| Louisiana State Representative for District 86 (Tangipahoa Parish) |
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Assumed office January 9, 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Jim Tucker |
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| Born |
March 22, 1972 St. Francisville West Feliciana Parish Louisiana, USA |
| Political party | Republican |
| Residence |
Hammond, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana |
| Alma mater |
Louisiana College New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary Louisiana State University Law Center |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Louisiana College New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary
Christopher D. Broadwater, known as Chris Broadwater (born March 22, 1972), is an attorney in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, who is a Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from District 86, which encompasses within Tangipahoa Parish the communities of Independence, Tickfaw, Natalbany, and northwestern Hammond, Broadwater's own city of residence. Broadwater won the seat in a low-turnout general election held on November 19, 2011. Broadwater defeated fellow Republican George Holton, 2,800 (56.9 percent) to 2,125 (43.2 percent).
A native of Saint Francisville in West Feliciana Parish, Broadwater listed the key campaign issues in 2011 as economic development and education. He claimed that his private sector experience and his work as the former director of the office of workers compensation would give him an early advantage as a legislator. Broadwater promised to pursue a balanced state budget. As the former head of a state agency, he developed and managed a $62 million departmental budget during the first term of Governor Bobby Jindal.
Broadwater won the seat vacated by the term-limited Speaker Jim Tucker in a low-turnout general election held on November 19, 2011. Tucker himself ran unsuccessfully for Louisiana Secretary of State but lost to incumbent Tom Schedler. District 86 had been relocated after the 2010 United States Census. The "District 86" represented by Tucker was south of Lake Pontchartrain, but Broadwater's constituency was entirely north of the Lake. (The area south of the Lake had lost population because of Hurricane Katrina.)
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