Dan Morrish
| Dan Wesley "Blade" Morrish | |
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| Louisiana State Senator for District 25 | |
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In office January 14, 2008 – Incumbent |
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| Preceded by | Gerald Theunissen |
| Louisiana State Representative for District 37 (Jefferson Davis and Calcasieu parishes) | |
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In office 1996 – January 14, 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Gerald Theunissen |
| Succeeded by | John E. Guinn |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 20, 1950 |
| Political party | Democrat-turned-Republican in 2005 |
| Spouse(s) | Kathleen Vidrine Morrish |
| Children |
Erin Morrish Boudreaux |
| Alma mater | McNeese State University |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
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(1) In his first elections to the state Louisiana House of Representatives and the state Senate, Morrish in both cases followed Gerald Theunissen, another Democrat-turned-Republican from Jennings. (2) Senator Morrish is considered a conservative in politics, ranked highly by both the Louisiana Family Forum and the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry. |
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Erin Morrish Boudreaux
(1) In his first elections to the state Louisiana House of Representatives and the state Senate, Morrish in both cases followed Gerald Theunissen, another Democrat-turned-Republican from Jennings.
Dan Wesley Morrish, sometimes known as Blade Morrish (born October 20, 1950), is a Republican member of the Louisiana State Senate (District 25) from Jennings, the seat of Jefferson Davis Parish in southwestern Louisiana.
Morrish won his Senate seat in the general election held on November 17, 2007, when he defeated the Democrat Gil Pinac of Crowley, the seat of Acadia Parish, also a departing state representative from a nearby district. In a low-turnout contest, Morrish polled 11,186 votes (53.9 percent) to Pinac's 9,556 (46.1 percent). Shortly after his defeat, Pinac switched to Republican affiliation and ran third in a special election held on April 4, 2009, for the Louisiana Public Service Commission. Former U.S. Representative Clyde C. Holloway of Rapides Parish won the seat, after the second-place candidate, Democratic State Senator Joe McPherson, also of Rapides Parish, withdrew.
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