David Heitmeier

David Heitmeier
Louisiana State Senator for District 7 (Orleans Parish)
In office 2008 – January 11, 2016
Preceded by	Francis C. Heitmeier
Succeeded by	Troy Carter
Personal details
Born	David Richard Heitmeier November 1961
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Cathy Heitmeier (m. 1985; div. 2012)
Relations	Francis C. Heitmeier (brother)
Children	Leah and Meghan
Alma mater	University of Louisiana at Lafayette University of Houston
Occupation	Optometrist

University of Louisiana at Lafayette

David Richard Heitmeier (born November 1961) is an optometrist from New Orleans, Louisiana, who was a Democratic member of the Louisiana State Senate for District 7 in Orleans Parish. First elected in 2007, he was eligible to seek a third term in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 24, 2015, but he instead declined to run again.

Heitmeier was born in the Algiers neighborhood, where he still resides. He is divorced. He has two daughters, Leah and Meghan. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1984 from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, then known as the University of Southwestern Louisiana. In 1987, he completed the optometry program at the University of Houston in Houston, Texas. Heitmeier is a volunteer for the Special Olympics and has been affiliated with Goodwill Industries of Southeastern Louisiana, Inc.

In the 2007 primary to choose a successor to his brother, the term-limited Senator Francis C. Heitmeier, David Heitmeier nearly won the position outright. He led with 11,010 votes (49.4 percent), just short of the required 50 percent plus one vote. Republican Paul Gerard Richard (born June 1957) followed with 6,904 votes (30.9 percent). The remaining 4,398 ballots (19.7 percent) went to a second Democrat, Jonathan C. Bolar. In the second round of balloting with a lower turnout on November 17, Heitmeier easily prevailed over Richard, 9,496 (62.7 percent) to 5,652 (37.3 percent). He was unopposed for his second term in 2011.

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