Dee Richard
| Jerome P. "Dee" Richard | |
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| Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from the 55th district |
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Assumed office January 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Warren Triche |
| Member of the Lafourche Parish School Board from District 2 | |
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In office 1986–1994 |
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| Succeeded by | Margaret Naquin |
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March 27, 1955 Thibodaux, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Political party | Independent |
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Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Connie Berger Richard |
| Children | Victoria Richard |
| Residence | Thibodaux, Louisiana |
| Alma mater |
Thibodaux High School |
| Occupation | Sales manager for a contractor |
Thibodaux High School
Nicholls State University
Jerome P. "Dee" Richard (born March 27, 1955), is one of two Independent members of the Louisiana House of Representatives. A native and resident of Thibodaux, Richard has since 2008 represented District 55, which encompasses Lafourche Parish, Louisiana.
Richard (pronounced REE-shard) is the fifth of seven children of Paul E. Richard of the St. Charles Community in Lafourche Parish and the former Doris Roux, a native of Lockport. He graduated in 1973 from Thibodaux High School and attended Nicholls State University in Thibodaux for a year before he transferred to Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, from which he received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1978 in the field of Business Education. Richard taught school briefly after his graduation from LSU and then ventured into the petro-chemical industry. His most recent position has been as sales manager for Byron Talbot Contractors.
Richard served two stints as a Democrat on the Lafourche Parish School Board, from 1982 to 1984 and again from 1986 to 1994. In 1998, while still a Democrat, Richard was elected to the at-large seat on the Thibodaux City Council. He polled 2,511 votes (61.1 percent) to defeat another Democrat, Stella Chiasson Lasseigne, who received 1,601 votes (38.9 percent).
Richard and his wife, the former Connie Berger, have a daughter, Victoria (born 1995).
In the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 20, 2007 to fill the state House seat vacated by the term-limited Warren Triche, a Democrat, Richard led a four-candidate field with 5,562 votes (40.7 percent). He was placed into a second round of balloting with the Democrat Michael "Mike" Matherne, who received 3,369 votes (24.64 percent). The third place candidate, "Jay" Caillouet, also a Democrat, trailed Matherne by 2 votes, 3,367 (24.63 percent) and was hence eliminated from contention. The fourth-place candidate was the Republican Alfred "Al" Carter, who finished with 1,375 votes (10.1 percent). In the general election, Richard defeated Matherne, 4,120 (58.62 percent) to 2,908 (41.4 percent). Richard received fewer raw votes in the general election than he had the primary but won on the basis of lower turnout.
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