Diana Bajoie
| Diana E. Bajoie | |
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| Louisiana State Representative for District 91 (Orleans Parish) | |
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In office 1976–1991 |
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| Preceded by | Missing |
| Succeeded by | Renee Gill Pratt |
| Louisiana State Senator for District 5 (Orleans Parish) | |
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In office 1991–2008 |
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| Preceded by | William J. Jefferson |
| Succeeded by | Cheryl A. Gray Evans |
| Louisiana State Senate President Pro Tempore | |
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In office 2004–2008 |
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| Preceded by | Louis Lambert |
| Succeeded by | Sharon Weston Broome |
| New Orleans City Council member | |
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In office June 28, 2012 – 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Stacy Head |
| Succeeded by | LaToya Cantrell |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
February 8, 1948 New Orleans, Louisiana, USA |
| Nationality | African American |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Single |
| Residence | New Orleans |
| Alma mater | Southern University |
| Occupation |
Director of community relations for the |
Director of community relations for the
Diana E. Bajoie (born February 8, 1948) is the director of community relations for the LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans and a Democratic former member of both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature. In 2004, she became the first woman to take the oath as the President Pro Tempore of the Louisiana State Senate.
Bajoie received a bachelor's degree in political science from historically black Southern University in Baton Rouge. At the age of twenty-seven, she was initially elected in 1975 to the Louisiana House of Representatives from District 91 in her native New Orleans. At the time, the state instituted its unique nonpartisan blanket primary. In her first term, she was the only woman among the 105 House members. Early in 1991, she left the House after becoming the first black female ever elected to the Louisiana State Senate. This was twenty-five years after Barbara Jordan achieved the same distinction in neighboring Texas.
Bajoie's Senate service began in District 5 in February 1991, when she won a special election to succeed African-American state Senator-turned-U.S. Representative William J. Jefferson. Bajoie polled 53 percent of the vote over four opponents from both parties in a low-turnout contest. She held the Senate seat until 2008, when she was term-limited by Louisiana law.
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