Francis C. Heitmeier | |
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Louisiana State Senator from District 7 (Orleans, Jefferson and Plaquemines parishes) | |
In office 1992–2008 |
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Preceded by | Fritz Windhorst |
Succeeded by | David Heitmeier |
Louisiana State Representative for Orleans Parish | |
In office 1984–1992 |
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Preceded by | Jon D. Johnson |
Succeeded by | Troy A. Carter |
Personal details | |
Born |
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA |
August 2, 1950
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse(s) | Rai Lynn Umbach Heitmeier |
Relations | David Heitmeier (brother) |
Alma mater | Nicholls State University |
Occupation | Assistant manager of a telephone company |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Francis C. Heitmeier (born August 2, 1950) is a lobbyist and former manager of a telephone company from his native New Orleans, Louisiana, who is a Democratic former member of the Louisiana State Senate for District 7 in Orleans, Jefferson, and Plaqueminesparishes. First elected in 1991, he was term-limited and ineligible to seek a fifth term in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 20, 2007.
Heitmeier was reared in the Algiers neighborhood of New Orleans. He graduated from Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, Louisiana. He has worked as an assistant manager of a telephone company and as a lobbyist in Baton Rouge.
Heitmeier is a member of the executive board of the Greater New Orleans Tourist and Convention Committee. He has served on the headmaster's council for Roman Catholic Holy Cross School in New Orleans and is a board member of the religious institute, the Little Sisters of the Poor. He is married to the former Rai Lynn Umbach (born December 1950).
From 1984 to 1992, Heitmeier was a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for Orleans Parish District 102. From 1978 to 1984, he was a member of the Orleans Parish Democratic Executive Committee.