James St. Raymond

James V. "Jim" St. Raymond
Louisiana State Representative for District 89 (Orleans Parish)
In office 1988–1992
Preceded by	John Hainkel
Succeeded by	Mitch Landrieu
Personal details
Born	c. 1957 Place of birth missing
Political party	Republican
Relations	David Vitter (cousin)
Residence	New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Occupation	Businessman
Religion	Roman Catholic

James V. St. Raymond, known as Jim St. Raymond (born c. 1957), is a businessman in New Orleans, Louisiana, who is a Republican former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 89 in Orleans Parish. He served from 1988 to 1992 during the administration of Governor Buddy Roemer.

In the 1987 nonpartisan blanket primary, St. Raymond unseated the Democrat-turned-Republican John Hainkel, who trailed in third place among four candidates with 3,204 votes (26.4 percent). St. Raymond led the field with 4,927 votes (40.6 percent) and went into a general election with the runner-up, Democrat Arnold M. Lupin, who polled 3,290 votes (27.1 percent), 86 votes more than Hainkel. The fourth candidate, Democrat John M. Noonan, held the remaining 729 ballots (6 percent). In the ensuing general election, St. Raymond handily defeated Lupin, 4,812 votes (60.6 percent) to 3,127 (39.4 percent). St. Raymond did not seek a second term in the 1991 primary and was succeeded by the Democrat Mitch Landrieu, since 2010 the mayor of New Orleans. Landrieu instead defeated Republican Marilyn Thayer, 8,522 (63.3 percent) to 4,939 (36.7 percent). Thayer was later the national president of the National Federation of Republican Women. In the 1991 primary, St. Raymond's cousin, David Vitter, now the departing senior U.S. senator from Louisiana, won election to House District 81 in Jefferson Parish, to succeed David Duke, who instead ran for governor.

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