Jim Donelon
| James Joseph "Jim" Donelon, III | |
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| Louisiana Insurance Commissioner | |
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Assumed office February 15, 2006 |
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| Preceded by | J. Robert Wooley |
| Louisiana State Representative for District 98 (Jefferson Parish) |
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In office 1982 – June 30, 2001 |
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| Preceded by | Charles Grisbaum, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Tom Capella |
| President of Jefferson Parish, equivalent of mayor | |
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In office 1976–1980 |
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| Personal details | |
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December 14, 1944 New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA |
| Political party | Democrat-turned-Republican (1980) |
| Spouse(s) | Merilynn Boudreaux Donelon |
| Children | Four daughters |
| Residence | Metairie, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana |
| Alma mater |
Jesuit High School |
| Occupation | Attorney |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
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(1) Having held his current position since 2006, Commissioner Donelon is considered an expert in matters of insurance and risk management. (2) Donelon has also been a state representative and the equivalent of a mayor, but he has lost races for the United States House of Representatives, the United States Senate, and a judgeship. |
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Jesuit High School
University of New Orleans
(1) Having held his current position since 2006, Commissioner Donelon is considered an expert in matters of insurance and risk management.
James Joseph Donelon, III, known as Jim Donelon (born December 14, 1944), has been since February 15, 2006, the Republican insurance commissioner of the U.S. state of Louisiana.
After initially succeeding to the office, Donelon won a full-term as commissioner in the October 20, 2007 nonpartisan blanket primary. He finished with 606,534 votes (51 percent) and defeated three opponents, the closest of whom, Democrat Jim Crowley, polled 423,722 (36 percent). Two other Republican candidates garnered the remaining 13 percent of the ballots cast.
Donelon was first elected to complete a 15-month unexpired term as insurance commissioner in a special election held on September 30, 2006. He polled 50.1 percent of the ballots cast in a low-turnout election. His 283,316 votes were 847 more than the tabulations of his two opponents combined. Republican state Senator James David Cain of Sabine Parish polled 222,414 (39 percent); S.B.A. Zaitoon of the Libertarian Party, received 60,094 votes (11 percent). There was no Democrat in the special election. Donelon ran strongest in urban areas; Cain, in rural parishes and small towns.
Donelon became commissioner when Democrat J. Robert Wooley resigned to become a lobbyist for the high-powered law firm Adams and Reese in Baton Rouge. Wooley appointed Donelon as his first deputy in 2001, and under the Louisiana Constitution of 1974, Donelon automatically became temporary commissioner.
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