Jonathan Perry (Louisiana politician)
| Jonathan Wayne "JP" Perry | |
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| Louisiana State Senator from District 26 (Vermilion, Acadia, Lafayette, and St. Landry parishes) | |
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Assumed office March 11, 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Nick Gautreaux |
| Louisiana State Representative from District 47 (Vermilion and Cameron parishes) | |
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In office January 14, 2008 – March 11, 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Joseph Lloyd "Mickey" Frith |
| Succeeded by | Bob Hensgens |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 27, 1973 |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Christine LeBeouf Perry |
| Children | Molli, Meredith, Major, and Marlee Perry |
| Residence |
Kaplan, Vermilion Parish Louisiana |
| Alma mater |
University of Louisiana at Monroe |
| Occupation | Attorney; Comedian |
University of Louisiana at Monroe
Jonathan Wayne Perry (born January 27, 1973) is a Republican member of the Louisiana State Senate from District 26 (Vermilion and portions of Acadia, Lafayette, and St. Landry parishes). An outgoing member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from District 47 (Vermilion and Cameron parishes), Perry won a special election for the state Senate held on February 19, 2011.
The Senate vacancy occurred with the resignation of the Democrat Nick Gautreaux, who accepted an appointment from Republican Governor Bobby Jindal to head the Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles in Baton Rouge.
Perry's victory is particularly significant because it realigns the Senate, where Republicans will have their first majority since Reconstruction, with twenty of the thirty-nine members.
Perry is also known as a comedian and has released DVDs of his stand-up Cajun routines. Perry is among the most sought after Cajun comedians in the world and is a past "king" of the "International Cajun Joke Telling Contest."
Perry graduated in 1991 from Kaplan High School in Kaplan in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, where he still resides. In 1995, he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology and criminal justice from the University of Louisiana at Monroe in Monroe in Ouachita Parish. Thereafter, he procured a Juris Doctor from the historically black Southern University Law Center in Baton Rouge.
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