Juba Diez
| John Caleb "Juba" Diez Sr. | |
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| Louisiana State Representative for District 59 (Ascension Parish) |
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In office 1976–2004 |
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| Preceded by |
Two-member district: |
| Succeeded by | Eddie J. Lambert |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
August 18, 1944 Place of birth missing |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Democrat-turned-Republican (2003) |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Jane "Janie" Ficklin Diez |
| Children | John Diez Jr. |
| Parents | Mr. and Mrs. Chester Joseph Diez Sr. |
| Residence |
Gonzales Ascension Parish Louisiana, USA |
| Alma mater | Dutchtown High School |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Military service | |
| Service/branch | United States Air Force (1964-1968) |
Two-member district:
Risley C. Triche
John Caleb Diez Sr. (born August 18, 1944), known as Juba Diez, is a businessman from Gonzales in Ascension Parish, south of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, who served in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1976 to 2004. He was first elected as a Democrat in 1975 in the state's first-ever nonpartisan blanket primary. He won re-election in 1979, 1983, 1987, 1991, 1995, and 1999.
Diez graduated from Dutchtown High School in Geismar in Ascension Parish. He worked for a year after high school as a boilermaker. From 1964 to 1968, he served in the United States Air Force. He owned Diez Business Machines and Office Supply in Gonzales. He subsequently sold the company, which had $1.7 million in annual sales in its last year of existence, to Champion Industries of Huntington, West Virginia. The amount of the transaction was not disclosed.
Diez is a member of the American Legion, Ducks Unlimited, and the East Ascension Sportsman's Club. He and his wife, the former Mary Jane "Janie" Ficklin (born May 1947), have a son, John Diez Jr. (born January 1970), who has worked for the Republican National Committee, the Ascension Parish School Board, and the Magellan Strategies polling company in Baton Rouge. Diez Jr. is considered one of Louisiana's most highly regarded pollsters and demographers on the Republican side. He warned U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu that she could not win a fourth term in 2014 with Democrats now commanding such a small portion of the white vote in the state.
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