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Bossier Chamber Legislative Agenda 20 & Political Directory 21 k BOSSIER CHAMBER LEGISLATIVE AGENDA 20 & POLITICAL DIRECTORY 21 YOUR GUIDE TO LOCAL ELECTED LEADERS AND THE LEGISLATION THAT MATTERS IN OUR REGION RN 17722-Rose-Neath Legislative Ad.qxp_Layout 1 4/4/19 3:14 PM Page 1 THE NAMES YOU’VE TRUSTED Since 1932 FOR OVER 87 YEARS, WE HAVE BEEN HONORED TO SERVE THE CITIZENS OF NORTH LOUISIANA. We are proud to be a Gold Sponsor of the 20212019 North Louisiana Legislative Agenda and Political Directory. We pay tribute to those who have served, both past and present, and have dedicated their time to public service. www.rose-neath.com www.klic.com BOSSIER CITY-SHREVEPORT-ARCADIA-COUSHATTA-HOMER-LOGANSPORT-MANSFIELD-MANY-MARKSVILLE-MINDEN-VIVIAN UNITED STATES SENATORS BILL CASSIDY, M.D. (R) of Baton Rouge Term expires: 2020 703 Hart Senate Office Building LAKE CHARLES Washington, DC 20510 1 Lakeshore Drive, Ste. 1155 Phone: (202) 224-5824; Fax: (202) 224-9735 Lake Charles, LA 70629 Web: http://www.cassidy.senate.gov/ Phone: (337) 493-5398; Fax: (225) 247-5629 BATON ROUGE MONROE 5555 Hilton Ave., Ste. 100 1651 Louisville Ave., Ste. 123 Baton Rouge, LA 70808 Monroe, LA 71201 Phone: (225) 929-7711; Fax: (225) 929-7688 Phone: (318) 324-2111; Fax: (318)324-2197 METAIRIE ALEXANDRIA 3421 N. Causeway Blvd., Ste. 204 3600 Jackson Street, Ste. 115A Metairie, LA 70002 Alexandria, LA 7130 Phone: (504) 838-0130; Fax: (504) 838-0133 Phone: (318) 448-7176; Fax: (318) 448-5175 LAFAYETTE SHREVEPORT 101 La Rue France, Ste. 505 6425 Youree Drive, Ste. 415 Lafayette, LA 70508 Shreveport, LA 71105 Phone: (337) 261-1400; Fax: (337) 261-1490 Phone: (318) 798-3215; Fax: (318) 798-6959 JOHN KENNEDY (R) of Madisonville Term expires: 2022 SR383, Russell Senate Building LAKE CHARLES Washington, DC 20510 1 Lakeshore Drive, Ste. 530 Phone: (202) 224-4623; Fax: (202) 228-0447 Lake Charles, LA 70629 Web: http://www.kennedy.senate.gov/ Phone: (337) 436-6255 BATON ROUGE MANDEVILLE 7932 Wrenwood Blvd., Ste. A&B 21490 Koop Drive, Building A Baton Rouge, LA 70809 Mandeville, LA 70471 Phone: (225) 926-8033 Phone: (985) 809-8153 ALEXANDRIA MONROE 6501 Coliseum Blvd., Ste. 700A 1 Lakeshore Drive, Ste. 1155 Alexandria, LA 71303 Lake Charles, LA 70629 Phone: (318) 445-2892 Phone: (337) 493-5398 HOUMA NEW ORLEANS 8026 Main Street, Ste. 700 500 Poydras Street, Ste. 364 Houma, LA 70360 New Orleans, LA 70113 Phone: (985) 851-0956 Phone: (504) 581-6190 LAFAYETTE SHREVEPORT 101 La Rue France, Ste. 503 401 Market Street, Ste. 1050 Lafayette, LA 70508 Shreveport, LA 71101 Phone: (337) 269-5980 Phone: (318) 670-5192 BOSSIERCONGRESSIONAL BOSSIERDELEGATION CHAMBER BOSSIEROF COMMERCE CHAMBERPOLITICAL POLITICALDIRECTORY DIRECTORY PAGE 3 UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVES STEVE SCALISE TO BE DETERMINED District – 1 (R) APRIL 24 Majority Whip District – 2 Term Expires: 1/3/2023 2338 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Phone: (202) 225-3015 Web: scaliseforms.house.gov STATE OFFICE: 1514 Martens Drive, Suite 10 Hammond, LA 70401 Phone: (985) 340-2185 CLAY HIGGINS MIKE JOHNSON Districts: - 3 (R) District – 4 (R) Term Expires: 1/3/2023 Term Expires: 1/3/2023 1711 Longworth House Office 327 Cannon House Office Building Building Washington, DC 20515 Washington, D.C. 20515 Phone: (202) 225-2031 Phone: (202) 225-2777 Web: clayhiggins.house.gov Web: mjohnson.house.gov STATE OFFICE: STATE OFFICE: Chase Building 2550 Hospital Drive 600 Jefferson Street, Suite 808 Suite 248 Lafayette, LA 70501 Bossier City, LA 71111 Phone: (337)703-6105 Phone: (318) 840-0309 JULIA LETLOW GARRETT GRAVES District – 6 (R) District – 5 (R) Term Expires: 1/3/2023 Term Expires: 1/3/2023 204 Cannon House Office 417 Cannon House Office Building Building Washington, DC 20515 Washington, DC 20515 Phone: (202) 225-3901 Phone: (202) 225-8490 STATE OFFICE: STATE OFFICE: 29261 Frost Rd. 426 DeSiard St. 2nd Floor Monroe, LA 71201 Livingston, LA 70754 Phone: (318) 322-3500 Phone: (225) 686-4413 CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION BOSSIER CHAMBER POLITICAL DIRECTORY PAGE 4 STATE ELECTED OFFICIALS GOVERNOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR JOHN BEL EDWARDS WILLIAM NUNGESSER PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION (Democrat) (Republican) ERIC SKRMETTA 900 N. Third St., Ste. 4 1051 N. Third St. District 1 (R) of Metairie Baton Rouge, LA 70802 Baton Rouge, LA 70802 Email: [email protected] Phone: (225) 342-7015 Phone: (225) 342-7009 CRAIG GREENE Website: gov.louisiana. Email: [email protected] District 2 (R) of Baton Rouge gov Email: [email protected] LAMBERT C. BOISSIERE, III District 3 (D) of New Orleans Email: [email protected] MIKE FRANCIS District 4 (R) of Lafayette Email: [email protected] SECRETARY OF STATE STATE TREASURER FOSTER L. CAMPBELL KYLE ARDOIN JOHN SCHRODER District 5 (D) of Elm Grove (Republican) (Republican) Email: [email protected] 8585 Archives Ave. 900 N. Third St., BESE BOARD Baton Rouge, LA 70809 3rd Floor, JAMES D. GARVEY, JR. Phone: (225) 922-2880 Baton Rouge, LA 70802 District 1 (R) of Metairie Website: www.sos.la.gov Phone: (225) 342-0010 Email: [email protected] Website: www.treasury. state.la.us KIRA ORANGE JONES, V PRESIDENT District. 2 (D) of New Orleans Email: [email protected] SANDY HOLLOWAY, PRESIDENT District 3 (R) of Thibodaux Email: [email protected] *INTERIM DR. SUE WEAVER COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE District 4 (R) MIKE STRAIN JIM DONELON *Seat to be determined at April 24 (Republican) (Republican) election 627 N. 9th St., 1702 N. Third St. ASHLEY ELLIS Baton Rouge, LA 70802 Baton Rouge, LA 70802 District 5 Phone: (225) 771-8942 Phone: (225) 342-5900 (R) of Monroe Email: info@mikestrain. Email: [email protected] org RONNIE MORRIS District 6 (R) of Baton Rouge Email: [email protected] DR. HOLLY BOFFY District 7 (R) of Lafayette Email: [email protected] ATTORNEY GENERAL PRESTON CASTILLE JEFF LANDRY District 8 (D) Baton Rouge (Republican) Email: [email protected] 1885 N. Third St., DR. BELINDA DAVIS Baton Rouge, LA 70802 Phone: (225) 326-6079 Member At Large Email: [email protected] Website: www.ag.state. la.us THOMAS ROQUE STATE Member At Large BOSSIER Email: [email protected] CHAMBER DORIS VOITIER POLITICAL DIRECTORY Member At Large PAGE 5 Email: [email protected] LOUISIANA STATE SENATORS | NORTH LOUISIANA DELEGATION JAY LUNEAU LOUIE BERNARD LIST OF REMAINING District 29 - (D) District 31 - (R) STATE SENATORS Eligible to serve through Eligible to serve through Mark Abraham | [email protected] 2024 2028 R. L. Bret Allain | [email protected] 711 Washington Street 431 Jefferson St. Alexandria, LA 71301 Natchitoches, LA 71457 Regina Barrow | [email protected] Phone: (318) 484-2288 Phone: (318) 357-3116 Gerald Boudreaux | boudreauxg@legis. E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] la.gov Joseph Bouie | [email protected] Troy Carter | [email protected] GLEN WOMACK STEWART CATHEY, JR. Heather Cloud | [email protected] District 32 - (R) District 33 - (R) Patrick Connick | [email protected] Eligible to serve through Eligible to serve through 2028 2028 Page Cortez | [email protected] 119 Pine St. 7268 Highway 165 North Michael Fesi | [email protected] Suite B Suite 209 Cleo Fields | [email protected] Harrisonburg, LA 71340 Monroe, LA 71203 Phone: (318) 744-0005 Phone: (318 582-5524 Franklin Foil | [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: sen33@legis. Jimmy Harris | [email protected] la.gov Cameron Henry | [email protected] KATRINA JACKSON JAY MORRIS Bob Hensgens | [email protected] District 34 - (D) District 35 - (R) Sharon Hewitt | [email protected] Eligible to serve through 1408 North 7th St. Ronnie Johns | [email protected] 2028 West Monroe, LA 71291 Eddie J. Lambert | [email protected] 4106 DeSiard St. Phone: (318) 362-4270 ; Patrick McMath | [email protected] Monroe, LA 71203 E-mail: morrisjc@legis. Phone: (318) 343-2877 la.gov Fred Mills | [email protected] E-mail: jacksonk@legis. Beth Mizell | [email protected] la.gov Karen Carter Peterson | petersonk@legis. la.gov ROBERT MILLS BARROW PEACOCK J. Rogers Pope | [email protected] District 36 - (R) District 37 - (R) Ed Price | [email protected] Eligible to serve through Term Expires: 2024 Mike Reese | [email protected] 2032 1619 Jimmie Davis Highway [email protected] 105 Harvey’s Way Bossier City, LA 71112 Gary Smith | Minden, LA 71055 Phone: (318) 741-7180 Kirk Talbot | [email protected] Phone: (318) 371-5200; E-mail: peacockb@ Rick Ward | [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] legis.la.gov Mack “Bodi” White | [email protected] BARRY MILLIGAN GREGORY TARVER District 38 - (R) District 39 - (D) Term Expires: 2032 Term Expires: 2024 531 West 61st St. 1024 Pierre Avenue Shreveport, LA 71106 Shreveport, LA 71103 Phone: (318) 862-3100 Phone: (318) 227-1499 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: tarverg@legis. la.gov STATE BOSSIER CHAMBER POLITICAL DIRECTORY PAGE 6 STATE SENATE l COMMITTEES AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY, ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AQUACULTURE, AND RURAL Lambert, Eddie J. (Chair) DEVELOPMENT Pope, J. Rogers (Vice Chair) Cathey, Stewart, Jr. (Chair) Connick, Patrick Womack, Glen (Vice Chair) Hensgens, Bob Allain, R. L. Bret Hewitt, Sharon Bernard, Louie Peterson, Karen Carter Jackson, Katrina R. Price, Edward J. Milligan, Barry Cathey, Stewart, Jr. Morris, John C. “Jay” Lambert, Eddie J. FINANCE White, Mack “Bodi” (Chair) COMMERCE, CONSUMER Cloud, Heather (Vice Chair) PROTECTION, AND Abraham, Mark INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS Barrow, Regina Johns, Ronnie (Chair) Boudreaux, Gerald Henry, Cameron (Vice Chair) Fesi, Michael “Big Mike” Abraham, Mark Harris, Jimmy Carter, Troy Henry, Cameron Johns, Ronnie Mills, Robert (Vice Chair) Connick, Patrick Johns, Ronnie Reese, Mike Fields, Cleo Fields, Cleo Tarver, Gregory Talbot, Kirk Hensgens, Bob Morris, John C.
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