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'''Jonathan Wayne Perry''' (born January 27, 1973) is a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] member of the [[Louisiana State Legislature|Louisiana State Senate]] from District 26 ([[Vermilion Parish, Louisiana|Vermilion]] and portions of [[Acadia Parish, Louisiana|Acadia]], [[Lafayette Parish, Louisiana|Lafayette]], and [[St. Landry Parish, Louisiana|St. Landry]] parishes). An outgoing member of the [[Louisiana State Legislature|Louisiana House of Representatives]] from District 47 (Vermilion and [[Cameron Parish, Louisiana|Cameron]] parishes), Perry won a [[special election]] for the state Senate held on February 19, 2011.<ref>[http://acadiaparishtoday.com/bookmark/11517746 Jonathan Perry Elected] ''Acadia Parish Today.com'' February 19, 2011. Retrieved February 19, 2011</ref>
'''Jonathan Wayne Perry''' (born January 27, 1973) is a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] member of the [[Louisiana State Legislature|Louisiana State Senate]] from District 26 ([[Vermilion Parish, Louisiana|Vermilion]] and portions of [[Acadia Parish, Louisiana|Acadia]], [[Lafayette Parish, Louisiana|Lafayette]], and [[St. Landry Parish, Louisiana|St. Landry]] parishes). An outgoing member of the [[Louisiana State Legislature|Louisiana House of Representatives]] from District 47 (Vermilion and [[Cameron Parish, Louisiana|Cameron]] parishes), Perry won a [[special election]] for the state Senate held on February 19, 2011.<ref>[http://acadiaparishtoday.com/bookmark/11517746 Jonathan Perry Elected] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707075626/http://acadiaparishtoday.com/bookmark/11517746 |date=July 7, 2011 }} ''Acadia Parish Today.com'' February 19, 2011. Retrieved February 19, 2011</ref>


The Senate vacancy occurred with the resignation of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] [[Nick Gautreaux]], who accepted an appointment from Republican [[governor of Louisiana|Governor]] [[Bobby Jindal]] to head the Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles in [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana|Baton Rouge]].<ref name=brma>{{cite web|url=http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/La-Senate-race-on-ballot.html|title=La. Senate race on ballot|publisher=''[[The Advocate (Baton Rouge)|Baton Rouge Morning Advocate]]''|accessdate=February 19, 2011}}</ref>
The Senate vacancy occurred with the resignation of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] [[Nick Gautreaux]], who accepted an appointment from Republican [[governor of Louisiana|Governor]] [[Bobby Jindal]] to head the Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles in [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana|Baton Rouge]].<ref name=brma>{{cite web|url=http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/La-Senate-race-on-ballot.html|title=La. Senate race on ballot|publisher=''[[The Advocate (Baton Rouge)|Baton Rouge Morning Advocate]]''|accessdate=February 19, 2011}}</ref>
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Perry's victory is particularly significant because it realigns the Senate, where Republicans will have their first majority since [[Reconstruction era in the United States|Reconstruction]], with twenty of the thirty-nine members.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110220/ap_on_re_us/us_louisiana_senate_election|title=Special election win tilts La. state Senate to GOP|publisher=yahoo.com|accessdate=February 20, 2011}}</ref>
Perry's victory is particularly significant because it realigns the Senate, where Republicans will have their first majority since [[Reconstruction era in the United States|Reconstruction]], with twenty of the thirty-nine members.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110220/ap_on_re_us/us_louisiana_senate_election|title=Special election win tilts La. state Senate to GOP|publisher=yahoo.com|accessdate=February 20, 2011}}</ref>


Perry is also known as a comedian and has released DVDs of his stand-up [[Cajun]] routines.<ref name=perrybio>{{cite web|url=http://www.mobilelgs.com/PerryJonathanW.html|title=Rep. Perry, Jonathan (Biography)|publisher=mobilelegs.com|accessdate=February 19, 2011}}</ref> Perry is among the most sought after Cajun comedians in the world and is a past "king" of the "International Cajun Joke Telling Contest."<ref>[http://thegrablegroup.com/comedians/jonathan-perry-lawyer-police-office-comedian/ "Jonathan Perry Bio | The Grable Group"]</ref>
Perry is also known as a comedian and has released DVDs of his stand-up [[Cajun]] routines.<ref name=perrybio>{{cite web|url=http://www.mobilelgs.com/PerryJonathanW.html |title=Rep. Perry, Jonathan (Biography) |publisher=mobilelegs.com |accessdate=February 19, 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714104920/http://www.mobilelgs.com/PerryJonathanW.html |archivedate=July 14, 2011 |df= }}</ref> Perry is among the most sought after Cajun comedians in the world and is a past "king" of the "International Cajun Joke Telling Contest."<ref>[http://thegrablegroup.com/comedians/jonathan-perry-lawyer-police-office-comedian/ "Jonathan Perry Bio | The Grable Group"]</ref>


==Background==
==Background==
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==Senate election==
==Senate election==


Perry defeated the Democrat Nathan Charles Granger (born January 23, 1968), a member of the Vermilion Parish Police Jury from [[Erath, Louisiana|Erath]], who owns two oilfield service companies.<ref name=brma/> Perry received 10,179 votes (52 percent) to Granger's 9,491 (48 percent). Perry's 53-47 percent margin in his own Vermilion Parish, where the majority of the ballots were cast in the race, proved decisive to his election. The voter turnout was nearly 36 percent.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://electionresults.sos.louisiana.gov/graphical/|title=Special election returns, February 19, 2011|publisher=electionresults.sos.louisiana.gov|accessdate=February 19, 2011}}</ref>
Perry defeated the Democrat Nathan Charles Granger (born January 23, 1968), a member of the Vermilion Parish Police Jury from [[Erath, Louisiana|Erath]], who owns two oilfield service companies.<ref name=brma/> Perry received 10,179 votes (52 percent) to Granger's 9,491 (48 percent). Perry's 53-47 percent margin in his own Vermilion Parish, where the majority of the ballots were cast in the race, proved decisive to his election. The voter turnout was nearly 36 percent.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://electionresults.sos.louisiana.gov/graphical/ |title=Special election returns, February 19, 2011 |publisher=electionresults.sos.louisiana.gov |accessdate=February 19, 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100904033849/http://electionresults.sos.louisiana.gov/graphical/ |archivedate=September 4, 2010 |df= }}</ref>


The Louisiana blog ''The Dead Pelican'' reported near the end of the Senate campaign that Granger's campaign manager was from [[Washington (state)|Washington State]], not Louisiana, and in 2008 had organized supporters of [[U.S. Senator]] [[Barack Obama]], the Democratic [[U.S. President|presidential]] nominee from [[Illinois]].<ref name=devney>{{cite web|url=http://thehayride.com/2011/02/perry-granger-race-turns-ugly-as-final-days-unfold/|title=Perry-Granger Race Turns Ugly As Final Days Unfold, February 17, 2011|publisher=thehayride.com|accessdate=February 19, 2011}}</ref> Granger reported having raised $310,000 for the campaign and ran advertising accusing Perry of having voted to gut higher education and failure to have prosecuted a seven-time DWI offender while Perry was an assistant district attorney.<ref name=devney/> In an interview on ''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]]'' talk radio program based from Monroe on February 17, 2011, Granger called himself a conservative and denied that he had the support of Obama in the special election.<ref>''The Moon Griffon Show'', February 17, 2011</ref> Records also reveal that Granger contributed to two Republican candidates from his area, former State Senator [[Craig Romero]] and [[U.S. Representative]] [[Jeff Landry]], both of [[New Iberia, Louisiana|New Iberia]].<ref name=devney/>
The Louisiana blog ''The Dead Pelican'' reported near the end of the Senate campaign that Granger's campaign manager was from [[Washington (state)|Washington State]], not Louisiana, and in 2008 had organized supporters of [[U.S. Senator]] [[Barack Obama]], the Democratic [[U.S. President|presidential]] nominee from [[Illinois]].<ref name=devney>{{cite web|url=http://thehayride.com/2011/02/perry-granger-race-turns-ugly-as-final-days-unfold/|title=Perry-Granger Race Turns Ugly As Final Days Unfold, February 17, 2011|publisher=thehayride.com|accessdate=February 19, 2011}}</ref> Granger reported having raised $310,000 for the campaign and ran advertising accusing Perry of having voted to gut higher education and failure to have prosecuted a seven-time DWI offender while Perry was an assistant district attorney.<ref name=devney/> In an interview on ''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]]'' talk radio program based from Monroe on February 17, 2011, Granger called himself a conservative and denied that he had the support of Obama in the special election.<ref>''The Moon Griffon Show'', February 17, 2011</ref> Records also reveal that Granger contributed to two Republican candidates from his area, former State Senator [[Craig Romero]] and [[U.S. Representative]] [[Jeff Landry]], both of [[New Iberia, Louisiana|New Iberia]].<ref name=devney/>

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Jonathan Wayne "JP" Perry
Louisiana State Senator from District 26 (Vermilion, Acadia, Lafayette, and St. Landry parishes)
Incumbent
Assumed office
March 11, 2011
Preceded byNick Gautreaux
Louisiana State Representative from District 47 (Vermilion and Cameron parishes)
In office
January 14, 2008 – March 11, 2011
Preceded byJoseph Lloyd "Mickey" Frith
Succeeded byBob Hensgens
Personal details
Born (1973-01-27) January 27, 1973 (age 51)
Political partyRepublican
SpouseChristine LeBeouf Perry
ChildrenMolli, Meredith, Major, and Marlee Perry
Residence(s)Kaplan, Vermilion Parish
Louisiana
Alma materUniversity of Louisiana at Monroe
Southern University Law Center
OccupationAttorney; Comedian

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.[1]

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.[2]

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.[3]

Perry is also known as a comedian and has released DVDs of his stand-up Cajun routines.[4] Perry is among the most sought after Cajun comedians in the world and is a past "king" of the "International Cajun Joke Telling Contest."[5]

Background

Perry graduated in 1991 from Kaplan High School in Kaplan in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, where he still resides.[6] 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.[7]

Perry is married to his high school sweetheart, the former Christine LeBeouf, and the couple has four children, Molli, Meredith, Major, and Marlee.[8] Perry is a former sergeant on the Kaplan city police force. While studying law, he served on the Kaplan City Council, the youngest person in that position in the history of his city.[4] He is also a former assistant district attorney for the 15th Judicial District, which covers Acadia, Lafayette, and Vermilion parishes.[4]

House service

Representative Perry served on the House committees of (1) Administration of Criminal Justice, (2) Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture and Rural Development, and (3) Ways and Means. He was the chairman of the House Acadiana delegation and a member of the Louisiana Rural Caucus.[7] Perry serves on the Louisiana Commission on Family and Marriage, the Louisiana Energy Council, and the Governor's Task Force on D.W.I. and Vehicular Homicide.[8]

Perry holds a 100 percent rating from the Louisiana Right to Life Committee.[7] Since 2008, he has been named "Outstanding Family Advocate" by the conservative Louisiana Family Forum. In 2009, he received that organization's "Life and Liberty Award".[8] He also carries a 100 percent rating from the trade association, the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry.[9]

Senate election

Perry defeated the Democrat Nathan Charles Granger (born January 23, 1968), a member of the Vermilion Parish Police Jury from Erath, who owns two oilfield service companies.[2] Perry received 10,179 votes (52 percent) to Granger's 9,491 (48 percent). Perry's 53-47 percent margin in his own Vermilion Parish, where the majority of the ballots were cast in the race, proved decisive to his election. The voter turnout was nearly 36 percent.[10]

The Louisiana blog The Dead Pelican reported near the end of the Senate campaign that Granger's campaign manager was from Washington State, not Louisiana, and in 2008 had organized supporters of U.S. Senator Barack Obama, the Democratic presidential nominee from Illinois.[9] Granger reported having raised $310,000 for the campaign and ran advertising accusing Perry of having voted to gut higher education and failure to have prosecuted a seven-time DWI offender while Perry was an assistant district attorney.[9] In an interview on The Moon Griffon Show talk radio program based from Monroe on February 17, 2011, Granger called himself a conservative and denied that he had the support of Obama in the special election.[11] Records also reveal that Granger contributed to two Republican candidates from his area, former State Senator Craig Romero and U.S. Representative Jeff Landry, both of New Iberia.[9]

Senatorial humorists

Stand-up comic Perry is not the only Louisiana state senator known for his humor and theatrics. Fred H. Mills, Jr., of St. Martin Parish, who preceded Perry in the Senate by only a month, has since the middle 1990s been performing in television commercials for his pharmacy in Parks in the role of "Taunte Pills," a comic Cajun character.[12]

References

  1. ^ Jonathan Perry Elected Archived July 7, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Acadia Parish Today.com February 19, 2011. Retrieved February 19, 2011
  2. ^ a b "La. Senate race on ballot". Baton Rouge Morning Advocate. Retrieved February 19, 2011. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  3. ^ "Special election win tilts La. state Senate to GOP". yahoo.com. Retrieved February 20, 2011.
  4. ^ a b c "Rep. Perry, Jonathan (Biography)". mobilelegs.com. Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved February 19, 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ "Jonathan Perry Bio | The Grable Group"
  6. ^ "Jonathan W. Perry". house.legis.state.la.us. Retrieved February 19, 2011.
  7. ^ a b c "Representative Jonathan W. Perry (LA)". votesmart.org. Retrieved February 19, 2011.
  8. ^ a b c "About Jonathan Perry". perry4louisiana.com.
  9. ^ a b c d "Perry-Granger Race Turns Ugly As Final Days Unfold, February 17, 2011". thehayride.com. Retrieved February 19, 2011.
  10. ^ "Special election returns, February 19, 2011". electionresults.sos.louisiana.gov. Archived from the original on September 4, 2010. Retrieved February 19, 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  11. ^ The Moon Griffon Show, February 17, 2011
  12. ^ "New state Sen. Fred Mills shows off comical side". Shreveport Times, February 19, 2011. Retrieved February 24, 2011.
Louisiana House of Representatives
Preceded by
Joseph Lloyd "Mickey" Frith
 Louisiana State Representative from District 47 (Vermilion and Cameron parishes)

Jonathan Wayne Perry
2008–2011

Succeeded by
Louisiana State Senate
Preceded by Louisiana State Senator from District 26 (Vermilion, Acadia, Lafayette, and St. Landry parishes)

Jonathan Wayne Perry
2011 –

Succeeded by
Incumbent
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