Julie Emerson

Julie C. Emerson
Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from the 39th district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 2016
Preceded by	Stephen Ortego
Personal details
Born	(1988-02-29) February 29, 1988 Homer, Claiborne Parish Louisiana, USA
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Single
Relations	Kenneth Volentine (cousin)
Parent(s)	Don and Susan Volentine Emerson
Residence(s)	Carencro Lafayette Parish
Alma mater	University of South Carolina
Website	JulieEmerson.org

Julie Cathryn Emerson (born February 29, 1988) is a small business owner from Carencro, Louisiana, who is the Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 39 in Lafayette and St. Landry parishes in South Louisiana.

Biography

Emerson was born in Homer in Claiborne Parish in North Louisiana and moved to Carencro with her family at the age of seven. She graduated from Westminster Christian Academy in Opelousas. She holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and a Master of Business Administration from the University of South Carolina. After college, she established Lagniappe Communications Group, a public relations firm.

Emerson is one of two children of Don and Susan Volentine Emerson of Carencro. She is active in the First Baptist Church of Lafayette.

She sits on the board of trustees at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky.

In 2012, she was elected to the Louisiana Republican State Central Committee and was part of the Louisiana delegation at the 2008 and 2012 Republican National Conventions.

Her paternal grandfather was former Homer Mayor Harvey Hugh Emerson, Jr. (1927–1999). She is a cousin of former Louisiana State Representative and Claiborne Parish Sheriff Kenneth Volentine.

2015 Election

On January 11, 2016, she succeeded outgoing Democratic Representative Stephen Ortego, whom she unseated in the primary election held on October 24, 2015. Miss Emerson polled 6,149 votes (51 percent) to Ortego's 5,902 (49 percent).