Julie Emerson

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Julie C. Emerson
Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives
from the 39th district
Assumed office
January 2016
Preceded byStephen Ortego
Personal details
Born (1988-02-29) February 29, 1988 (age 36)
Homer, Claiborne Parish
Louisiana, USA
Political partyRepublican
SpouseSingle
RelationsKenneth Volentine (cousin)
Parent(s)Don and Susan Volentine Emerson
Residence(s)Carencro
Lafayette Parish
Alma materUniversity of South Carolina
WebsiteJulieEmerson.org

Julie Cathryn Emerson (born February 29, 1988)[1] 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.[1]

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.[1]

Her paternal grandfather was former Homer Mayor Harvey Hugh Emerson, Jr. (1927–1999).[2] 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).[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Julie Emerson". Facebook. Retrieved October 26, 2015.
  2. ^ "Harvey Hugh Emerson, Jr". Findagrave.com. Retrieved January 11, 2016.
  3. ^ "Results for Election Date: 10/24/2015". Louisiana Secretary of State. Retrieved October 25, 2015.
Louisiana House of Representatives
Preceded by Louisiana State Representative for District 39
(Lafayette and St. Landry parishes)

Julie Cathryn Emerson
2016 –

Succeeded by
Incumbent