Ebony Woodruff

Woodruff received a Bachelor of Business Administration from Louisiana State University and a Juris Doctorate from the historically black Southern University Law Center, both in Baton Rouge.[2] She taught special education for some time before getting her law degree. After passing the bar, Woodruff served as an assistant parish attorney for Jefferson Parish.[4]

Representative Woodruff was a member of the Louisiana Legislative Black Caucus, the Women's Caucus, and the Democratic Caucus. She sat on the following House committees: (1) Administration of Criminal Justice, (2) Commerce, and (3) the Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.[2]

In 2014, the conservative Louisiana Family Forum scored Woodruff 33 percent. She was ranked that year 80 percent by Louisiana Right to Life even though she was one of five representatives to vote against the requirement that abortion providers have hospital admitting privileges near their clinics. She ranked 58 percent from the Louisiana Association of Educators.[5]

Woodruff lost her bid for a full term in the House in the primary election held on October 24, 2015. She was unseated by Democrat, Rodney Lyons, who polled 2,883 votes (58.6 percent) to Woodruff's 2,034 (41.4 percent).[6]