Julie Emerson

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

Julie Cathryn Emerson
Louisiana State Representative for
District 39 (Lafayette and
St. Landry parishes)
Assumed office
January 2016
Preceded byStephen Ortego
Personal details
Born (1988-02-29) February 29, 1988
Homer, Claiborne Parish
Louisiana, USA
Political partyRepublican
ResidenceCarencro
Lafayette Parish
Alma materWestminster Christian Academy of Opelousas, Louisiana
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
University of South Carolina
WebsiteJulieEmerson.org

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.

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.

Electoral History

On January 11, 2016, she succeeded incumbent Democratic Representative Stephen Ortego, whom she unseated in the primary election held on October 24, 2015. Emerson polled 6,149 votes (51 percent) to Ortego's 5,902 (49 percent).[1]

In 2019, Emerson was re-elected for a second term. She won re-election with 70% of the vote. [2]


References
  1. "Results for Election Date: 10/24/2015". Louisiana Secretary of State. Retrieved October 25, 2015.
  2. "Results for Election Date: 10/12/2019". Louisiana Secretary of State.
Louisiana House of Representatives
Preceded by
Stephen Ortego		 Louisiana State Representative for District 39
(Lafayette and St. Landry parishes)

Julie Cathryn Emerson
2016 –

Succeeded by
Incumbent
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