PRESS RELEASE
The Republican Party of Jefferson Parish endorsed candidates for the primary election on the October 14 ballot at its endorsement meeting held August 19, 2023. After hearing presentations from candidates and their answers to questions from the members, the committee made the following endorsements:
Governor-Jeff Landry
Lieutenant Governor-Billy Nungesser
Secretary of State-Nancy Landry
Attorney General-John Stefanski
Treasurer-Scott McKnight
BESE, District 1-Paul Hollis
Senate, District 8-Patrick Connick
Senate, District 9-J. Cameron Henry
Senate, District 19-Gregory A. Miller
State Representative, District 85-Vincent E. Cox III
State Representative, District 92-Joe Stagni
State Representative, District 94-Stephanie Hilferty
State Representative, District 105-Jacob Braud
Councilman at Large, Division A-Ricky Templet
Councilman at Large, Division B-Dominick Impastato
Councilman, District 4-Arita Bohannan
Councilman, District 5-Hans Liljeberg
Polly Thomas, Chair of the Jefferson Republican Parish Executive Committee, said “The members believe that these candidates embody Republican principles of compassion, adherence to the Constitution, and fiscal conservatism. We urge voters to cast their votes for these candidates on October 14 or during the early voting period September 30 through October 7.” The endorsement committee is composed of elected members of the Jefferson Republican Parish Executive Committee, elected members of the Republican State Central Committee who reside in Jefferson Parish, and Republican elected officials who reside in Jefferson Parish.
The committee also congratulated the following who were elected or re-elected without opposition:
Mike Strain, Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry
Tim Temple, Commissioner of Insurance
Scott Schlegel, Judge, Court of Appeal 5th Circuit
Sandy Holloway, BESE District 3
Kirk Talbot, Senate District 10
Joe Orgeron, State Representative, District 54
Big John Illg, State Representative, District 78
Debbie Villio, State Representative, District 79
Polly Thomas, State Representative, District 80
Laurie Schlegel, State Representative, District 82
Timothy Kerner, State Representative, District 84
Joe Lopinto, Sheriff
Jon Gegenheimer, Clerk of Court
Thomas Capella, Assessor
Gerry Cvitanovich, Coroner
Cynthia Lee Sheng, Parish President
Deano Bonano, Council, District 2
SUBMITTED BY: Polly Thomas, Chair, Jefferson Republican Parish Executive Committee
polly@pollythomas.com 504-616-6568
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