page_title: Ray Garofalo
section_title: 2015 reelection
hierarchical_section_title: Ray Garofalo / 2015 reelection
caption_attribution_description: English: President Donald J. Trump disembarks Air Force One at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport in New Orleans Monday, Jan. 13, 2020, and is greeted by Louisiana State Representative Ray Garofalo. (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead)
context_page_description: Raymond Edward Garofalo, Jr., known as Ray Garofalo, is a commercial developer and non-practicing attorney from Meraux, St. Bernard Parish in suburban New Orleans, Louisiana, who is a Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from District 103, which encompasses primarily St. Bernard Parish and four precincts each from Orleans and Plaquemines parishes.
  Garofalo's parents are Raymond, Sr., and Jean Garofalo; paternal grandparents, Anthony and Mary Maggio Garofalo. His father was a career officer in the United States Navy. He graduated from the Roman Catholic Holy Cross High School, Loyola University New Orleans and Loyola University New Orleans College of Law. Garofalo resides with his wife, the former Joan Seibert, in Meraux.
  Garofalo won the state House position in the general election held on November 19, 2011, when he defeated Democrat Chad Lauga, 7,153 to 6,262. The incumbent Democrat Reed S. Henderson did not seek reelection.
  In his first term Garofalo was assigned to the House Civil Law and Procedure, Judiciary, and Natural Resources and Environment committees.
context_section_description: Though he led a four-candidate field in the October 24, 2015 primary election for the state House, Garofalo fell short of outright victory and faced a runoff election on November 21. In the primary, he polled 4,588 votes (39.2 percent). Democrat Casey Hunnicutt finished second with 2,597 votes (22.2 percent). Two other candidates, Democrat Leola Anderson and Republican George Cavignac, received 2,275 (19.4 percent) and 1,244 (19.2 percent), respectively.
  Garofalo subsequently won the general election over Hunnicutt, 6,562 (51.9 percent) to 6,079 (48.1 percent).
  In January, 2016, beginning his second term, Garofalo was appointed by Speaker of the House Taylor Barras to serve as Chairman of the House Committee on Civil Law and Procedure, a position he currently holds.
  In 2016, Garofalo publicly supported the candidacy of Donald Trump for the U.S. Presidency.
caption: Garofalo greeting President Donald Trump in January 2020
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