succeeded religion nationality party office preceded birth_date term_start residence spouse article_title name occupation alma_mater
stephen ortego roman catholic march 2012 american democratic louisiana st. landry , and st. martin parishes ; in 2012 state , only lafayette and st. landry parishes -rrb- representative from district 39 -lrb- lafayette , clara baudoin c. 1950 january 14 , 2008 carencro lafayette parish , louisiana married bobby badon
 bobby gene badon businessman northside high school
bobby badon

bobby gene badon -lrb- born c. 1950 -rrb- is a farmer and businessman from carencro , louisiana , who is a departing one-term democratic member of the louisiana house of representatives from district 39 -lrb- lafayette , st. landry , and st. martin parishes -rrb- .
in 2012 , the st. martin parish precincts will be removed from district 39 .
badon graduated in 1968 from northside high school in lafayette .
prior to his legislative tenure , badon was a two-term member of the carencro city council in lafayette parish .
he is a veteran of the united states navy .
badon is roman catholic .
in 2007 , he defeated the republican candidate , raymond `` la la '' lalonde , a former democratic member of the louisiana house .
in the low-turnout general election held on november 17 , 2007 , badon polled 3,914 -lrb- 52 percent -rrb- to lalonde 's 3,662 -lrb- 48 percent -rrb- .
badon attributed crossover republican voters who helped to secure his democratic victory .
he vowed to end corrupt practices in louisiana state government : `` i have not sold my vote to any special interest group .
when i get to baton rouge , i do n't owe anyone any favors , '' he told the `` lafayette daily advertiser '' .
in the october 20 nonpartisan blanket primary lalonde had led badon , 4,352 -lrb- 30 percent -rrb- to 4,028 -lrb- 27 percent -rrb- .
two other primary candidates , both democrats , held a combined and critical 43 percent of the vote .
incumbent clara baudoin was term-limited and hence ineligible to seek a fourth term .
badon served on these house committees : -lrb- 1 -rrb- agriculture , forestry , aquaculture , and rural development , -lrb- 2 -rrb- commerce , and -lrb- 3 -rrb- natural resources and environment .
in 2010 , badon was ranked 94 percent by the louisiana association of business and industry and 67 percent by the louisiana family forum .
in 2009 , he was given 100 percent ranking by the louisiana right to life federation .
on january 18 , 2010 , badon was arrested in carencro for driving while intoxicated after a louisiana trooper stopped him for alleged improper lane usage .
in june 2011 , a state district court judge , herman clause , threw out the first-offense dwi case on grounds that the officer had no grounds to have stopped badon .
on august 2 , 2011 , badon announced that because of his farming and business commitments he would not seek reelection in the october 22 nonpartisan blanket primary .
home builder stephen ortego , a democrat who polled 25 percent of the ballots in the 2007 primary against badon , ran again for the post in redistricted territory .
the redrawn district will include scott , now in district 45 represented by speaker pro tempore joel robideaux of lafayette , and southern st. landry parish .
primary results place ortego in the november 19 , 2011 , general election with republican don menard , who led the three-candidate field with 44.5 percent .
ortego trailed with 35 percent , and the independent candidate , james `` jaime '' arnaud , held the remaining 20.5 percent of the ballots cast .
menard carries the backing of u.s. senator david vitter 's louisiana committee for a republican majority .
stephen ortego then won the general election with 55 percent of the vote .
