religion children birth_place party office preceded parents birth_date term_start residence spouse article_title name occupation alma_mater
roman catholic six children or stepchildren including new orleans , louisiana , usa republican louisiana and tangipahoa parishes -rrb- state senator from district 11 -lrb- st. tammany tom schedler mr. and mrs. john l. donahue , sr. . 19 august 1944 2008 mandeville st. tammany parish , louisiana -lrb- 1 -rrb- missing jack donahue -lrb- politician -rrb-
 john leo `` jack '' donahue building contractor louisiana state university
jack donahue -lrb- politician -rrb-

john leo donahue , jr. , known as jack donahue -lrb- born august 19 , 1944 -rrb- is a building contractor and philanthropist in mandeville , louisiana , who is a republican member of the louisiana state senate from district 11 -lrb- st. tammany and tangipahoa parishes -rrb- .
a runaway winner in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on october 20 , 2007 , donahue , with 64.5 percent of the ballots , defeated fellow republican pete schneider of slidell , a term-limited member of the louisiana house of representatives .
donahue carried the backing of the outgoing senator , tom schedler , also of mandeville and similarly term-limited under louisiana law .
late in 2010 , schedler became the louisiana secretary of state .
