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james wayne `` jim '' tucker incumbent fritz windhorst roman catholic stephen joseph windhorst 150px republican louisiana orleans parishes -rrb- division j judge , louisiana 24th judicial state district in jefferson parish judge of the louisiana 5th circuit representative court of appeal from district 86 -lrb- jefferson and terry w. gee sheldon fernandez on state senate after twenty years of service , stephen windhorst the began a nine-year stint in the louisiana house of representatives day . that his father left the louisiana 12 february 1957 1992 2000 january 1 , 2013 terrytown , jefferson parish , louisiana , usa stephen j. windhorst
 2000 2012 attorney archbishop shaw high school
stephen j. windhorst

stephen joseph windhorst , known as steve windhorst -lrb- born february 12 , 1957 -rrb- , is an appeals court judge of the louisiana fifth circuit court of appeal , a position which he began on january 1 , 2013 .
prior to his unopposed election to the appeals court , windhorst served as a judge of the 24th judicial district court in suburban new orleans , louisiana from 2000 to 2012 .
earlier , from 1992 to 2000 , republican windhorst was a member of the louisiana house of representatives from jefferson and orleans parishes .
his father , fritz windhorst of algiers , a neighborhood of new orleans , served as a democrat-turned-republican in the louisiana state senate from orleans and jefferson parishes from 1972 to 1992 .
the windhorsts are of german and italian descent .
