Jeff Arnold

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Not to be confused with Jeff Arnold (Internet entrepreneur) or the cricketer Geoff Arnold.
Jeff Arnold
Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives
from the 102nd district
In office
April 2002 – January 11, 2016
Preceded byJacquelyn Brechtel Clarkson
Succeeded byGary Carter, Jr.
Personal details
Born
Jeffery James Arnold

(1967-06-26) June 26, 1967 (age 54)
Political partyDemocratic
Alma materSoutheastern Louisiana University
OccupationBusinessman

Jeffery James Arnold (born July 26, 1967), is currently the CEO of the Association of Louisiana Electric Cooperatives. He was the former senior vice president of First NBC Bank in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was also the former dean of the Louisiana House of Representatives, he represented District 102, which encompasses the Algiers neighborhood. Arnold was first sent to the House in a special election held on April 6, 2002.[1] He was hence term-limited and was ineligible to seek a fourth four-year term in the 2015 legislative elections. Instead, Arnold ran unsuccessfully for the District 7 seat in the Louisiana State Senate, which encompasses parts of the west bank of Orleans, Jefferson, and Plaquemines parishes.

Life and career[]

Arnold holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in management/marketing/finance from Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond. He is a fellow of the Loyola University New Orleans Institute of Politics and an Auxiliary Deputy Sheriff of Plaquemines Parish. He is Roman Catholic and a member of St. Andrew the Apostle Catholic Church and the Catholic men's organization, the Knights of Columbus[1]

In his first election, he received 65.8 percent of the vote over four other Democratic candidates.[2] In his most recent election on October 22, 2011, he polled 81.2 percent of the vote over an intraparty rival named Carlos Williams.[3]

Arnold has served as the Chairman of the House Commerce Committee (2008–12) and Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee (2012–2016).[citation needed]

Arnold is a member of the Baptist Hospital Board of Governors, Holy Cross College Board of Advisors and a former Chairman of the Algiers Development District. He is also president of the Algiers Friendship Club.

Because of House term limits, Arnold was a candidate in the November 21, 2015, runoff election for the state Senate. He was defeated by fellow Democrat Troy Carter, a former member of the New Orleans City Council.[4] Carter received 12,935 votes (56.8 percent); Arnold, 9,852 (43.2 percent).[5]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Representative Jeffery J. "Jeff" Arnold". votesmart.org. Retrieved August 29, 2013.
  2. ^ "Results for Election Date: 4/6/2002". staticresults.sos.la.gov. Retrieved August 29, 2013.
  3. ^ "Results for Election Date: 10/22/2011". staticresults.sos.la.gov. Retrieved August 29, 2013.
  4. ^ "Results for Election Date: 10/24/2015". Louisiana Secretary of State. Retrieved October 25, 2015.
  5. ^ "Results for Election Date: 11/21/2015". Louisiana Secretary of State. Retrieved November 28, 2015.
Louisiana House of Representatives
Preceded by
Jacquelyn Brechtel Clarkson 		Louisiana State Representative for District 102 (Algiers section of New Orleans)

Jeffery James "Jeff" Arnold
2002–2016

Succeeded by
Gary Carter, Jr.
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