Chad Brown (politician)

Chad Michael Brown (born February 1970)[1] is a Democrat from Plaquemine, Louisiana, who is a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 60 in Iberville and Assumption parishes in the southern portion of his state.

Chad Michael Brown
Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives
from the 60th district
Assumed office
January 11, 2016
Preceded byKaren St. Germain
Personal details
BornFebruary 1970 (age 54)
Place of birth missing
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseHayley Mendoza Brown
ChildrenClayton and Christian Brown
Parent(s)Roy and Janice Brown
Residence(s)Plaquemine, Iberville Parish
Louisiana, USA
Alma materLouisiana State University
OccupationFormer employee, Louisiana Department of Insurance

Brown led a four-candidate field in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 24, 2015, for the right to succeed the term-limited Representative Karen St. Germain, also of Plaquemine. He polled 7,622 votes (47 percent). The runner-up, No Party candidate James Barker, received 4,240 votes (25.6 percent). Two other candidates, Republican Michael "Mike" Latino and another Democrat, Thomas Gerald Gaudet of Plaquemine (born November 1958), received 3,125 votes (18.8 percent) and 1,597 (9.6 percent), respectively.[2]

In view of Brown's primary lead, Barker elected not to pursue a runoff election, which would have corresponded with the gubernatorial contest on November 21, 2015. Brown hence won the seat without a majority of the votes cast.

Brown studied at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. He is a former employee of the state Insurance Department in Texas and Baton Rouge.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Chad Brown, February 1970". Louisiana Secretary of State. Retrieved November 4, 2015.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Results for Election Date: 10/24/2015". Louisiana Secretary of State. Retrieved November 4, 2015.
  3. ^ "Chad M. Brown". intelius.com. Retrieved November 4, 2015.
Louisiana House of Representatives
Preceded by Louisiana State Representative for
District 60 (Assumption and Iberville parishes)

Chad Michael Brown

2016 –
Succeeded by
Incumbent