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Ebony Woodruff
Ebony Woodruff is a former Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, representing District 87 from 2013 to 2016. She was first elected to the chamber on October 4, 2013.[1]
Committee assignments
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Woodruff served on the following committees:
| Louisiana committee assignments, 2015 |
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| • Administration of Criminal Justice |
| • Commerce |
| • Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs |
Sponsored legislation
The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.
Elections
2015
Elections for the Louisiana House of Representatives took place in 2015. A primary election was held on October 24, 2015, with a general election held in districts where necessary on November 21, 2015. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was September 10, 2015, at 4:30 p.m. CDT.[2]
Louisiana elections use the Louisiana majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50% of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article. Incumbent Ebony Woodruff (D) was defeated by Rodney Lyons (D) in the October 24 blanket primary. Derrick Shepherd (D) was disqualified before the primary.[3][4]
| Louisiana House of Representatives, District 87 Primary Election, 2015 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Rodney Lyons |
58.6% | 2,883 | |
| Democratic | Ebony Woodruff Incumbent | 41.4% | 2,034 | |
| Total Votes | 4,917 | |||
2013
Woodruff won election in the special election for Louisiana House of Representatives District 87. The seat was vacant following Girod Jackson, III's (D) resignation after he was charged with tax fraud. Woodruff was the only candidate who filed by the October 4 deadline, so she was immediately declared the winner and sworn in. The special election was originally scheduled for November 16.[5][6][1]
Scorecards
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2015
In 2015, the Louisiana State Legislature was in session from April 13 through June 11.
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2014
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In 2014, the Louisiana State Legislature was in session from March 10 through June 3.
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2013
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In 2013, the Louisiana State Legislature was in session from April 8 to June 6.
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Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Ebony + Woodruff + Louisiana + Senate"
See also
- Louisiana House of Representatives
- House Committees
- Louisiana State Legislature
- Joint Committees
- Louisiana state legislative districts
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 nola.com, "Lawyer Ebony Woodruff of Harvey elected to 87th District House seat," November 4, 2013
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "2015 Elections," accessed January 2, 2015
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Candidate Inquiry," accessed October 13, 2015
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Official Election Results," accessed November 1, 2015
- ↑ nola.com, "Jefferson Parish special election to replace ex-Rep. Girod Jackson set Nov. 16," August 30, 2013
- ↑ sos.la.gov, "Official candidate list," accessed October 8, 2013
- ↑ Louisiana Family Forum, "2014 Senate Scorecard," accessed July 11, 2017
- ↑ Louisiana Family Forum, "2013 Senate Scorecard," accessed July 11, 2017
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Girod Jackson, III (D) |
Louisiana House of Representatives District 87 2013-2016 |
Succeeded by Rodney Lyons Sr. (D) |
