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Jack Donahue (Louisiana)

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Jack Donahue
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Prior offices
Louisiana State Senate District 11
Successor: Patrick McMath

Jack Donahue is a former Republican member of the Louisiana State Senate, representing District 11 from 2008 to 2020. Donahue was unable to run for re-election in 2019 due to term limits.

Committee assignments

2019-2020

Donahue was assigned to the following committees:

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Donahue served on the following committees:

Louisiana committee assignments, 2015
Finance, Chair
Judiciary A
Senate & Governmental Affairs
Joint Legislative Budget, Chair

2012-2013

In the 2012-2013 legislative session, Donahue served on the following committees:

2010-2011

In the 2010-2011 legislative session, Donahue served on the following committees:

2008-2009

In the 2008-2009 legislative session, Donahue served on the following committees:

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

2019

See also: Louisiana State Senate elections, 2019

Jack Donahue was not able to file for re-election due to term limits.

2015

See also: Louisiana State Senate elections, 2015

Elections for the Louisiana State Senate 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.[1]
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 Jack Donahue (R) was unopposed in the October 24 blanket primary.[2][3]

2011

See also: Louisiana State Senate elections, 2011

Donahue ran for re-election in 2011. He defeated Gary Leonard (R) in the October 22 primary with more than 50 percent of the vote. Because Louisiana uses a blanket primary system, a candidate can be declared the overall winner of the seat by garnering 50 percent +1 of the vote in the primary.[4]

Louisiana State Senate District 11 Blanket Primary, 2011
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngJack Donahue Incumbent 81.4% 19,979
     Republican Gary Leonard 18.6% 4,580
Total Votes 24,559

2007

In 2007 Donahue was elected to the Louisiana State Senate District 11. Donahue (R) finished with 24,200 votes and was followed by Pete Schneider (R) with 12,287 votes and A.M. Lebleu (R) with 1,041 votes.[5] Donahue raised $878,523 for his campaign fund.[6]

Louisiana State Senate District 11
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Jack Donahue (R) 24,200
Pete Schneider (R) 12,287
A.M. Lebleu (R) 1,041

Scorecards

See also: State legislative scorecards and State legislative scorecards in Louisiana

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2019

In 2019, the Louisiana State Legislature was in session from April 8 through June 6.

Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.
Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to abortion.
Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.


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2012

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
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Louisiana State Senate District 11
2008–2020
Succeeded by
Patrick McMath