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Jay Morris (Louisiana)

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Jay Morris
Republican Party
Louisiana State Senate District 35
Tenure
2020 - Present
Term ends
2028
Years in position
6
Predecessor: James Fannin (R)
Prior offices:
Louisiana House of Representatives District 14
Years in office: 2012 - 2020
Successor: Michael Echols (R)
Compensation
Base salary
$16,800/year; plus an additional $6,000/year as an unvouchered expense
Per diem
$178/day
Elections and appointments
Last election
October 14, 2023
Education
Bachelor's
Louisiana State University
Law
Louisiana State University, Paul M. Hebert Law Center
Personal
Profession
Business owner
Contact
Official website
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Personal Facebook
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Jay Morris (Republican Party) is a member of the Louisiana State Senate, representing District 35. He assumed office on January 13, 2020. His current term ends on January 10, 2028.

Morris (Republican Party) won re-election to the Louisiana State Senate to represent District 35 outright in the primary on October 14, 2023, after the primary and general election were canceled.

Biography

Morris earned his B.s. and J.D. from Louisiana State University. His professional experience includes working as managing partner of Dean Morris, LLP, Lenders Title Corporation, and owner of Morris & Associates-businesses.[1]

Committee assignments

2025-2026

Morris was assigned to the following committees:

2023-2024

Morris was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Morris was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Morris was assigned to the following committees:

2015 legislative session

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

Louisiana committee assignments, 2015
• Commerce
• Health and Welfare
• Judiciary

2012-2013

In the 2012-2013 legislative session, Morris 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.


Noteworthy events

Government shutdown

Morris' September 2013 ad in favor of defunding Obamacare

Morris released an ad on September 26, 2013, in regards to Ted Cruz September 24-25, 2013, speech on the floor of the Senate in support of the defund Obamacare effort.[2] In the ad he also indicated that he would support a government shutdown if Obamacare is not defunded.[2]

"The empty campaign promises about Obamacare must end," Morris says in the ad. "To defund Obamacare, we must defeat the political establishment, even if it means shutting down government."[2]

Elections

2023

See also: Louisiana State Senate elections, 2023


Louisiana elections use the majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50 percent 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.

Nonpartisan primary election

The primary election was canceled. Jay Morris (R) won the election without appearing on the ballot.

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Morris in this election.

2019

See also: Louisiana State Senate elections, 2019


Louisiana elections use the majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50 percent 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.

General election

General election for Louisiana State Senate District 35

Jay Morris defeated incumbent James Fannin in the general election for Louisiana State Senate District 35 on November 16, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Jay Morris
Jay Morris (R)
 
50.4
 
18,167
Image of James Fannin
James Fannin (R)
 
49.6
 
17,894

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 36,061
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Louisiana State Senate District 35

Incumbent James Fannin and Jay Morris defeated Matt Parker in the primary for Louisiana State Senate District 35 on October 12, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of James Fannin
James Fannin (R)
 
38.6
 
12,559
✔
Image of Jay Morris
Jay Morris (R)
 
36.3
 
11,782
Image of Matt Parker
Matt Parker (R) Candidate Connection
 
25.1
 
8,154

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 32,495
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2015

See also: Louisiana House of Representatives 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.[3]
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 Jay Morris (R) was unopposed in the October 24 blanket primary.[4][5]

2013

See also: Louisiana's 5th Congressional District special election, 2013

Morris ran for the U.S. House representing the 5th Congressional District of Louisiana.[6] The election was held to replace Rodney Alexander, who announced his resignation in order to take a position as the next Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs at the end of September 2013.[7] He was defeated in the open primary on October 19, 2013.[8]

U.S. House, Louisiana District 5 Special Election Open Primary, 2013
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngNeil Riser 32% 33,045
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngVance McAllister 17.8% 18,386
     Republican Clyde Holloway 10.9% 11,250
     Republican Phillip "Blake" Weatherly 0.5% 517
     Republican Jay Morris 6.9% 7,083
     Democratic Marcus Hunter 3% 3,088
     Democratic Robert Johnson 9.6% 9,971
     Democratic Jamie Mayo 14.8% 15,317
     Democratic Weldon Russell 2.5% 2,554
     Libertarian Henry Herford, Jr. 0.9% 886
     Libertarian S.B.A. Zaitoon 0.1% 129
     Green Eliot Barron 0.5% 492
     Independent Tom Gibbs 0.3% 324
     Independent Peter Williams 0.3% 335
Total Votes 103,377
Source: Official results via Louisiana Secretary of State

2011

See also: Louisiana House of Representatives elections, 2011

On November 19, 2011, Morris won election to District 14 of the Louisiana House of Representatives. He faced incumbent Sam Little (R) and Michael Echols (R) in the primary election on October 22, 2011. 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. However, since no candidate reached this threshold, a general election took place on November 19 between Little and Morris.[9] Morris defeated Little to win the seat.[10]

Louisiana House of Representatives District 14 General Election, 2011
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngJay Morris 59.1% 5,005
     Republican Sam Little Incumbent 40.9% 3,463
Total Votes 8,468
Louisiana House of Representatives, District 14 Blanket Primary, 2011
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngJay Morris 42.6% 5,078
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngSam Little Incumbent 36.7% 4,384
     Republican Michael Echols 20.7% 2,471
Total Votes 11,933

Campaign finance summary

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Jay Morris campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2023Louisiana State Senate District 35Won primary$270,673 $83,556
Grand total$270,673 $83,556
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Election Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).

Campaign themes

2023

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2019

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Scorecards

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Personal

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Morris is married and has three children. He is involved with the United Way and the Monroe and West Monroe Chambers of Commerce.[1]

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jay Morris for State Representative, "Biography," accessed October 11, 2011
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Washington Post, "House candidate backs government shutdown in ad featuring Ted Cruz," accessed September 26, 2013
    3. ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "2015 Elections," accessed January 2, 2015
    4. ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Candidate Inquiry," accessed October 13, 2015
    5. ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Official Election Results," accessed November 1, 2015
    6. ↑ KNOE, "Another candidate plans to join 5th District race," accessed August 12, 2013
    7. ↑ Nola.com, "Rodney Alexander to join Jindal administration, departure from Congress will trigger special election," accessed August 8, 2013
    8. ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "U. S. Representative -- 5th Congressional District," accessed October 19, 2013
    9. ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Unofficial Election Results," October 22, 2011
    10. ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Official election results for November 19, 2011," accessed December 6, 2011

    Political offices
    Preceded by
    James Fannin (R)     		Louisiana State Senate District 35
    2020-Present    		 Succeeded by
    -
    Preceded by
    -     		Louisiana House of Representatives District 14
    2012-2020    		 Succeeded by
    Michael Echols (R)



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