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Ray Garofalo
Republican Party
Prior offices:
Louisiana House of Representatives District 103
Years in office: 2012 - 2024
Successor: Michael Bayham (R)
Elections and appointments
Last election
October 14, 2023
Education
Bachelor's
Loyola University, New Orleans
Law
Loyola University, New Orleans School of Law
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Business owner/attorney
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Ray Garofalo (Republican Party) was a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, representing District 103. He assumed office on January 9, 2012. He left office on January 8, 2024.

Garofalo (Republican Party) ran for election to the Louisiana State Senate to represent District 1. He lost in the primary on October 14, 2023.

In the 2014 legislative session, Garofalo and 12 other members of the House formed the Louisiana Legislative Conservative Coalition. The coalition, under the chair of Rep. Alan Seabaugh (R), was formed with the intent of pulling the Louisiana Republican Legislative Delegation in a conservative direction and re-instilling conservative principles to the delegation.[1]

Biography

Ray Garofalo, as of March 2020, lived in Chalmette, Louisiana. He graduated from Holy Cross High School. Garofalo earned a bachelor of arts from Loyola University, New Orleans and a law degree from Loyola University School of Law. His career experience includes working as a commercial developer with Garofalo Investments.[2]

Committee assignments

2023-2024

Garofalo was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Garofalo was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Garofalo was assigned to the following committees:

2015 legislative session

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

Louisiana committee assignments, 2015
• Civil Law and Procedure
• Judiciary
• Natural Resources and Environment

2012-2013

In the 2012-2013 legislative session, Garofalo 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

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

Nonpartisan primary for Louisiana State Senate District 1

Robert Owen won election outright against Ray Garofalo in the primary for Louisiana State Senate District 1 on October 14, 2023.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Robert Owen
Robert Owen (R)
 
60.6
 
14,614
Image of Ray Garofalo
Ray Garofalo (R)
 
39.4
 
9,508

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 24,122
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Endorsements

Garofalo received the following endorsements.

2019

See also: Louisiana House of Representatives 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.

Nonpartisan primary election

The primary election was canceled. Ray Garofalo (R) won the election without appearing on the ballot.

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 Ray Garofalo (R) faced George Cavignac (R), Leola Anderson (D), and Casey Hunnicutt (D) in the October 24 blanket primary. Garofalo and Hunnicutt advanced to the November 21 runoff, where Garofalo won election.[4][5]

Louisiana House of Representatives, District 103 Primary Election, 2015
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngRay Garofalo Incumbent 39.2% 4,588
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngCasey Hunnicutt 22.2% 2,597
     Democratic Leola Anderson 19.4% 2,275
     Republican George Cavignac 19.2% 2,244
Total Votes 11,704
Louisiana House of Representatives, District 103 Runoff Election, 2015
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngRay Garofalo 51.9% 6,562
     Democratic Casey Hunnicutt 48.1% 6,079
Total Votes 12,641

2011

See also: Louisiana House of Representatives elections, 2011

On November 19, 2011, Garofalo won election to District 103 of the Louisiana House of Representatives. He faced Chad Lauga (D), Cullen Tonry (D) and Michael Bayham (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, 2011 between Garofalo and Lauga.[6] Garofalo defeated Lauga to win the seat.[7]

Louisiana House of Representatives District 103 General Election, 2011
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngRay Garofalo 53.3% 7,153
     Democratic Chad Lauga 46.7% 6,262
Total Votes 13,415
Louisiana House of Representatives, District 103 Blanket Primary, 2011
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngRay Garofalo 31.4% 4,249
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngChad Lauga 27.4% 3,714
     Republican Michael Bayham 24% 3,255
     Democratic Cullen Tonry 17.2% 2,325
Total Votes 13,543

Campaign themes

2023

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2019

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Campaign finance summary

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Ray Garofalo campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2023Louisiana State Senate District 1Lost primary$334,111 $307,085
Grand total$334,111 $307,085
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Election Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).

Scorecards

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Recall efforts

See also: Ray Garofalo recall, Louisiana House of Representatives (2012)

On June 25, 2012, two St. Bernard Parish teachers filed a recall petition against Garofalo for his support of Gov. Bobby Jindal's education reforms. Garofalo said the move was the act of a special interest group, stating “The overwhelming majority of people in my district were in favor of reforming the education system."[8] In order for a recall election to be scheduled, organizers would have had to collect signatures from one-third of registered voters in the district within 180 days.

In October 2012, the Secretary of State's office said the petition drive failed to collect enough signatures.[9]

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ www.houmatoday.com, "Conservatives in state House forming new coalition," accessed February 20, 2014
    2. ↑ State of Louisiana, "State Representative Raymond E. Garofalo, Jr. Republican District 103," accessed March 24, 2020
    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. ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Unofficial Election Results," October 22, 2011
    7. ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Official election results for November 19, 2011," accessed December 6, 2011
    8. ↑ The Advocate, "Recall filing targets fourth legislator," June 26, 2012
    9. ↑ The Republic, "Recall efforts against 3 Republican state lawmakers fail to win support, expire," October 16, 2012

    Political offices
    Preceded by
    -     		Louisiana House of Representatives District 103
    2012-2024    		 Succeeded by
    Michael Bayham (R)


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