Julie Quinn

Julie Quinn (Republican Party) was a member of the Louisiana State Senate, representing District 6. She assumed office in 2005. She left office in 2012.

Quinn (Republican Party) ran for election to the Louisiana Public Service Commission to represent District 2. She lost in the primary on November 5, 2024.

Quinn is a former Republican member of the Louisiana State Senate. She represented District 6 from 2005 to 2012.

Quinn was a Board Member on the Jefferson Parish School Board from 2001 to 2005.

Biography

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Quinn earned her B.A. in Broadcast Journalism from Louisiana State University. She went on to receive her J.D. from Loyola Law School. She works as an attorney.

2024 battleground election

See also: Louisiana Public Service Commission election, 2024

Ballotpedia identified the November 5, general election as a battleground race. The summary below is from our coverage of this election, found here.

Jean-Paul Coussan (R) defeated Nick Laborde (D) and Julie Quinn (R) in the nonpartisan primary for Louisiana Public Service Commission District 2 on Nov. 5, 2024. As a result, Republicans retained their 3-2 majority on the commission. Incumbent Commissioner Craig Greene (R) did not run for re-election.

Republicans had, at the time of the election, a 3-2 majority on the Louisiana Public Service Commission. Before the election,The Louisiana Illuminator's Wesley Muller described Greene as "a moderate Republican [who] holds enormous power as the lone swing vote between two GOP members and two Democrats on the panel." Muller also wrote that Greene's successor "gets to decide whether to hold onto that power with a similarly moderate stance or relinquish it and toe the party line."

According to the Greater Baton Rouge Business Report's Jeremy Alford and David Jacobs, "PSC District 2 is largely white and Republican." In the 2020 presidential election, Donald Trump (R) won 70% of the vote in the district. Alford and Jacobs also wrote that the "hotly contested race for mayor-president in East Baton Rouge Parish (which features two high-profile Democrats in incumbent Sharon Weston Broome and former Rep. Ted James) and the race in the new majority-Black congressional District 6 (which intersects with PSC District 2) [are] factors that could drive Democratic turnout."

Laborde, at the time of the election, owned the consulting firm Laborde Consulting and was the product manager at his family's company, NOLA Crawfish Bread. He previously worked as a video game developer and a human resources consultant.

Laborde said, "We have the opportunity to bring generational change to the Public Service Commission. And I think there’s an opportunity to change the direction we’re on, make Entergy pay more, invest in our grid, diversify our power generation rigs by investing in more renewables, I think we can make some change that’s why I’m running.”

Coussan was, at the time of the election, a state senator who had represented the 23rd District since 2024. From 2016 to 2024, he represented the 45th District in the Louisiana House of Representatives. Professionally, Coussan, at the time of the election, worked as an attorney at a real estate law firm and owned a real estate investment company.

Coussan said he would be "a true conservative watch dog, and someone who understands the importance of the role that affordable and reliable energy plays in bringing jobs to our state."

Quinn was, at the time of the election, the managing partner at the law firm Quinn Law, APLC. She previously worked as an adjunct professor at Loyola University and an attorney at McGlinchey Stafford. From 2005 to 2012, Quinn represented the 6th District in the state Senate. She previously represented the 6th District on the Jefferson Parish School Board from 2001 to 2005.

Quinn said she was "a fiscal conservative who believes the federal government under Joe Biden has overreached and is causing corporations, especially utility companies, to make unnecessary infrastructure modifications that are being passed on to consumers."

Committee assignments

2010-2011

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

• Education Committee, Louisiana State Senate
• Insurance Committee, Louisiana State Senate
• Judiciary A Committee, Louisiana State Senate, Chair

2008-2009

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

• Insurance Committee, Louisiana State Senate
• Judiciary A Committee, Louisiana State Senate
• Local & Municipal Affairs Committee, Louisiana State Senate

Elections

2024

See also: Louisiana Public Service Commission election, 2024

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 Public Service Commission District 2

Jean-Paul Coussan won election outright against Nick Laborde and Julie Quinn in the primary for Louisiana Public Service Commission District 2 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jean-Paul Coussan (R)	53.9	225,468
		Nick Laborde (D)	26.3	110,140
		Julie Quinn (R)	19.8	83,055

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Craig Greene (R)

Polls

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Campaign finance

Candidates in this election submitted campaign finance reports to the Louisiana Ethics Administration Program. Click the links below to access those reports.

• Nick Laborde
• Jean-Paul Coussan
• Julie Quinn

Endorsements

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2011

Quinn did not seek re-election in 2011.

2007

In 2007 Quinn was elected to the Louisiana State Senate District 6. Quinn (R) finished with 21,992 votes and was followed by Doug Johnson (R) with 9,468 votes and Monica Monica (R) with 6,791 votes. Quinn raised $506,285 for her campaign fund.

Louisiana State Senate District 6
Candidates		Votes
Julie Quinn (R)		21,992
Doug Johnson (R)		9,468
Monica Monica (R)		6,791

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Campaign website

Quinn’s campaign website stated the following:

“	JULIE’S PLAN TO POWER LOUISIANA As our next Public Service Commissioner, Julie Quinn will: Protect consumer rates and pass-through spending Work towards Louisiana’s energy independence Hold utility companies accountable for creating and maintaining a resilient grid Rein in unnecessary utility company spending that results in rising utility rates Oppose liberal-thinking Green New Deal initiatives that are unrealistic and costly Expand the sale of energy created in LA to other states, resulting in a surplus passed on to the consumer Explore micro-nuclear facilities to lower utility rates Require in-person customer service centers Replace Louisiana’s non-compliant, poorly maintained water systems Transition to water delivery systems that meet or exceed high-quality standards Promote transparency in billing Be accessible and responsive to consumers	”
—Julie Quinn’s campaign website (2024)

Campaign advertisements

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Campaign finance summary

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Julie Quinn campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024	Louisiana Public Service Commission District 2	Lost primary	$108,459	$94,668
Grand total			$108,459	$94,668
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Election Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).

Awards

In September 2011, The Alliance For Good Government presented Quinn with a Legislator of the Year Award.

Personal

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Quinn and her husband, Patrick, have two children.

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Preceded by -	Louisiana State Senate District 6 2005–2012	Succeeded by Mack White Jr.