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style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />May 2016</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Edwards_(politician)" title="Ronnie Edwards (politician)">Ronnie Edwards</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">June 1971 (age 53)<br /><a href="/wiki/Brusly,_Louisiana" title="Brusly, Louisiana">Brusly, Louisiana</a>, US</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Stacie</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Southern_University" title="Southern University">Southern University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_University_Law_Center" title="Southern University Law Center">Southern University Law Center</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data">Lawyer, insurance agent</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Edmond Dwayne Jordan</b> (born June 1971)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is an American attorney and politician. He is a <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> member of the <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_House_of_Representatives" title="Louisiana House of Representatives">Louisiana House of Representatives</a> for District 29. On May 14, 2016, he won a <a href="/wiki/Special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="Special election">special election</a> <a href="/wiki/Runoff_election" class="mw-redirect" title="Runoff election">runoff</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to succeed fellow Democrat <a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Edwards_(politician)" title="Ronnie Edwards (politician)">Ronnie Edwards</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bar_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bar-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Edmond_Jordan&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Life-long Brusly resident Jordan graduated from <a href="/wiki/Brusly_High_School" title="Brusly High School">Brusly High School</a> in <a href="/wiki/Brusly,_Louisiana" title="Brusly, Louisiana">Brusly, Louisiana</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Historically_black" class="mw-redirect" title="Historically black">historically black</a> <a href="/wiki/Southern_University" title="Southern University">Southern University</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Southern_University_Law_Center" title="Southern University Law Center">Southern University Law Center</a> in the capital city of <a href="/wiki/Baton_Rouge,_Louisiana" title="Baton Rouge, Louisiana">Baton Rouge</a>. An attorney since 1998, Jordan has represented the <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_Public_Service_Commission" title="Louisiana Public Service Commission">Louisiana Public Service Commission</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_Department_of_Environmental_Quality" title="Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality">Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Homeland_Security" title="United States Department of Homeland Security">United States Department of Homeland Security</a>. He co-owns Cypress Insurance Agency in Baton Rouge. He is a graduate of the leadership programs offered by both the West Baton Rouge/<a href="/wiki/Iberville_Parish,_Louisiana" title="Iberville Parish, Louisiana">Iberville</a> <a href="/wiki/Chamber_of_Commerce" class="mw-redirect" title="Chamber of Commerce">Chamber of Commerce</a> and the Council For A Better Louisiana. He is a member of the West Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He and his wife, Stacie, have two children, Jailen and Jace Jordan.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_life">Political life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Edmond_Jordan&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Political life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On November 21, 2015, Jordan lost the House race to Ronnie Edwards the regular <a href="/wiki/General_election" title="General election">general election</a>. He polled 4,768 votes (40.9 percent) to Edwards' 6,887 (59.1 percent).<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Edwards defeated Jordan to succeed Representative <a href="/wiki/Regina_Barrow" title="Regina Barrow">Regina Barrow</a>, who in turn followed <a href="/wiki/Sharon_Weston_Broome" title="Sharon Weston Broome">Sharon Weston Broome</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_State_Senate" title="Louisiana State Senate">Louisiana State Senate</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Barrow and Broome are also African-American Democrats. Edwards like Barrow formerly worked for Broome. Gary Chambers of <i>The Rouge Collection</i> wrote that Jordan answered questions in a public forum while Edwards did not make an appearance. "Honestly, in the white community, this would never have happened. We as blacks blindly vote for people, based on name recognition, and we must change this pattern," Chambers said.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Five Democrats were candidates in the special election held on April 9 to choose Edwards' successor. In the second round of balloting between the top two vote-getters, Jordan defeated in a low-turnout contest another Democrat, Vereta Tanner Lee (born March 1958), a third-term member of the <a href="/wiki/East_Baton_Rouge_Parish_School_Board" class="mw-redirect" title="East Baton Rouge Parish School Board">East Baton Rouge Parish School Board</a>, 2,019 votes (59.6 percent) and 1,368 (40.4 percent). Eliminated in the primary were Tyra Banks Sterling, who had been Edwards' former legislative assistant, attorney Victor Woods, Jr., and Albert White, occupation not available. No <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> filed in the heavily Democratic district.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 2015 campaign, Jordan focused on what he called setting the "state budget in line with the priorities that enhance opportunity, not diminish it. Strong economic development and the retention of high quality graduates is an absolute necessity. More specifically, I will fight to balance the disproportionate economic disparity between north and south Baton Rouge. Instead of trying to form a new city, we need to bring businesses to District 29 and help rejuvenate this district."<sup id="cite_ref-bio_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Louisiana" title="Governor of Louisiana">Governor</a> <a href="/wiki/John_Bel_Edwards" title="John Bel Edwards">John Bel Edwards</a> called to congratulate his fellow Democrat on learning of Jordan's election to the state House.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Attorney_for_Alton_Sterling_family">Attorney for Alton Sterling family</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Edmond_Jordan&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Attorney for Alton Sterling 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4em">Members of the <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_House_of_Representatives" title="Louisiana House of Representatives">Louisiana House of Representatives</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="2"><div> <dl><dt>Speaker of the House</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Phillip_DeVillier" title="Phillip DeVillier">Phillip DeVillier</a> (R)</dd> <dt>Speaker <i>pro tempore</i></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Michael_T._Johnson" title="Michael T. Johnson">Michael T. Johnson</a> (R)</dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;text-align:left;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div class="div-col numbered nowrap" style="column-width: 16em;"> <ol><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Danny_McCormick" title="Danny McCormick">Danny McCormick</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Steven_Jackson_(politician)" title="Steven Jackson (politician)">Steven Jackson</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Tammy_Phelps" title="Tammy Phelps">Tammy Phelps</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Daryl_Joy_Walters" title="Daryl Joy Walters">Joy Walters</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Bamburg_Jr." title="Dennis Bamburg Jr.">Dennis Bamburg Jr.</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Michael_Melerine" title="Michael Melerine">Michael Melerine</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Larry_Bagley" title="Larry Bagley">Larry Bagley</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Raymond_Crews" title="Raymond Crews">Raymond Crews</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Dodie_Horton" title="Dodie Horton">Dodie Horton</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Wayne_McMahen" title="Wayne McMahen">Wayne McMahen</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Rashid_Armand_Young" title="Rashid Armand Young">Rashid Armand Young</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Chris_Turner_(Louisiana_politician)" title="Chris Turner (Louisiana politician)">Chris Turner</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jack_McFarland_(politician)" title="Jack McFarland (politician)">Jack McFarland</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Michael_Echols" title="Michael Echols">Michael Echols</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Foy_Gadberry" title="Foy Gadberry">Foy Gadberry</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Adrian_Fisher_(Louisiana_politician)" title="Adrian Fisher (Louisiana politician)">Adrian Fisher</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Pat_Moore_(Louisiana_politician)" title="Pat Moore (Louisiana politician)">Pat Moore</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_LaCombe" title="Jeremy LaCombe">Jeremy LaCombe</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Francis_C._Thompson" title="Francis C. Thompson">Francis C. Thompson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Neil_Riser" title="Neil Riser">Neil Riser</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/C._Travis_Johnson" title="C. Travis Johnson">C. 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