Don Cazayoux

Don Cazayoux (2008)

Donald J. "Don" Cazayoux (born January 17, 1964 in New Roads , Pointe Coupee Parish , Louisiana ) is an American politician . Between 2008 and 2009 he represented the state of Louisiana in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Don Cazayoux attended the Catholic High School of Pointe Coupee until 1982 and then studied at Louisiana State University until 1993 . After studying law at Georgetown University in Washington, DC and being admitted to the bar, he began working in his new profession in 1995. Between 1996 and 2000, he served as an assistant district attorney in the 18th District of Louisiana. Politically, Cazayoux joined the Democratic Party . From 2000 to 2008 he was a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives . There he was temporarily a member of the budget committee.

After the resignation of Congressman Richard H. Baker , he was elected as his successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, where he took up his new mandate on May 6, 2008 when the by-election was due for the sixth seat of Louisiana. But as he in the congressional elections of 2008, the Republican Bill Cassidy defeated, he could only legislature started by his predecessor in the January 3, 2009 to the Congress quit.

Since April 2010, Don Cazayoux has served as the state attorney for the middle district of Louisiana. He has been married to his wife Cherie since 1986. The couple have three children and live in New Roads.

Web links

• Don Cazayoux in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)