Francis C. Heitmeier
Louisiana State Senator for
District 7 (Orleans, Jefferson and Plaquemines parishes)
In office
1992–2008
Preceded byFritz H. Windhorst
Succeeded byDavid Heitmeier
Louisiana State Representative
for Orleans Parish
In office
1984–1992
Preceded byJon D. Johnson
Succeeded byTroy A. Carter
Personal details
Born (1950-08-02) August 2, 1950
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseRai Lynn Umbach Heitmeier
RelationsDavid Heitmeier (brother)
Alma materNicholls State University
OccupationLobbyist Assistant manager of a telephone company

Francis C. Heitmeier (born August 2, 1950) is Louisiana politician who served in the Louisiana State Senate, representing Orleans, Jefferson, and Plaquemines parishes, from 1991 to 2007.

Raised in the Algiers neighborhood of New Orleans, Heitmeier received his undergraduate degree from Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, Louisiana.[1] He served on the Orleans Parish Democratic Executive Committee from 1978 to 1984 and in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1984 to 1992.[1]

Heitmeier won election to the state senate in 1991 by a large margin,[2] and was reelected in a contested election in 1995,[3] thereafter running unopposed in 1999 and 2003. Ineligible to run in 2007 due to term limits, he instead ran in a special election for Louisiana Secretary of State in 2006, the office having been vacated by the death of incumbent W. Fox McKeithen. Heitmeier finished the first round of voting in second place,[4] but withdrew from the runoff, complaining of lack of funds.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Francis Heitmeier's Biography". Project Vote Smart. Retrieved April 22, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Election Results". Louisiana Secretary of State. October 19, 1991. Retrieved April 22, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Election Results". Louisiana Secretary of State. October 21, 1995. Retrieved April 22, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Election Result". Louisiana Secretary of State. September 30, 2006. Retrieved April 22, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Jay Dardenne". ballotpedia.org. Retrieved April 22, 2015.
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