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Ascension Parish ((フランス語:Paroisse de l'Ascension)) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2010 census, the population was 107,215.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/22/22005.html )〕 Its parish seat is Donaldsonville.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 The parish was created in 1807.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://ccet.louisiana.edu/tourism/parishes/Acadiana_Parishes/ascension.html )〕 Ascension Parish is part of the Baton Rouge, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the Baton Rouge–Pierre Part Combined Statistical Area. It is one of the fastest growing parishes in the state. During the American Civil War, desertions had been of major concern to the Confederate States Army. Henry Watkins Allen, before he was governor, reported more than eight thousand deserters and draft-dodgers about Bayou Teche. There were some 1,200 deserters in Livingston, St. Tammany, and Ascension parishes.〔John D. Winters, ''The Civil War in Louisiana'', Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1963, ISBN 0-8071-0834-0, p. 306〕 Planters in Ascension Parish later complained of raids by guerrillas. In 1864, planter W.R. Hodges requested soldiers to protect the planted fields from such attacks. Union soldiers were accused of "wandering about at will, and helping themselves . . . to whatever could be found," explains the historian John D. Winters in his ''The Civil War in Louisiana'' (1963).〔Winters p. 394〕 ==Law and government== Long a Democratic bastion, since the late 20th century, like much of the rest of the South, Ascension Parish has registered more Republicans and election results have shifted. Since 2000, nearly 14,000 new voters have registered in Ascension Parish, and fewer than 1,000 of those are Democrats. Democrats still lead in registrants with 28,181; Republicans follow with 16,218. There are also 13,052 "No Party" registrants, as permitted under Louisiana law. Robert Poche, Ascension Parish voter registrar, told ''The Advocate'' in 2007, "History tells us that those with no party affiliation have been voting conservatively." Ascension Parish also had a small number of voters registered as upper case Independents. As of April 2007 there were 31 Libertarian Party members and 33 Reform Party registrants. The total registrants in April 2007 stood at 58,221.〔John McMillan, ''Advocate'' (Baton Rouge), River Parishes Bureau, April 29, 2007, p. 1B.〕 Republican Eddie J. Lambert, an attorney in Gonzales who resides in Prairieville, has represented Ascension Parish in the Louisiana House of Representatives since 2004.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Eddie Lambert's 2011 Seafood Fundraiser )〕 He unseated Juba Diez, the representative from 1976 to 2004. He is term-limited in the nonpartisan blanket primary scheduled for October 24, 2015. Joe Sevario, a Prairieville businessman, served in the state Senate for District 18, including Ascension Parish, from 1976 to 1994. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ascension Parish, Louisiana」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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