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Mack A. White, Jr., known as Bodi White (born April 7, 1956), is a Republican member of the Louisiana State Senate from Central City in East Baton Rouge Parish in south Louisiana. His District 6 includes parts of East Baton Rouge, Livingston, St. Helena, and Tangipahoa parishes.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Rep. Mack A. "Bodi" White, Jr. )〕 White won the Senate seat in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 22, 2011, by having narrowly defeated fellow Republican Mike Mannino, 12,886 votes (51.7 percent) to 12,047 (48.3 percent).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Louisiana primary election returns, October 22, 2011 )〕 The incumbent senator, Republican Julie Quinn of Jefferson Parish, did not seek reelection.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Rep. Bodi White Announces Candidacy for State Senate, July 6, 2011 )〕 Under redistricting, Senate District 6 has a different configuration reaching from Baton Rouge to the Florida Parishes. White describes the district as "sprawling, almost 100 miles long. It is an area of tremendous growth. The I-10 and I-12 corridors have added five new representative districts and 1-1/2 new Senate seats as a result of the census. It's also where we expect the growth to be over the next ten years."〔 White describes the Senate district as "conservative" with "working people () believe in family values, and () tax increases.”〔 ==Background== An East Baton Rouge Parish native, White's father was Mack White, Sr. (1934–1999) of Baker.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Social Security Death Index )〕 White holds an undergraduate degree in criminal justice from Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond and completed graduate work in the same field from Loyola University in New Orleans.〔 White was a detective for the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s office for six years and a supervisor at ExxonMobil for seventeen years. He is an agent with Rogillio Real Estate Company in Baton Rouge and also owns a small private security company.〔 White and his wife, the former Robin Wunstel, wed in the fall of 1982. They have three children, Kimberly White, Kristen W. McKnight and her husband, Ivan Emmett McKnight, and Mackie White, and a granddaughter. He is a long-term member of the Blackwater United Methodist Church in Zachary in East Baton Rouge Parish. White has been named the Central City "Man of the Year". He assists in providing student scholarships for his ''alma mater,'' Southeastern.〔 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「Bodi White」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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