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Cathryn Caroline Fayard (/feɪ·jard/)(born 1978), daughter of Cynthia Felder Fayard and Calvin Clifford Fayard, Jr., of Springfield, Louisiana, is a Democrat who sought the office of lieutenant governor of Louisiana in the 2010 elections. On October 2, she placed second behind Republican Secretary of State Jay Dardenne in the special election and thus effectively became the Democratic nominee for the office.〔Calvin Cifford Fayard Jr. (born 1944) is a plaintiff lawyer whose office is in Denham Springs in Livingston Parish. The family is wealthy and has financially supported prominent national Democrats such as John Kerry and Barack Obama. See also The family is eponymous of Fayard Hall on the campus of Southeastern Louisiana University.〕 On November 2 Fayard lost the election to Jay Dardenne. ==Background== In a September 2010 interview with Action News 17's Ken Benitez, Fayard claimed to have begun in politics with the elements of the Democratic Party associated with Senators J. Bennett Johnston and John Breaux and Representative Billy Tauzin.〔 Originally a Democrat, Tauzin switched to the Republicans in 1995. He had been a member of the Blue Dog Coalition.〕 Fayard grew up in Denham Springs. She was the valedictorian of the Class of 1996 in nearby Episcopal High School in Baton Rouge. She participated in Navy Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps. She received a baccalaureate degree from Dartmouth College in New Hampshire in 2000 and a juris doctor from the University of Michigan Law School at Ann Arbor in 2005. She is licensed to practice law in Louisiana and New York State. She served as a congressional page and interned in the White House under President Bill Clinton and then worked for Goldman Sachs and Williams & Connolly before returning to Louisiana as a law clerk for Stanwood R. Duval Jr., a judge for the Federal Eastern District of Louisiana. She has served on the law faculty of Loyola University New Orleans and as of 2010 is in private practice. She has been actively involved in Louisiana Appleseed,〔(Louisiana Appleseed Board of Directors ) (accessed 2010-10-21).〕 Federal Bar Association, Junior League of New Orleans, and Delta Delta Delta.〔(Fayard campaign site ) (accessed 2010 October 4). Other sources: (Caroline Fayard's Facebook ) (accessed 2010 October 4), (Fayard on Classmates ) (accessed 2010 October 4), (Fayard on VoteSmart ) (accessed 2010 October 4).〕 Fayard is Roman Catholic. She is a member of Saint Thomas Catholic Church in Springfield, Louisiana. In New Orleans she attends Most Holy Name of Jesus Church adjacent to the campus of Loyola University. She is single. 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「Caroline Fayard」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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