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James Roy Fannin (born May 30, 1949), known as Jim Fannin, is the incoming Republican member of the Louisiana State Senate for District 35, which encompasses the parishes of Grant, Jackson, Lincoln, Ouachita, Rapides, and Winn. He won the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 24, 2015, to succeed the term-limited Republican Robert Kostelka. Fannin is also the departing chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the Louisiana House of Representatives. A former educator and an active businessman in Jonesboro, the seat of government of Jackson Parish in North Louisiana. In 2003, Fannin was elected as a Democrat to represent House District 13 (Jackson, Bienville, Ouachita and Winn parishes. He succeeded Rodney Alexander of Quitman in Jackson Parish, who resigned to become the United States Representative for Louisiana's 5th congressional district, a position Alexander has since vacated. Fannin was also the chairman of the Louisiana Rural Caucus.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Rep. James R. "Jim" Fannin (LA) )〕 On July 11, 2013, Fannin announced that he had switched his registration to the Republican Party. Fannin said that his former party had "moved too far left" for him to remain within the ranks, even as a Blue Dog Democrat.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Greg Hilburn, "Appropriations Chairman Fannin switches to Republican Party" )〕 Days after Fannin's defection, Senator Rick Ward, III, of Iberville Parish near Baton Rouge also switched parties.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=State senator Rick Ward III switches parties )〕 ==State senate campaign== Fannin defeated fellow Republican Stewart Cathey, Jr., 13,430 votes (52.9 percent) to 11,956 (47.1 percent).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Results for Election Date: 10/24/2015 )〕 In announcing his Senate candidacy, Fannin said that he had received positive response from voters in the Senate district. A large part of his constituency is based in Ouachita Parish. Cathey is a combat veteran, a small businessman from Monroe, a lifelong resident of Ouachita Parish, and a self-proclaimed conservative Republican. 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「James R. Fannin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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