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James Joseph Donelon, III, known as Jim Donelon (born December 14, 1944), has been since February 15, 2006, the Republican insurance commissioner of the U.S. state of Louisiana.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Commissioner Jim Donelon )〕 After initially succeeding to the office, Donelon won a full-term as commissioner in the October 20, 2007 nonpartisan blanket primary. He finished with 606,534 votes (51 percent) and defeated three opponents, the closest of whom, Democrat Jim Crowley, polled 423,722 (36 percent). Two other Republican candidates garnered the remaining 13 percent of the ballots cast. Donelon was first elected to complete a 15-month unexpired term as insurance commissioner in a special election held on September 30, 2006. He polled 50.1 percent of the ballots cast in a low-turnout election. His 283,316 votes were 847 more than the tabulations of his two opponents combined. Republican state Senator James David Cain of Sabine Parish polled 222,414 (39 percent); S.B.A. Zaitoon of the Libertarian Party, received 60,094 votes (11 percent). There was no Democrat in the special election. Donelon ran strongest in urban areas; Cain, in rural parishes and small towns. Donelon became commissioner when Democrat J. Robert Wooley resigned to become a lobbyist for the high-powered law firm Adams and Reese in Baton Rouge. Wooley appointed Donelon as his first deputy in 2001, and under the Louisiana Constitution of 1974, Donelon automatically became temporary commissioner. Wooley said that he chose Donelon to be his chief deputy because of Donelon's impeccable reputation and his extensive knowledge of insurance:
Donelon serves on the Executive Committee of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) and is chairman of the NAIC Surplus Lines Task Force. He is also on the Board of Directors of the New Orleans Alliance for the Mentally Ill and the Blood Center for Southeast Louisiana. The Alliance for Good Government honored Donelon as both "Outstanding Jefferson Parish Official" and "Legislator of Distinction". ==Early years== Donelon was born in New Orleans, the son of James Donelon, II (1911-1996), who is interred there at Greenwood Cemetery.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=James Joseph Donelon, Jr. )〕 He graduated from the Roman Catholic Jesuit High School, the University of New Orleans, and the Loyola University New Orleans College of Law.〔 In 1986, Donelon was the first recipient of the Homer L. Hitt "Distinguished Alumnus of the Year" award from the University of New Orleans, named for the first executive of the university. 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「Jim Donelon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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