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Jonathan Wayne Perry (born January 27, 1973) is a Republican member of the Louisiana State Senate from District 26 (Vermilion and portions of Acadia, Lafayette, and St. Landry parishes). An outgoing member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from District 47 (Vermilion and Cameron parishes), Perry won a special election for the state Senate held on February 19, 2011.〔(Jonathan Perry Elected ) ''Acadia Parish Today.com'' February 19, 2011. Retrieved February 19, 2011〕 The Senate vacancy occurred with the resignation of the Democrat Nick Gautreaux, who accepted an appointment from Republican Governor Bobby Jindal to head the Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles in Baton Rouge.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=La. Senate race on ballot )〕 Perry's victory is particularly significant because it realigns the Senate, where Republicans will have their first majority since Reconstruction, with twenty of the thirty-nine members.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Special election win tilts La. state Senate to GOP )〕 Perry is also known as a comedian and has released DVDs of his stand-up Cajun routines.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Rep. Perry, Jonathan (Biography) )〕 Perry is among the most sought after Cajun comedians in the world and is a past "king" of the "International Cajun Joke Telling Contest."〔("Jonathan Perry Bio | The Grable Group" )〕 ==Background== Perry graduated in 1991 from Kaplan High School in Kaplan in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, where he still resides.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jonathan W. Perry )〕 In 1995, he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology and criminal justice from the University of Louisiana at Monroe in Monroe in Ouachita Parish. Thereafter, he procured a Juris Doctor from the historically black Southern University Law Center in Baton Rouge.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Representative Jonathan W. Perry (LA) )〕 Perry is married to his high school sweetheart, the former Christine LeBeouf, and the couple has four children, Molli, Meredith, Major, and Marlee.〔 Perry is a former sergeant on the Kaplan city police force. While studying law, he served on the Kaplan City Council, the youngest person in that position in the history of his city.〔 He is also a former assistant district attorney for the 15th Judicial District, which covers Acadia, Lafayette, and Vermilion parishes.〔 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「Jonathan Perry (politician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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