:Julie Emerson

{{Infobox officeholder

|name= Julie Cathryn Emerson

|image= Julie Emerson by Gage Skidmore.jpg

|caption= Emerson at the 2022 Hazlitt Summit hosted by Young Americans for Liberty Foundation

|office=Louisiana State Representative for
District 39 (Lafayette and
St. Landry parishes)

|term_start=January 2016

|term_end=

|preceded= Stephen Ortego

|succeeded=Incumbent

|birth_date={{birth date and age|1988|2|29}}

|birth_place=Homer, Claiborne Parish
Louisiana, USA

|residence=Carencro
Lafayette Parish

|party= Republican

|footnotes=

|website = [http://JulieEmerson.org JulieEmerson.org]

|alma_mater=Westminster Christian Academy of Opelousas, Louisiana
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
University of South Carolina}}

Julie Cathryn Emerson (born 1988) is an American small business owner and politician. She is from Carencro, Louisiana. She is a Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 39 in Lafayette and St. Landry parishes in South Louisiana.

Electoral history

On January 11, 2016, she succeeded incumbent Democratic Representative Stephen Ortego, whom she unseated in the primary election held on October 24, 2015. Emerson polled 6,149 votes (51 percent) to Ortego's 5,902 (49 percent).{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10242015/10242015_Legislative.html|title=Results for Election Date: 10/24/2015|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|access-date=October 25, 2015}}

In 2019, Emerson was re-elected for a second term. She won re-election with 70% of the vote.{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/static/2019-10-12/resultsRace/Legislative|title=Results for Election Date: 10/12/2019|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State}}

In 2023, Emerson was re-elected for a third term, garnering 72% of the vote against Mckinley James Jr., a Democrat who received 28% of the vote.{{Cite news |date=2023-10-15 |title=ELECTION RESULTS 2023: LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE |url=https://www.katc.com/news/around-acadiana/election-results-2023-louisiana-legislature |access-date=2024-02-18 |work=KATC |language=en}}

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