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District Office
Legislative Assistant : Happy Johnson
Email Walker Hines
Phone: (504)756-4675
Fax: (504)553-5324
Address: 5500 Prytania Street
#626
New Orleans, LA 70115
Map
Capitol House Switch Band: (225) 342-6945
Capitol House Fax: (225)342-8336
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- District #: House District 1
- Party: Democrat
- Caucus Membership: Democratic Caucus, Orleans Delegation
- Occupation: Financial Investment Analyst
- Education: Metairie Park Country Day High School, 2002;
University of Michigan, B.G.S., 2007 - Spouse: Single
- Year Elected: 2007
- Last Year Eligible(Term Limit): 2020
- 2007 Election
In an eight-candidate field primary election, Walker Hines finished second to fellow Democrat Una Anderson, a member of the Orleans Parish School Board. Hines, garnering 19 percent of the votes, edged out Percy Marchand, who finished with 15 percent of the ballots cast. The Times-Picayune endorsed Marchand in the primary and Hines in the runoff. Hines defeated Anderson in the runoff by attaining 324 more votes than she did.
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Registered Voters by Parish: Orleans 100.0%
Municipalities/Communities Represented: New Orleans
Economic: District 95 includes the Carrollton neighborhood and parts of Broadmoor and uptown New Orleans. Primarily a residential area, this district contains some large business and industrial strips. Most of the commercial development is located along Earhart Boulevard and in the Carrollton Shopping Center. Most notable in this district are Audubon Park and Tulane and Loyola Universities, all on St. Charles Avenue. This district was spared from the flood waters of Hurricane Katrina, but it did suffer some structural damage from the winds.
Social: This district has become more racially balanced in recent decades, as it once consisted of predominantly white neighborhoods. The Carrollton neighborhood is still home to mostly white residents.
Political: With over 60 percent of African American registered voters, this district is solidly Democratic. White residents also have a tendency to vote Democratic allowing state and national Democratic candidates to poll high numbers in this district. Still, African American political organizations are not as active in this district as in other areas of the city. Crime, flood protection and abandoned houses are the major issues that concern voters in this district.
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- Walker Hines replaces Alex Heaton, who was ineligible to run for reelection due to term limits. 26 years old, Hines is a financial investment analyst at Capital Investment Management. He received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan and is a member of New Orleans Young Urban Rebuilding Professionals. Hines worked for former Congressman Chris John in Washington, D. C.
- Hines’ top three legislative priorities are ethics reform, economic development and crime prevention. Hines plans to advance comprehensive ethics reform for elected officials. Fresh out of college, Hines wants to stimulate new, sustainable economic development especially targeting young professionals and entrepreneurs. By creating a guest MBA program to attract young entrepreneurs from around the world to explore their ideas in Louisiana, Hines believes new investment will come to the state. Look for Hines to try to reduce or eliminate the personal state income tax and to offer a five-year sales tax break for high-growth entrepreneurial ventures.
- While tax issues and New Orleans-based legislation are of major importance to Hines, he’s also pushing for substantial reforms in the health care area. Specifically, he wants to study the effect of decreasing Medicare-Medicaid crossover payments on dually eligible people with Medicare and Medicaid in Louisiana. He also thinks Congress should maintain Medicare-Medicaid crossover payments nationally so all Medicare beneficiaries in Louisiana and nationwide have equal access to their Medicare benefits.
- Also among Hines’ legislative priorities is building new neighborhood health clinics with superior preventive and primary care. Hines believes that by improving the social conditions of the most vulnerable citizens, the root of the crime problem will be solved. Watch for Hines to expand innovation in the classroom as well.
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