Sen. Julie Quinn (R)
District# 6,

• District # 6: House District 0
• Party: Republican
• Caucus Membership: --
• Occupation: Attorney, Private Practice
• Education: Slidell High School; B.A., Louisiana State University; J.D., Loyola University Law School
• Spouse: single
• Year Elected: 2005
• Last Year Eligible(Term Limit): 2016
• 2007 Election
  After winning a close runoff against Diane Winston in 2005, Quinn had a much easier time getting elected to the Senate in 2007. She faced opposition from Monica Monica, M.D. and Doug Johnson, an independent State Farm insurance agent and a financial services advisor, but avoided a runoff by defeating them both in the primary election with 57 percent of the votes.
  

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• Economic: District 6 includes uptown New Orleans and parts of east Jefferson on the south shore of Lake Pontchartrain and St. Tammany and Tangipahoa parishes on the north shore. This district spans over both rural and urban areas with many residents living in suburbs. This district is home to Tulane and Loyola Universities as well as Audubon Park. Located just outside the district is Southeastern University, which employs a good number of this district’s residents. This district was spared from the flood waters of Hurricane Katrina, but it did suffer structural wind damage.
• Social: Very little poverty exists in this district; it is comprised mostly of middle to upper class residents. Because many affluent residents can afford to getaway from the congestion and crime of city life, suburban areas in this district have significantly grown.
• Political: This district is overwhelmingly comprised of white residents who are very conservative though not all registered Republicans. Issues like business and economic development are important to this district’s voters. GOP candidates win big in this district.

• Now in her first full term, Julie Quinn was elected to the State Senate District 6 seat in July 2005 to replace longtime legislator John Hainkel, who passed away unexpectedly earlier that year. Taking office just weeks before Hurricane Katrina, Quinn worked hard through the storm with her own house badly damaged. Prior her senate debut, Quinn was elected in 2001 to serve on the Jefferson Parish School Board. On the school board, she pushed for Metairie Grammar School to be the first magnet school in the parish, which created a magnet school system for Jefferson parish.
• In her first regular session as a senator, she passed a constitutional amendment, which was later approved by the voters of this state, to protect local school districts and its children from costly unfunded mandates from the legislature. Quinn also passed key consumer protection bills regarding insurance and was appointed chairwoman of the Senate Property Insurance Task Force.
• Quinn has been the driving force in her community on the evolving issue of Chinese drywall by not only authoring related legislation recently, but also hosting town hall meetings and keeping constituents posted on the various lawsuits involved and cheap alternatives. As Judiciary A Committee chairwoman, she’s also a go-to lawmaker on civil law issues and is currently exploring the concept of instituting multidistrict litigation in Louisiana.
• Insurance reform, healthcare reform and revitalization of Louisiana’s ports and maritime industry remain Quinn’s top priorities. She plans on completely repealing the Stelly Plan, and she is in favor of lawmakers identifying their employers. Although Quinn supports the LSU teaching hospital in New Orleans, she would like to see the state’s money follow the patient no matter what facility uninsured patients use. During her campaign, she promised to take a hard look at the shipping industry in Louisiana in order to develop more ports along the Gulf coast.