Sen. Robert Adley

Senate Member

Sen. Robert, Adley (R)
District# 36,

Contact Information

District Office
Legislative Assistant : Bobby Garrett
Email Robert Adley
Phone: (318) 965-1755
Fax: --
Address: 611 Jessie Jones Drive
Benton, LA 71006
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Capitol House Switch Band: (225) 342-2074
Capitol House Fax: (225)342-0652

Profile

- District #: House District 0
- Party: Republican
- Caucus Membership: --
- Occupation: Owner, Pelican Gas Management
- Education: Airline High School;
  A.D., Louisiana Tech University
- Spouse: Claudia
- Year Elected: 2003
- Last Year Eligible(Term Limit): 2016
- 2007 Election
  Adley faced opposition from 21-year-old college student Tyler Nezat in the October primary. He handily defeated the newcomer by nearly 15,400 votes.

District Profile

Registered Voters by Parish: Bienville 13.3%, Bossier 43.7%, Claiborne 3.4%, Red River 4.3%, Webster 35.3%
Municipalities/Communities Represented: Arcadia, Athens, Benton, Bienville,
Bossier City, Bryceland, Castor, Cotton Valley, Coushatta, Cullen, Dixie Inn, Doyline, Dubberly, Eastwood, Gibsland, Haughton, Heflin, Jamestown,
Lucky, Minden, Mount Lebanon, Plain Dealing, Red Chute, Ringgold, Saline,
Sarepta, Shongaloo, Sibley, Springhill
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Economic: Senate District 36 includes all of Bienville and Webster parishes and small portions of Claiborne and Red River as well as the rural areas of Bossier.
The economic center of the district is Bossier City, where riverboat casinos provide a booming business along the Red River with hotels and other businesses that serve them. In the rural areas of the district, there is a vibrant and lucrative forestry industry, including several divisions of International Paper in Webster Parish. Other major employers include Louisiana Downs, home to horse racing and a casino, and Barksdale Air Force Base. Several large construction firms and oil and gas production companies dot the district and cotton, soybean, timber and cattle production are economic mainstays on its western edge.

Social: District 36’s largest population center is Bossier City; the remainder of the district’s residents lives in small towns and the rural areas that surround them. Many residents are retired personnel from Barksdale Air Force Base, which factors into the heavy conservatism of the region.

Political: While the majority of the district’s voters are Democrats, Republicans are known to do quite well here, particularly those who can offer a populist message mixed with fiscal and social conservatism.

Biography

- Robert Adley made headlines two months after his sweeping defeat of a 21-year-old challenger when he switched to the Republican Party after a long career as a Democratic stalwart. Adley told reporters his political philosophy aligned with that of incoming Gov. Bobby Jindal and said he believed the party switch would demonstrate his allegiance to Jindal’s message of ethics reform.
- Adley returned to the Legislature as a senator in 2003. He had served previously in the House of Representatives from 1979 to 1995. In the upper chamber, he quickly regained his stride and rose to the vice chairmanships of environmental quality and fiscal and revenue and fiscal affairs committees.
- Adley has become a leading voice for tougher campaign finance disclosure laws and has taken on a new role as chairman of the Select Committee on Veterans Affairs. Back home in his district, Adley has tackled a variety of water issues, from usage to invasive weed eradication.
- During his Senate tenure, Adley became known as a vocal proponent of state spending in north Louisiana, wading into the chasm that often divides legislators from the northern and southern sections of the state. He pushed for more infrastructure projects, such as the completion of Interstate 49 to the Arkansas border. A vocal proponent of work force development, he supported legislation to revamp the state’s vocational educational system. He also successfully fought to keep several rural hospitals in his district from shuttering their doors and maintained health care clinics that serve some of the region’s poorest residents.
- As the new legislative session begins, Adley said he wants to spearhead changes to the way legislators place items in the capital outlay budget, again demonstrating his devotion to stronger ethics reform.