Jason Wynne Hughes is an American politician. He is a member of the

Louisiana House of Representatives The Louisiana House of Representatives (french: link=no, Chambre des Représentants de Louisiane) is the lower house in the Louisiana State Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Louisiana. This chamber is composed of 105 repr ...

from the 100th District, serving since 2019. He is a member of the

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Education and career

Hughes graduated from McDonogh #35 Senior High School. Hughes then attended

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, where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in political science. Hughes was a member of the

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fraternity on campus. Before becoming a politician himself, Hughes worked as a political strategist in Louisiana politics. Hughes has served as the assistant legislative director to former Louisiana Governor

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, the regional manager for former US Senator

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, and the Director of Federal Relations for the city of

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Louisiana House of Representatives

2015 In 2015, Hughes was a candidate for District 100 in the

, but he was disqualified from the Democratic primary for failing to file a tax return in 2010. 2019 Hughes ran for the same seat again in 2019 after incumbent John Bagneris decided to run for

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in the

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. In the nonpartisan primary election, Hughes beat opponent Anthony Jackson Jr. with over 66% of the vote. The general election was canceled.

Committee assignments

*Health and Welfare *Judiciary *Ways and Means *Joint Legislative Committee on Capital Outlay *House Select Committee on Homeland Security

Electoral history

References

External links

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Representative Jason Hughes
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