Julie Cathryn Emerson (born 1988) is an American small business owner and politician. She is from Carencro,

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. She is a

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member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 39 in

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and St. Landry parishes in

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Electoral history

On January 11, 2016, she succeeded incumbent Democratic Representative

Stephen Ortego Stephen Juan Ortego (born February 13, 1984) is a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic former member of the Louisiana State Legislature, Louisiana House of Representatives from Carencro, Louisiana, Carencro in Lafayette Parish. He was ...

, 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). In 2019, Emerson was re-elected for a second term. She won re-election with 70% of the vote.

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