Sherman Quinn Mack (born March 1972) is a

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from Albany outside of

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, Louisiana, who is a Republican member of the

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from District 95 in Livingston Parish. Mack was elected on October 22, 2011, to succeed

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, who held the seat for one term when it was based, prior to

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, in Orleans Parish. In the nonpartisan blanket primary, Mack received 6,526 votes (61.2 percent), compared to 3,449 (32.4 percent) for

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Lonnie Watts and 682 ballots (6.4 percent) for Independent Matthew Mitchell. On April 5, 2012, Mack voted against successful bills to authorize charter schools and to establish a school voucher program. He also opposed the plan to amend teacher tenure policy. Mack also works as an attorney in Livingston Parish.

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