38 Facts About Billy Nungesser

William Harold Nungesser is an American politician serving as the 54th lieutenant governor of Louisiana since 2016.

From 1980 to 1984, the senior Nungesser was the chief of staff during David C Treen's term as governor of Louisiana.

Billy Nungesser was later the state chairman of the Louisiana Republican Party.

Ruth Billy Nungesser was active in Republican politics as a charter member of Republican Women of Louisiana and a delegate to state and national GOP conventions.

Billy Nungesser grew to employ two hundred people and reach $20 million in sales.

In 2004, Billy Nungesser was the chairman for the Plaquemines Parish United Way.

In 2004 and 2005, Billy Nungesser worked with local business leaders to form the Plaquemines Association of Business and Industry or PABI, separate from the statewide Louisiana Association of Business and Industry.

Billy Nungesser served on the PABI board during its early years.

In 2006, Billy Nungesser ran for the open position of president of the Plaquemines Parish Commission; the population of the parish is about 25,000 people.

Billy Nungesser went to Washington, DC to appeal the amount; FEMA then authorized $12 million for the project.

Billy Nungesser's team called the owners of about 150 barges and told them to move them or the parish would sink them.

Billy Nungesser was heavily involved in the response to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

Billy Nungesser made countless media appearances, including almost nightly guest appearances on the CNN alongside journalist Anderson Cooper.

In 2010, Billy Nungesser won re-election to parish president, defeating former parish presidents Cormier and Rousselle.

Billy Nungesser got 5,632 votes to Cormier's 1,772 and Rousselle's 499.

Billy Nungesser began his second term with a public cry for help in removing oil from eroded land at Bay Jimmy.

Billy Nungesser collaborated with the US Army Corps of Engineers in Vicksburg, Mississippi, to create the Plaquemines Restoration and Protection Plan, released in 2009.

Billy Nungesser, who was term-limited, was not able to run for re-election in 2014.

In 2011, Billy Nungesser waged an unsuccessful race to unseat Lieutenant Governor Jay Dardenne.

Billy Nungesser won in seventeen parishes, all in south Louisiana, including Orleans, Iberia, Jefferson, Lafayette, and St Bernard, as well as Plaquemines Parish, his former residence.

Billy Nungesser won the 2015 general election, 628,864 votes to Holden's 506,578.

Shortly after taking office, Nungesser named Robert J Barham of Morehouse Parish, the former secretary of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries under former Governor Jindal, as the new director of state parks and historic sites.

Billy Nungesser became acquainted with Barham when the two worked closely together in the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill of 2010.

Billy Nungesser signed letters in the negotiations invoking the name of Governor Edwards but never informed Edwards of the idea which he and Villere were promoting.

In July 2016, Billy Nungesser said that he believes voter fraud by the Democratic Party was still a serious hurdle for Republicans in Louisiana.

Billy Nungesser said that in local elections in his native Plaquemines Parish and in 2015 elections statewide, registered and unregistered voters had shown up by the busload at early voting sites, signed a sheet of paper, and had their votes count.

Billy Nungesser said that he admired how Schedler handled the office of Secretary of State.

Chester said that Billy Nungesser had used an apartment at the Lower Pontalba Building in Jackson Square as well as space in other state museum buildings in the French Quarter for Billy Nungesser's personal convenience.

Billy Nungesser accused the lieutenant governor of interfering in the operation of the museum.

Billy Nungesser said that Chester had not been moving with sufficient speed to find a permanent director or to implement Billy Nungesser's recommendations regarding the museum, which includes historic buildings in both New Orleans and Baton Rouge and was operated by the state Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism, an agency overseen by the lieutenant governor.

Billy Nungesser called upon Landrieu to transfer the four monuments to the jurisdiction of the Department of Recreation, Culture, and Tourism, under Billy Nungesser's jurisdiction.

Billy Nungesser said that he would make an offer for the monuments but needed state legislative approval.

In 2017, Billy Nungesser proposed that public-private partnerships be established for many of the financially strapped state parks under his jurisdiction, particularly citing two popular facilities in Sabine Parish: North Toledo Bend State Park and Hodges Gardens State Park.

In July 2018, Billy Nungesser appeared on a radio program to reject claims by the more conservative members of his party that he has become a "Republican in Name Only" because he is "too friendly" with Democratic Governor Edwards.

Billy Nungesser was re-elected to a second term as lieutenant governor on October 12,2019 and a third term on October 14,2023.

Billy Nungesser has a younger brother, Eric, and two sisters, Nancy and Heidi.

Billy Nungesser then moved to Plaquemines Parish with his wife.

Billy Nungesser stated afterwards that he intended to sell the house and move.