14 Facts About Dee Richard

Jerome P "Dee" Richard was born on March 27,1955 and is an American politician who served as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 2008 to 2020.

Dee Richard graduated in 1973 from Thibodaux High School and attended Nicholls State University in Thibodaux for a year before he transferred to Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, from which he received a Bachelor of Science degree in business education in 1978.

Dee Richard taught school briefly after his graduation from LSU and then ventured into the petrochemical industry.

Dee Richard served two stints as a Democrat on the Lafourche Parish School Board, from 1982 to 1984 and again from 1986 to 1994.

In 1998, while still a Democrat, Dee Richard was elected to the at-large seat on the Thibodaux City Council.

Dee Richard polled 2,511 votes to defeat another Democrat, Stella Chiasson Lasseigne, who received 1,601 votes.

Dee Richard was placed into a second round of balloting with Democrat Michael "Mike" Matherne, who received 3,369 votes.

Dee Richard received fewer raw votes in the general election than he had the primary but won on the basis of lower turnout.

Dee Richard serves on these House committees: Education Labor and Industrial Relations, and Transportation, Highways, and Public Works.

Dee Richard is a member of the Louisiana Rural Caucus.

Dee Richard is rated 59 percent by the interest group, the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry.

Dee Richard successfully pushed for unanimous House passage of a bill to require the Louisiana Office of Contractual Review to reduce by 10 percent the amount spent on consulting service contracts for the next fiscal year.

Dee Richard said the change could reduce the state budget deficit by about $500 million.

Dee Richard is politically conservative and frequently appears on the statewide radio talk show, The Moon Griffon Show, broadcast from Lafayette.