1. Don Cazayoux served as the United States Attorney for the Middle District of Louisiana from 2010 to 2013.
18 Facts About Don Cazayoux
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Don Cazayoux won a special election held on May 3,2008, to fill the seat vacated on Republican Congressman Richard H Baker.
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Don Cazayoux defeated Republican nominee Woody Jenkins and was sworn in on May 6,2008.
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Don Cazayoux earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge and a Juris Doctor from Georgetown University in Washington, DC After finishing his studies, Cazayoux practiced law and then became a prosecutor for Pointe Coupee Parish.
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Don Cazayoux was first elected to the state legislature in 1999.
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Don Cazayoux represented District 18, a heavily Democratic district that includes his home in Pointe Coupee Parish as well as Iberville, West Baton Rouge, and West Feliciana parishes.
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Don Cazayoux announced his candidacy for the 6th District shortly after Baker resigned.
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Don Cazayoux was the first Democrat to represent the 6th since four-term incumbent John Rarick was defeated in the 1974 Democratic primary.
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Don Cazayoux lost his attempt for a full term in November 2008 to State Senator Bill Cassidy, who took 48 percent of the vote to Don Cazayoux's 40 percent.
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Don Cazayoux finished third, garnering 36,133 votes, more than the 25,000-vote margin between Cassidy and Cazayoux, suggesting that he siphoned off many African-American votes that would have otherwise gone to Cazayoux and threw the election to Cassidy.
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Don Cazayoux is considered a moderate-to-conservative Democrat, which is typical for most Louisiana Democrats outside New Orleans.
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Don Cazayoux supports expanding SCHIP, and favors withdrawing US forces from Iraq.
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Don Cazayoux was unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate for the position on June 22,2010.
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In 2014, after stepping down as US Attorney for the Middle District of Louisiana, Don Cazayoux announced the opening of the Don Cazayoux Ewing law offices in Baton Rouge and New Roads.
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Lane Ewing, a former assistant US Attorney, is partnering with Don Cazayoux, who has tapped former longtime assistant US Attorney Stan Lemelle to join the firm.
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Don Cazayoux is a former president of the New Roads branch of the Lions Club.
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Don Cazayoux married Cherie Chavanne in 1986, and they have three children, Michael, Chavanne, and Katie.
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Don Cazayoux is a distant relative of the late Lindy Boggs, former US Representative and US Ambassador.