Valarie Dawn Hope Hodges was born on March 12,1955 and is a politician and businessperson from Denham Springs, Louisiana.
15 Facts About Valarie Hodges
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Valarie Hodges is a member of the Republican Party and represented the 64th state House district of the Louisiana House of Representatives which includes the rural portions of northwest Livingston Parish and northeast East Baton Rouge parish including the areas of Pride and Watson from January 2012 to January 2024.
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Valarie Hodges was first elected in 2011 to succeed term-limited Representative Bodi White, who was elected to the revamped District 6 seat in the Louisiana State Senate to succeed Julie Quinn.
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Valarie Hodges election came with the support of the Tea Party movement and former politicians David Vitter and Bobby Jindal.
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Valarie Hodges was an early supporter of the school choice movement involving the creation of a school voucher program to send public school students to private schools for free.
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Valarie Hodges's support persisted for the issue despite questions over the accountability of Louisiana's private school system.
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However, Valarie Hodges quickly withdrew her support on the issue when she learned that parents could use a voucher to send their child to a private, Muslim school.
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Valarie Hodges claimed that such an action by parents would be against the Founding Father's religion despite the fact there is no evidence supporting the claim that these men all followed the same religion or were even all Christian.
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Valarie Hodges elevated pseudoscientific claims that hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin were effective treatments for the disease.
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In legislative sessions since the onset of the pandemic, Valarie Hodges has been a part of a group legislators pushing for anti-science and anti-vaccine legislation.
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Valarie Hodges previously served as president of the Livingston Parish Republican Women's Club.
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In February 2023, Valarie Hodges announced her intentions to run for the 13th Senate District of the Louisiana State Senate.
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Valarie Hodges defeated Mincey and won the seat, securing 65 percent of the vote in the jungle primary election.
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In 2024, Valarie Hodges sponsored a bill to forbid public schools from teaching that students endure or cause oppression due to their race or national origin.
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For Super Bowl 2025, Valarie Hodges claimed that a letter she sent the NFL, Jay Cicero, and the New Orleans Sports Foundation resulted in a family-friendly halftime show.