Mickey Guillory
| Mickey James Guillory | |
 | |
| In office January 2004 – January 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Greg Fruge |
|---|---|
| Succeeded by | Phillip DeVillier |
| Born | February 29, 1940 Place of birth missing |
| Political party | Democrat |
| Residence | Eunice, Louisiana, USA |
| Alma mater | Louisiana State University at Eunice Louisiana State University |
| Occupation | Retired state police officer |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Mickey James Guillory (born February 29, 1940)[1] is a retired state police officer from Eunice, Louisiana, who is a Democratic former state representative for District 41, which encompasses Acadia, Evangeline, and St. Landry parishes in the southern portion of his state. First elected in 2003, he was term-limited and ineligible to run again in the October 2015 nonpartisan blanket primary.[2]
Background
Guillory attended the two-year Louisiana State University in Eunice and on the main LSU campus in Baton Rouge. He also graduated from the Louisiana Police Academy.[2] He has formerly resided in Glen Ellyn, near Chicago, Illinois, Richmond, Virginia, Cheyenne, Wyoming, New Orleans, and Baton Rouge, dates unavailable.[3]
He is also a former Eunice city marshal.
Political life
On October 4, 2003, with 7,938 votes (58.2 percent), Guillory unseated the Republican Representative Greg Fruge, also of Eunice. Fruge trailed with 5,650 votes (41.6 percent).[4] Fruge may have been damaged in his reelection bid when the chancellor of LSU at Eunice attended Guillory’s announcement of candidacy.[5] Guillory faced no opposition in his 2007 and 2011 re-election bids.
Representative Guillory served on the Louisiana Rural Caucus, the Acadiana delegations, and the Democratic Caucus. He serves on these committee: (1) Criminal Justice, (2) Labor and Industrial Relations, (3) Ways and Means, (4) Joint Capital Outlay, (5) House and Joint Homeland Security, and (6) Atchafalaya Basin Program Oversight.[2]
His legislative ratings ranged from 33 to 94 percent from the conservative Louisiana Association of Business and Industry. In 2013 and 2014, the Louisiana Family Forum scored him 67 and 88 percent, respectively. Since 2008, he was rated all but one year as 100 percent by Louisiana Right to Life. In 2006 and 2007, he was rated 55 percent by the Humane Society.[6]
In 2014, Guillory supported the requirement that abortion providers have hospital admitting privileges near their clinics. That same year, he voted to extend the time for implementation of the Common Core State Standards Initiative. He did not vote on the matter of forbidding the practice of transporting dogs in open truck beds on interstate highways.[7]
In 2013, Guillory voted to increase judicial pay and co-sponsored lifetime concealed carry gun permits. In 2012, he voted to prohibit the use of cell phones while driving and opposed state tax incentives to recruit a National Basketball Association team to Louisiana. He did not vote on the matter of reducing the number of hours that polling locations remain open. Louisiana has traditionally had 14-hour polling days. In 2011, he did not vote on the requirement for drug testing of welfare recipients.[7]
References
- ↑ Mickey Guilllory. Mylife.com. Retrieved on January 13, 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Mickey J. Guillory. Louisiana House of Representatives. Retrieved on January 13, 2021.
- ↑ Mickey James Guillory. intelius.com. Retrieved on April 19, 2015; information no longer on-line.
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 4, 2003.
- ↑ Louisiana Politics by John Maginnis, accessed October 1, 2009, link no longer available
- ↑ Mickey Guillory's Ratings and Endorsements. Project Vote Smart. Retrieved on January 13, 2021.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Mickey Guillory's Voting Records. Project Vote Smart. Retrieved on January 13, 2021.