Patrick Connick

{{Short description|American politician (born 1961)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = John Patrick Connick | image = | state_senate1 = Louisiana | district1 = 8th | term_start1 = January 13, 2020 | term_end1 = | preceded1 = John Alario | succeeded1 = | state_house2 = Louisiana | district2 = 84th | term_start2 = January 2008 | term_end2 = January 2020 | preceded2 = N. J. Damico | succeeded2 = Timothy Kerner | party = Republican | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1961|03}} | birth_place = | alma_mater = Loyola University New Orleans | relatives = Harry Connick Sr. (uncle)<br>Harry Connick Jr. (cousin) | profession = Attorney }}

'''John Patrick Connick''' (born March 1961), is an American attorney from Marrero, Louisiana.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yelp.com/biz/j-patrick-connick-law-offices-marrero|title=J. Patrrick Connick Law Offices|publisher=yelp.com|access-date=September 21, 2011}}</ref> A Republican, Connick has represented the 8th district in the Louisiana State Senate since 2020. He previously represented the 84th district in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 2008 until 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2012|publisher=house.louisiana.gov|access-date=September 21, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006105414/http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|archive-date=October 6, 2014}}</ref>

The youngest of eight children born to Paul and Betty Connick,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/11/pat_connick_holds_to_west_bank.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150126095711/http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/11/pat_connick_holds_to_west_bank.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 26, 2015|title=Pat Connick holds to West Bank roots in challenging Crescent City Connection tolls}}</ref> his elder brother is Jefferson Parish District Attorney Paul Connick. He is a nephew of former Orleans Parish District Attorney Harry Connick Sr., and a first cousin of actor/singer Harry Connick Jr.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thejeffersonreport.com/?p=1290|title=Jeremy Alford, "The Connick Connections"|date=August 27, 2010|publisher=thejeffersonreport.com|access-date=September 21, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521065610/http://thejeffersonreport.com/?p=1290|archive-date=May 21, 2011}}</ref>

In 1979, Connick graduated from Archbishop Shaw High School. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1983 from Loyola University in New Orleans. Ten years later, in 1993, Connick received his Juris Doctor degree from Loyola University New Orleans College of Law.<ref name=house>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_Reps/members.asp?ID=84|title=Rep. Patrick Connick|publisher=house.louisiana.gov|access-date=September 21, 2011}}</ref>

For his first term in the House, Connick, who had no previous political experience, ran without opposition in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 20, 2007, for the seat vacated by the three-term Democrat N.J. Damico.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10202007/10202007_Legislative.html|title=Louisiana primary election returns|date=October 20, 2007|publisher=staticresults.sos.la.gov|access-date=September 21, 2011}}</ref> He serves on these House committees: (1) Appropriations, (2) Governmental Affairs, (3) Judiciary, (4) Executive, and (5) Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget.<ref name=house/>

In 2010, Connick supported the conservative Louisiana Family Forum 80 percent of the time, compared to 100 percent in 2009. He received 100 percent from the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry in 2010 but only 58 percent in 2009. He was rated 100% in 2009 by the Louisiana Right to Life Federation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.votesmart.org/issue_rating_category.php?can_id=93757|title=Representative Patrick Connick (LA)|publisher=votesmart.org|access-date=September 21, 2011}}</ref>

In June 2011, Connick obtained House approval of a resolution authorizing the state legislative auditor, Darryl Purpera, to examine possible improper uses of toll revenues in metropolitan New Orleans. Connick has been a critic of certain spending practices of the Crescent City Connection, a section of the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/06/house_authorizes_auditor_to_ex.html|title="House authorizes auditor to examine uses of CCC toll revenue, contracts," June 22, 2011|author=Ed Anderson|newspaper=New Orleans Times-Picayune|access-date=September 21, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110917134125/http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/06/house_authorizes_auditor_to_ex.html|archive-date=2011-09-17 }}</ref>

For his second term in the House, Connick again ran unopposed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lwvno.org/f2011jp-CG.html|title=Candidate Guide, Fall 2011|publisher=League of Women Voters of New Orleans|access-date=September 21, 2011}}</ref> He resides in Harvey, a census-designated place in Jefferson Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pledgeyourvote.net/congressorg/bio/id/61980|title=Representative Patrick Connick|publisher=pledgeyourvote.net|access-date=September 21, 2011}}</ref>

In 2019, Connick ran for District 8 in the Louisiana State Senate to succeed term-limited Senate President John Alario. Connick received no competition from either major party and was elected unopposed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wafb.com/2019/08/08/qualifying-ends-here-are-multi-parish-candidates-who-will-be-elected-unopposed/|title=As qualifying ends, here are the multi-parish candidates who will be elected unopposed|publisher=WAFB9|date=August 8, 2019|author=Matt Houston|access-date=January 25, 2020}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist}} {{S-start}} {{s-par|us-la-hs}} {{Succession box |before=N. J. Damico |title=Louisiana State Representative for District 84<br/>John Patrick Connick |years=2008–2020 |after=Timothy Kerner}} {{Succession box |before=John Alario |title=Louisiana State Senator for District 8<br/>John Patrick Connick |years=2020– |after=Incumbent}} {{S-end}}

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