Stephanie Hilferty

{{Short description|American politician (born 1985)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Stephanie Hilferty |state_house = Louisiana |district = [[Louisiana's 94th House of Representatives district|94th]] |term_start = January 11, 2016 |term_end = |predecessor = [[Nicholas Lorusso]] |successor = |birth_date = {{birth year and age|1985|11}} |birth_place = |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] |spouse = Michael Lillis |children = 3 |education = [[Loyola University New Orleans]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]]) }} '''Stephanie Anne Hilferty''' (born November 1985)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Home/Home?uid=5174613|title=Stephanie Hilferty, November 1985|publisher=[[Louisiana Secretary of State]]|accessdate=October 26, 2015}}</ref> is the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] member of the [[Louisiana House of Representatives]] for District 94 in [[Orleans Parish, Louisiana|Orleans]] and [[Jefferson Parish, Louisiana|Jefferson]] [[County|parishes]]. She is a commercial real estate sales and leasing agent with SRSA Commercial Real Estate in Metairie, Louisiana.<ref name="GULF SOUTH MANAGEMENT">{{Cite web|url=https://www.srsa-realestate.com/team/stephanie-hilferty/|title=GULF SOUTH MANAGEMENT|website=srsa-realestate.com|accessdate=2019-06-11}}</ref>

==Politics==

In the [[Partisan primary|primary election]] held on October 24, 2015, Hilferty unseated fellow Republican Representative [[Nicholas Lorusso]], 6,866 votes (56.2 percent) to 5,343 (43.8 percent). She carried the backing of ''[[Gambit (newspaper)|Gambit]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|title=A critical vote for Louisiana: Gambit's endorsements|url=http://www.bestofneworleans.com/blogofneworleans/archives/2015/10/02/a-critical-vote-for-louisiana-gambits-endorsements|website=Gambit|accessdate=2015-10-29}}</ref> ''[[the Times-Picayune]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|title=A recap of our recommendations for the Oct. 24 ballot: Editorial|url=http://www.nola.com/elections/index.ssf/2015/10/election_recommendations.html|website=NOLA.com|date=October 14, 2015 |accessdate=2015-10-29}}</ref> Greater New Orleans Republicans (GNOR),<ref>{{cite tweet|number=652223818258214912|user=GNOR_PAC|title=GNOR PAC Issue Endorsements for...|accessdate=2015-10-29|date=8 October 2015}}</ref> Orleans Parish Republican Executive Committee (OPREC), and former Louisiana Republican Party Chairman [[Roger F. Villere Jr.]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nineteen of 144 seats in Louisiana Legislature need to be decided|url=http://theadvocate.com/news/13826430-124/nineteen-of-144-seats-in|website = theadvocate.com|accessdate=2015-10-29}}</ref> Lorusso had held the seat since 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10242015/10242015_Legislative.html|title=Results for Election Date: 10/24/2015|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=October 25, 2015}}</ref>

In the jungle primary on October 12, 2019, Hilferty won 41% (6,435 votes) of the vote, 7% ahead of Tammy Savoie (D) (5,317 votes) and 17% ahead of Kirk Williamson (3,852 votes).<ref name="voterportal.sos.la.gov">{{cite web |title=Live Election Results |url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/graphical |website=[[Secretary of State of Louisiana]] |access-date=15 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230528185238/https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/graphical |archive-date=May 28, 2023 |language=en |url-status=live}}</ref> In the run-off election on November 16, 2019, with 56.2% turnout, Hilferty 59% (11,110 votes) defeated Tammy Savoie (D) 41% (7,809 votes), winning re-election.<ref name="voterportal.sos.la.gov" />

In the primary held on October 14, 2023, Hilferty won 88% (9,157 votes) of the votes, 75% ahead of her opponent Charles Marsala, who won 12% (1,308 votes).<ref name="voterportal.sos.la.gov"/> According to the Louisiana Secretary of State, this was the largest margin of victory for any house seat during the primary.<ref name="voterportal.sos.la.gov"/> Additionally, she received at least 83% of the vote in every voting precinct.<ref name="voterportal.sos.la.gov"/>

In the Louisiana House of Representatives, Hilferty sits on the following three committees: 1) Commerce (Vice Chair) and 2) Natural Resources and Environment.<ref name="house.louisiana.gov">{{cite web |title=Louisiana House Member Page |url=https://house.louisiana.gov/H_Reps/members?ID=94 |website=[[Louisiana House of Representatives]] |access-date=15 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230613220801/https://house.louisiana.gov/H_Reps/members?ID=94 |archive-date=Jun 13, 2023 |language=en |url-status=live}}</ref> She is also on the Legislative Audit Advisory Council, House Select Committee on Women and Children, and the House Select Leadership Committee.<ref name="house.louisiana.gov" /> In the past she has also sat on the following committees: 1) Education, and 2) Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.

She is a member of the Jefferson Parish Legislative Delegation, the Louisiana Legislative Women's Caucus, the Louisiana Republican Legislative Delegation, and the Orleans Delegation.<ref name="ReferenceA">Id.</ref>

==Louisiana House District 94==

Louisiana House District 94 includes 27 precincts in Orleans Parish and 12 precincts in Jefferson Parish.<ref>{{Cite web| title=District 94: Act 1 of the 2011 1st E.S. (House) | url=http://legis.la.gov/maps/House/District94.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908200014/http://www.legis.la.gov/maps/House/District94.pdf | archive-date=2015-09-08}}</ref> The Orleans Parish portion of District 94 includes the [[Lakeview, New Orleans|Lakeview neighborhood]], [[City Park (New Orleans)|New Orleans City Park]], the [[Lakeshore/Lake Vista, New Orleans|Lakeshore neighborhood]], the [[Lakeshore/Lake Vista, New Orleans|Lake Vista neighborhood]], and parts of the [[Lake Terrace/Lake Oaks, New Orleans|Lake Terrace]] and [[Mid-City New Orleans|Mid-City]] neighborhoods.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> The Jefferson Parish portion of District 94 includes part of the Bucktown neighborhood and also neighborhoods between West Esplanade and [[Lake Pontchartrain]] from the [[17th Street Canal]] to the Suburban Canal.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>

==Personal life==

Hilferty graduated from [[St. Mary's Dominican High School]] (2003) and [[Loyola University New Orleans]] (2007) where she graduated summa cum laude with a double major in English and psychology.<ref name="GULF SOUTH MANAGEMENT"/> At Loyola, Hilferty served as the president of the University Programming Board.<ref name="alumni.loyno.edu">http://alumni.loyno.edu/pack-press/alumni-success-stephanie-hilferty-07 {{Dead link|date=February 2022 | fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> Stephanie also was a member of the [[Alpha Chi Omega]] sorority.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>

Following her graduation from Loyola University, Hilferty started as a sales and leasing associate at SRSA Commercial Real Estate.<ref name="GULF SOUTH MANAGEMENT"/> At SRSA, Hilferty has represented a variety of national, regional and local tenants in office and retail.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> In 2016, Biz New Orleans named Hilferty one of the "Top Ten Influencers" in the residential and commercial markets.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bizneworleans.com/top-10-influencers/|title = Top 10 Influencers|date = 3 October 2016}}</ref>

Throughout her career, Hilferty has been a member of the Commercial Investment Division of New Orleans Metropolitan Association of Realtors, X Team International (retail real estate brokerage group), and Urban Land Institute, where she served as the Young Leaders chair.<ref name="GULF SOUTH MANAGEMENT"/> She previously was the president of the Lake Vista Property Owners Association.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>

Hilferty is married to Michael Lillis and they live in New Orleans' Lake Vista neighborhood with their three children.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/legislature/article_4a9b9e48-735c-11e9-ab91-ef706e6ae191.html|title = Meet Stephanie Hilferty: The 4th Louisiana legislator in 200 years to give birth while in office| date=May 11, 2019 }}</ref>

==Awards==

2007 Pattie Doll award for the most outstanding undergraduate psychology student (Loyola University, New Orleans)<ref name="alumni.loyno.edu"/>

2011 Highest First Time Recipient Award from the New Orleans Metropolitan Association of Realtors<ref name="GULF SOUTH MANAGEMENT"/>

2015 Loyola Young Alumna of the Year award by the Loyola University New Orleans Alumni Association's Young Alumni Pack<ref name="alumni.loyno.edu"/>

2018 Legislative Champion for the United Way of Southeast Louisiana<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.unitedwaysela.org/tocqueville|title = The Tocqueville Society}}</ref>

2018 Gold Achievement Award - Commercial Investment Division (CID) of the New Orleans Metropolitan Association of REALTORS®<ref>{{Cite web | title=Annual Awards - New Orleans Metropolitan Association of REALTORS® | url=https://www.nomar.org/cid-awards/annual-awards.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817231423/https://www.nomar.org/cid-awards/annual-awards.html | access-date=2026-02-05 | archive-date=2019-08-17}}</ref>

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