She was elected from Senate District 2 in a special election held on October 2, 2010, to replace Ann Duplessis, who resigned to take a position in the administration of MayorMitch Landrieu. Displaced by redistricting, Willard-Lewis ran in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 22, 2011, for the District 3 seat in the state Senate. She was instead defeated by another Democrat, the incumbent senator, Jean-Paul Morrell, who polled 11,280 votes (53.3 percent) to Willard-Lewis' 9,911 votes (46.8 percent).[1]
Willard-Lewis also represented District 100 in the Louisiana House from 1993 to 2000, when she was elected to the New Orleans City Council. She left the council in 2010 under term limits. She was succeeded in the House by Pat Swilling, a former National Football League linebacker.
In 2007, when Oliver Thomas was eliminated from an at-large seat on the New Orleans City Council because of conviction for bribery, Willard-Lewis attempted to win the at-large seat but was defeated by then-former Councilwoman Jacquelyn Brechtel Clarkson in a special election which received national attention because the result changed the racial majority of the council.[4]
Willard-Lewis participates in a number of community organizations, including the NAACP. She attends Saint Raymond's Roman Catholic Church. By profession she is a public relations consultant for Lakeland Hospital. She has two children.[6]
cynthia, willard, lewis, cynthia, willard, lewis, born, 1952, american, politician, louisiana, democrat, from, orleans, louisiana, served, briefly, louisiana, state, senate, longer, periods, louisiana, house, representatives, orleans, city, council, cynthia, w. Cynthia W Willard Lewis born 1952 is an American politician in Louisiana A Democrat from New Orleans Louisiana she served briefly in the Louisiana State Senate and for longer periods in the Louisiana House of Representatives and on the New Orleans City Council Cynthia W Willard LewisLouisiana State Senator for District 2 Orleans Parish In office 2010 2012Preceded byAnn DuplessisSucceeded byTroy E BrownLouisiana State Representative forDistrict 100 Orleans Parish In office 1993 2000Preceded byDavid ArmstrongSucceeded byPat SwillingNew Orleans City Council member for District EIn office 2000 2010Preceded byLula Harris Breaux interim Succeeded byJon JohnsonPersonal detailsBornCynthia W Willard1952 age 71 72 New Orleans Louisiana USAPolitical partyDemocraticParent s Elliott and Jane WillardResidence s New Orleans LouisianaAlma materXavier University of LouisianaOccupationPublic relations consultantShe was elected from Senate District 2 in a special election held on October 2 2010 to replace Ann Duplessis who resigned to take a position in the administration of Mayor Mitch Landrieu Displaced by redistricting Willard Lewis ran in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 22 2011 for the District 3 seat in the state Senate She was instead defeated by another Democrat the incumbent senator Jean Paul Morrell who polled 11 280 votes 53 3 percent to Willard Lewis 9 911 votes 46 8 percent 1 Willard Lewis also represented District 100 in the Louisiana House from 1993 to 2000 when she was elected to the New Orleans City Council She left the council in 2010 under term limits She was succeeded in the House by Pat Swilling a former National Football League linebacker In 2006 Willard Lewis together with then Mayor Ray Nagin supported the opponents of a landfill project led by then future U S Representative Republican Joseph Cao of Louisiana s 2nd congressional district 2 In 2009 Willard Lewis was back in the news for telling fellow Councilwoman Stacy Head to sit down with your prop when Head was displaying a poster critical of the Orleans Parish garbage collection fees a discussion which preceded the New Orleans e mail controversy 3 In 2007 when Oliver Thomas was eliminated from an at large seat on the New Orleans City Council because of conviction for bribery Willard Lewis attempted to win the at large seat but was defeated by then former Councilwoman Jacquelyn Brechtel Clarkson in a special election which received national attention because the result changed the racial majority of the council 4 Willard Lewis is the daughter of Dr Elliot Willard and his wife Jane She graduated from historically black Xavier University of Louisiana where she was a member of Zeta Phi Beta sorority She is a former first runner up in the Black Miss America Pageant 5 Willard Lewis participates in a number of community organizations including the NAACP She attends Saint Raymond s Roman Catholic Church By profession she is a public relations consultant for Lakeland Hospital She has two children 6 United States portalPolitics portalChristianity portalNotes edit Election Results Louisiana Secretary of State October 22 2011 Retrieved April 23 2015 MQVNCDC About Us web site Archived December 11 2008 at the Wayback Machine Council trash meeting heats up New Orleans CityBusiness 2009 February 04 New Orleans council is again majority white the Los Angeles Times 2007 November 17 Willard Lewis election campaign bio Archived from the original on 2009 01 06 Retrieved 2009 05 21 City Council bio for Willard Lewis Archived May 4 2009 at the Wayback Machine Louisiana State SenatePreceded byAnn Duplessis Louisiana State Senator from District 22010 2012 Succeeded byTroy E BrownLouisiana House of RepresentativesPreceded byDavid Armstrong Louisiana State Representative from District 1001993 2000 Succeeded byPat Swilling Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cynthia Willard Lewis amp oldid 1136712295, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
