Jay McCallum

Jay Bowen McCallum
Division A Judge of the Louisiana 3rd Judicial District Court for Lincoln and Union parishes
Incumbent
Assumed office January 1, 2003
Preceded by	Cynthia "Cindy" Woodard
Louisiana State Representative for District 12 (Lincoln and Union parishes)
In office January 1992 – January 1, 2003
Preceded by	Virgil Orr
Succeeded by	Hollis Downs
Personal details
Born	June 6, 1960 Place of birth missing
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Deanna Dunham McCallum
Residence	Farmerville, Union Parish Louisiana, USA
Alma mater	University of Louisiana at Monroe Louisiana State University Law Center
Occupation	Lawyer
Religion	Southern Baptist

Jay Bowen McCallum (born June 6, 1960) is a lawyer from Farmerville, Louisiana, who has been since January 2003 a judge of the 3rd Judicial District Court for Lincoln and Union parishes in the northern portion of his state.^[1] Previously, McCallum served from 1992 to 2003 as a Democrat in the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 12 in Lincoln and Union parishes.^[2]

Career

McCallum graduated in 1982 from the University of Louisiana at Monroe, then known as Northeast Louisiana University. In 1985, he graduated from the Louisiana State University Law Center in the capital city of Baton Rouge. He established his law practice in Farmerville, the seat of government for Union Parish. For a brief time he was an assistant district attorney for Lincoln and Union parishes.^[3]

McCallum unseated his fellow Democrat and fellow Southern Baptist, Virgil Orr, an administrator at Louisiana Tech University in Ruston in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 19, 1991. McCallum received 8,286 votes (52.4 percent) to Orr's 7,528 (47.6 percent).^[4]McCallum was unopposed in the primary elections of 1995 and 1999. He served as vice-chairman of the House Judiciary Committee and sat as well on the Appropriations Committee.^[3]

He resigned his seat prior to his twelfth year in office to become the Division A judge of the 3rd Judicial Court. The previous September, he defeated a Republican judicial candidate, Scott Killen, 10,861 (62.65 percent) to 6,475 (37.35 percent).^[5]

McCallum was succeeded in the House by Republican Hollis Downs, a Louisiana Tech faculty member, who won a special election for the seat early in 2003.^[6]

McCallum is a member of the Masonic lodge, the Shriners, Lions International, and the Chamber of Commerce.^[3]

References

1. "Jay B. McCallum". ballotpedia.org. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
2. "Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2012: Lincoln and Union parishes" (PDF). legis.state.la.us. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
3. "Louisiana: McCallum, Jay Bowen", Who's Who in American Politics, 2003-2004, 19th ed., Vol. 1 (Alabama-Montana) (Marquis Who's Who: New Providence, New Jersey, 2003), p. 787
4. "Election Results". Louisiana Secretary of State. October 19, 1991. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
5. "Election Results". Louisiana Secretary of State. September 21, 2002. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
6. "Election Results". Louisiana Secretary of State. January 18, 2003. Retrieved August 3, 2015.