Jimmy Hayes
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James Allison "Jimmy" Hayes (born December 21, 1946) is a politician from the state of Louisiana.
Hayes was born in Lafayette, and he graduated from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette (then the University of Southwestern Louisiana). Hayes served in the Louisiana Air National Guard from 1968 to 1974. He was elected to the House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1986. He defeated five opponents, including fellow Democrats Margaret Lowenthal of Lake Charles and James David Cain of Dry Creek, both of whom were [Louisiana House of Representatives||state representatives]], and the Republican educator David Thibodaux (1953-2007) of Lafayette.
Hayes left the Democrats on December 1, 1995, and joined the Republican Party. Hayes then ran for the United States Senate in 1996. He finished fifth in the jungle primary with almost 72,000 votes (6 percent). The post was finally won by the Democrat Mary Landrieu, who narrowly edged out the Republican Louis E. "Woody" Jenkins of Baton Rouge.
In 1990, Hayes again defeated David Thibodaux. The tally was 103,308 (58 percent) for Hayes, 68,430 (38 percent) for Thibodaux, and 7,364 (4 percnet) for Democrat Johnny Myers.
In 1992, Hayes defeated his own brother, Fredric Hayes, a Republican, with whom he had quarreled. Hayes received 84,149 (73 percent) to his brother's 23,870 (21 percent). A second Republican, Robert J. "Bob" Nain polled 7,184 votes (6 percent).
In 1994, Hayes defeated a comeback bid by former Eighth District Congressman Clyde C. Holloway of Forest Hill in Rapides Parish. Hayes polled 72,424 votes (53 percent) to Holloway's 54,253 (40 percent). Another 7 percent of voters supported a candidate who ran as "no party." In that same election, Hayes' former rival, David Thibodaux, was first elected without opposition to the Lafayette Parish School Board.
In 1997 when Hayes unsuccessfully ran for Senate, his house seat was taken by Democrat Christopher "Chris" John of Crowley, the seat of Acadia Parish.
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