Jonathan Perry

Who is Jonathan Perry?

Jonathan Wayne Perry is a Republican member of the Louisiana State Senate from District 26. An outgoing member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from District 47, Perry won a special election for the state Senate held on February 19, 2011.

The Senate vacancy occurred with the resignation of the Democrat Nick Gautreaux, who accepted an appointment from Republican Governor Bobby Jindal to head the Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles in Baton Rouge.

Perry's victory is particularly significant because it realigns the Senate, where Republicans will have their first majority since Reconstruction, with twenty of the thirty-nine members.

Perry is also known as a comedian and has released DVDs of his stand-up Cajun routines. Perry is among the most sought after Cajun comedians in the world and is a past "king" of the "International Cajun Joke Telling Contest."