Jean-Paul Philip Coussan , known as JP Coussan (born August 1978), is an American lawyer, small business owner and Republican politician from Lafayette, Louisiana, who since 2016 represents the District 45 at the Louisiana House of Representatives.
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The grandfather of Coussan's father, G. Louis Coussan, was a professor at Louisiana University in Lafayette and dean of the college education there. His grandmother, Mary B. Coussan, teaches at Parish School Lafayette Parish. His father, Dr. George Coussan, a radiologist, quarterbacked ULL Ragin 'Cajun, when the team played at the Grantland Rice Bowl in Baton Rouge in 1970. His mother, former Jo Ellen Becnel, is a real estate broker for Van Eaton & Romero in Lafayette. Coussan and his wife, Jennifer Joy, have three children, and attend the Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church in Lafayette.
Coussan graduated from St. Catholic-affiliated Thomas More High School in Lafayette and then Louisiana State University and Louisiana State University Law Center, both in Baton Rouge.
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A partner at the Lafayette real estate firm, Andrus Boudreaux Complete Title, Coussan also founded Cougar Constructione. He was previously affiliated with Ottinger Hebert, LLC, where his client is primarily derived from oil and natural gas. He previously served on the commission overseeing Lafayette Cajundome. Other affiliates include Chamber of Commerce, Home Builders Association, Chamber of Commerce, Leukemia & amp; Lymphoma Society, and Boy Scouts of America.
Coussan won his seat in the second round of elections held on November 21, 2015, above fellow Republican Republican Andre 'Comeaux. Both emerged as the top two candidates from the October 24 main election where the third candidate, Republican Jan Swift, was eliminated from further consideration.
In his new tenure, Coussan has proven to be a competent negotiator in the Legislature, often working behind the scenes to influence change. He is part of the "Gang of Eight" as described by political columnist Jeremy Alford, who led the charge in 2016 to elect Taylor Barras as the first Independent Speaker of the Louisiana Representative Council, bucking the tradition of favoring the governor's elected leader. Later that same year, Coussan was among the "No Gangs" who voted repeatedly against proposed tax hikes and other tax measures spurred by the newly installed Democrat governor, John Bel Edwards, who worked as a substitute for compromise laws for placing a temporary increase in sales tax at a designated place to expire in 2018, providing time to develop long-term fiscal reforms to the state budget.
As a result of this and others voted during a series of special legislative sessions in his first year at office, Coussan was ranked the 12th most conservative member of the legislature by the American Conservative Union in 2016, which placed legislators who voted "most consistent with the ideals articulated in the Constitution US: transparent government is limited, individual rights, personal responsibility, and lasting cultural values. "
He was named the "Business Champion" at the SWLA Chamber of Commerce's annual LegisGator Awards in 2016 and 2017. The Louisiana Business and Industry Association gave him honorific titles in 2016 and 2017 on an annual legislative scorecard, along with legislators working to advance the "positive action platform, pro -growth to improve the economic climate of Louisiana. "Also in the second two years of serving in the House, Coussan maintains a 100% voting record with NFIB who named it Guardian of Small Business. He is also named Family Advocate by the Louisiana Family Forum.
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