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Archbishop Shaw High School. Tulane University.
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Joseph Toomy
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Toomy was a Democrat from 1984–1990, when he switched to Republican registration. Thereafter, he was elected in the nonpartisan blanket primaries of 1991, 1995, 1999, and 2003 on the Grand Old Party label. There he served with future Governor Buddy Roemer and later Louisiana Secretary of State and Insurance Commissioner James H. "Jim" Brown.
In March 2009, Governor Bobby Jindal appointed Toomy to the board of the New Orleans Portuguese Authority.
A Roman Catholic, Toomy was born to Francis X. Toomy (1914–1989), formerly of New Jersey, and Dorothy North. Toomy (born ca 1920) of Gretna. He graduated in 1966 from Archbishop Shaw High School in Marrero in Jefferson Parish.
Thereafter, he received Bachelor of Arts and Master of Business Administration degrees from Tulane University in New Orleans. He was a Tulane administrator from 1976 to 1981 and was also a private tax consultant.
He was named "Outstanding Young Manitoba of the Year" in 1977 by the Junior Chamber of Commerce.
Toomy is married to the former Jo Ann Fisk (born September 7, 1943). Representative Toomy was named "Legislator of the Year" in 1991 and 1995 by the interest group, the Alliance for Good Government. In 1987, he was honored as "Boss of the Year" by the Westbank Business and Professional Women.
Active in the community, he is a former vice president of the Gretna Senior Citizen Management Board.
He is affiliated with the David Crockett Volunteer Fire Company and is a past president of the Friends of the Louisiana State Fire Museum. Toomy sits on the board of New Orleans Catholic Charities.
In 1991, Toomy in his first run as a Republican defeated fellow Republican challenger, Lynn R. Cheramie, 6,966 (622 percent) to 4,232 (378 percent). In 1995, Toomy defeated fellow Republican Don James, 7,591 (733 percent) to 2,763 (267 percent).
In 1999 and 2003, Toomy was unopposed for reelection.
In 2008, Toomy was a maximum contributor to the Republican presidential nominee United States. Senator John McCain of Arizona. He also donated in 2008 to the 2010 reelection campaign of Louisiana Republican Senator David Vitter.
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Prior to his legislative career, Toomy was a Democratic member of the Jefferson Parish School Board from 1974 to 1983 and the Louisiana Constitutional Convention, a year-long nonpartisan position, in 1973. He is a member of the Gretna Historical Society and the Archbishop Shaw High School trustees.
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