Education
Louisiana State University.
Louisiana State University.
Havard was elected to the position in general election held on November 19, 2011. The incumbent Tom McVea, a former Democrat-turned Republican was term-limited. Havard defeated the Democrat Ken Dawson, 6,626 (614 percent) to 4,170 (386 percent).
He polled 8,782 votes (634 percent) to the Democrat Ronnie Jett"s 5,067 ballots (366 percent).
A graduate of Jackson High School in Jackson, Louisiana, Havard attended ITI Technical College and Louisiana State University, both in Baton Rouge, to study industrial instrumentation and design. Prior to his election, he had worked for eighteen years as a manager of engineering sales and a business development executive in the petrochemical, oil, and natural gas industries.
Havard vowed in his campaign announcement to work to "create new jobs.. streamline government and rescind current regulation that create barriers for business. We must encourage, not stifle, small business development."
He volunteers for the Easter Seals Foundation.
Havard is a member of Rotary International, the Lions Club and the East Feliciana Parish Chamber of Commerce. He is a member of the trade association, the Louisiana Oil and Gas Association. He has been a volunteer youth baseball coach and an appointed member of the Zachary Taylor Parkway Commission.