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{{short description|American politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

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| name = Francis C. Heitmeier

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| office = [[Louisiana State Senate|Louisiana State Senator for<br /> District 7 (Orleans, Jefferson and Plaquemines parishes)]]

| term_start = 1992

| term_end = 2008

| preceded = [[Fritz H. Windhorst]]

| succeeded = [[David Heitmeier]]

| office2 = [[Louisiana House of Representatives|Louisiana State Representative<br /> for Orleans Parish]]

| term_start2 = 1984

| term_end2 = 1992

| preceded2 = Jon D. Johnson

| succeeded2 = [[Troy A. Carter]]

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|8|2}}

| birth_place = [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]], USA

| spouse = Rai Lynn Umbach Heitmeier

| children =

| relations = [[David Heitmeier]] (brother)

| party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]

| occupation = [[Lobbying|Lobbyist]]

Assistant manager of a telephone company

| alma_mater = [[Nicholls State University]]

| footnotes =

'''Francis C. Heitmeier''' (born August 2, 1950) is Louisiana politician who served in the [[Louisiana State Senate]], representing [[Orleans Parish, Louisiana|Orleans]], [[Jefferson Parish, Louisiana|Jefferson]], and [[Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana|Plaquemines]] [[County|parishes]], from 1991 to 2007.

Raised in the [[Algiers, New Orleans|Algiers]] neighborhood of New Orleans, Heitmeier received his undergraduate degree from [[Nicholls State University]] in [[Thibodaux, Louisiana|Thibodaux]], Louisiana.<ref name=pvs>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/4492/francis-heitmeier#.VTgkLsstEqQ|title=Francis Heitmeier's Biography|publisher=[[Project Vote Smart]]|accessdate=April 22, 2015}}</ref> He served on the Orleans Parish Democratic

Executive Committee from 1978 to 1984 and in the [[Louisiana House of Representatives]] from 1984 to 1992.<ref name=pvs/>

Heitmeier won election to the state senate in 1991 by a large margin,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10191991/10191991_Legislative.html|title=Election Results|date=October 19, 1991|publisher=[[Louisiana Secretary of State]]|accessdate=April 22, 2015}}</ref> and was reelected in a contested election in 1995,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10211995/10211995_Legislative.html|title=Election Results|date=October 21, 1995|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=April 22, 2015}}</ref> thereafter running unopposed in 1999 and 2003. Ineligible to run in 2007 due to [[term limits]], he instead ran in a [[special election]] for [[Louisiana Secretary of State]] in 2006, the office having been vacated by the death of incumbent [[W. Fox McKeithen]]. Heitmeier finished the first round of voting in second place,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/09302006/09302006_Statewide.html|title=Election Result|date=September 30, 2006|publisher=[[Louisiana Secretary of State]]|accessdate=April 22, 2015}}</ref> but withdrew from the runoff, complaining of lack of funds.<ref name=ballotpedia>{{cite web|url=http://ballotpedia.org/Jay_Dardenne|title=Jay Dardenne|publisher=ballotpedia.org|accessdate=April 22, 2015}}</ref>

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{{succession box

| before=[[Fritz Windhorst]]

| title=[[Louisiana State Legislature|Louisiana State Senator for<br /> District 7 (Orleans, Jefferson, and Plaquemines parishes)]]<br/>Francis C. Heitmeier

| years=1992&ndash;2008

| after=[[David Heitmeier]]}}

{{succession box

| before=Jon D. Johnson

| title=[[Louisiana House of Representatives|Louisiana State Representative for<br /> District 102 (Orleans Parish)]]<br/>Francis C. Heitmeier

| years=1984&ndash;1992

| after=[[Troy A. Carter]]}}

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[[Category:1950 births]]

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[[Category:Louisiana state senators]]

[[Category:Members of the Louisiana House of Representatives]]

[[Category:Louisiana Democrats]]

[[Category:Politicians from New Orleans]]

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[[Category:Businesspeople from Louisiana]]

[[Category:American lobbyists]]

[[Category:Catholics from Louisiana]]