Jean M. Doerge
Jean McGlothlin Doerge (born June 4, 1937) is a retired school teacher and a Democratic former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Minden, who represented District 10 (Webster Parish) from the death in 1998 of her husband, Everett Doerge, until January 9, 2012. In 2007, her colleagues named her to the House Appropriations Committee, a key panel that approves state spending. While in the legislature Doerge (pronounced DURR GHEE) was a member of the Hurricane Katrina Memorial Commission and the Democratic Caucus.
Read more about Jean M. Doerge: Early Years, Education, Family, Campaigns and Elections, Legislative Accomplishments, A Cancer Survivor, Reelection in 2007, Term-limited in 2011