About Dr. Bill Cassidy

Bill Cassidy is a doctor, a teacher, a leader, and a father. Raised in Baton Rouge, Bill attended Tara High School, LSU, and LSU Medical School. As a medical resident, he met his future wife, Laura Layden Cassidy. They have three children: Will (age 13), Meg (age 11), and Kate (age 6). His children attend public schools. They live in Baton Rouge and attend the Chapel On The Campus. Bill is a Medical Doctor, and is an Associate Professor of Medicine with LSU Health Science Center, teaching at Earl K. Long Hospital.

In the medical community Bill has led in finding solutions to healthcare issues facing Louisiana. He co-founded the Greater Baton Rouge Community Clinic which provides free dental and health care to the working uninsured. He has developed public health programs such as the School-Based Hepatitis B Vaccination program. Over 6 years, this public-private coalition vaccinated over 36,000 public, private and parochial school children in 10 parishes at no cost to parents, schools, or state and local government. He worked with the Centers for Disease Control developing programs to increase flu immunization rates. When Hurricane Katrina hit Louisiana, Bill led a group of volunteers that converted an abandoned K-Mart building with inadequate plumbing, wiring and air conditioning into a functioning field hospital within 30 hours.

In December 2006, Bill won a Special Election to replace Jay Dardenne in District 16 of the Louisiana Senate. Bill was re-elected in 2007 with a 76% majority. His priorities have been fiscal responsibility, education, health care, and economic development.

Bill has established an excellent record in the legislature, voting: against a budget that exceeded the spending cap, for a veto session to reconsider Governor Blanco’s 2007 budget, for the LA Ethics1 package proposed by the Baton Rouge Area Chamber, to decrease taxes by voting to repeal parts of the Stelly plan, for utility tax breaks on businesses, and for tax relief for parents sending their kids to private schools. Bill helped secure record amounts of funding for LSU and the Pennington Biomedical Research center, received a perfect “100″ rating from the Louisiana Family Forum in recognition of his pro-family votes, and sponsored a Department of Education initiative to address childhood obesity.

After turning down requests to run in the Special Election to replace Richard Baker, only to see the seat lost after three decades as a Republican seat, Bill decided to enter the race and avoid losing the seat for decades to come. Bill is a social conservative committed to the principles of free enterprise, limited government, lower taxes, and the right to bear arms. With these principles, he will work to address issues of economic development, affordable healthcare and improving our schools and universities.

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