James Joseph Donelon, III, known as Jim Donelon (born December 14, 1944), has been since February 15, 2006, the Republican insurance commissioner of the U.S. state of Louisiana.After initially succeeding to the office, Donelon won a full-term as commissioner in the October 20, 2007 nonpartisan blanket primary. He finished with 606,534 votes (51 percent) and defeated three opponents, the closest of whom, Democrat Jim Crowley, polled 423,722 (36 percent).