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{{Infobox officeholder

|name=Stuart Alan Moss, Jr.

|name=Stuart Alan Moss, Jr.

|image=

|image=Stuart Moss of LA.jpg

|office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative for District 33 (Calcasieu Parish)

|office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative for District 33 (Calcasieu Parish)

|term_start=November 2018

|term_start=November 2018

|term_end2=

|term_end=January 13, 2020

|preceded2=[[Mike Danahay]]

|preceded=[[Mike Danahay]]

|succeeded=[[Les Farnum]]

|birth_date=July 29, 1963

|birth_date=July 29, 1963

|birth_place=Place of birth missing<br>

|birth_place=Place of birth missing<br>

|religion=

|religion=

|occupation=

|occupation=

|alma_mater=West Virginia University<br>

|alma_mater=[[West Virginia University]]<br>

North Georgia College and State University<br>

North Georgia College and State University<br>

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

[[Virginia Polytechnic Institute]]<br>

[[Virginia State University]]

}}

}}

'''Stuart Alan Moss, Jr.''' (born July 29, 1963), is the incoming District 33 state representative for Calcasieu Parish in the southwestern portion of [[Louisiana]]. On November 6, 2018, he won a special election to succeed [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Mike Danahay]], who resigned from the state House to become the [[mayor]] of Sulphur, Louisiana.

'''Stuart Alan Moss, Jr.''' (born July 29, 1963), is the short-term District 33 state representative for Calcasieu Parish in the southwestern portion of [[Louisiana]]. On November 6, 2018, he won a special election to succeed [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Mike Danahay]], who resigned from the state House to become the [[mayor]] of Sulphur, Louisiana, located twelve miles west of the larger regional city, [[Lake Charles]].

A [[Republican Party|Republican]] and former city council member in Sulphur, Moss defeated two Democrats, businessman Leslie Allen "Les" Farnum (born July 31, 1957), a member of the Calcasieu Parish Police Jury, and Teri Ann Estes Johnson (born July 10, 1959), the president of the Calcasieu Federation of Teachers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kplctv.com/2018/10/22/three-running-state-rep-west-calcasieu/|title=Three running for State Rep. 33 in west Calcasieu|publisher=KPLC-TV|date=October 22, 2018|author=Theresa Schmidt|accessdate=October 26, 2018}}</ref> Moss polled 6,795 votes (54 percent); Farnum, 4,883 (39 percent), and Johnson, 912 (7 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical|title=Election Returns|date=November 6, 2018|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=November 10, 2018}}</ref>

A [[Republican Party|Republican]] and a former city council member in Sulphur, Moss defeated two Democrats, businessman [[Les Farnum|Leslie Allen "Les" Farnum]], a member of the Calcasieu Parish Police Jury, and Teri Ann Estes Johnson (born July 10, 1959), the president of the Calcasieu Federation of Teachers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kplctv.com/2018/10/22/three-running-state-rep-west-calcasieu/|title=Three running for State Rep. 33 in west Calcasieu|publisher=KPLC-TV|date=October 22, 2018|author=Theresa Schmidt|accessdate=October 26, 2018}}</ref> Moss polled 6,795 votes (54 percent); Farnum, 4,883 (39 percent), and Johnson, 912 (7 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical|title=Election Returns|date=November 6, 2018|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=November 10, 2018}}</ref>

 

Eleven months after his election, Moss was unseated in the nonpartisan blanket primary on October 12, 2019, by Leslie Farnum, who switched parties to challenge his former opponent. Farnum polled 6,208 votes (56 percent) to Moss' 4,793 (44 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 12, 2019.</ref>

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