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'''Patrick Moore McMath''' (born  June 20, 1984) is an [[attorney]] and [[business]]man from Covington in St. Tammany Parish in [[suburb]]an [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]]. An outgoing member of the Covington City Council, McMath on January 13, 2000, will take the oath of office for the District 11 seat in the Louisiana State Senate. He succeeds his fellow [[Republican Party|Republican]], the term-limited [[Jack Donahue]].  

'''Patrick Moore McMath''' (born  June 20, 1984) is an [[attorney]] and [[business]]man from Covington in St. Tammany Parish in [[suburb]]an [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]]. An outgoing member of the Covington City Council, McMath on January 13, 2000, will take the oath of office for the District 11 seat in the Louisiana State Senate. He succeeds his fellow [[Republican Party|Republican]], the term-limited [[Jack Donahue]].  

To win the Senate seat in the November 16, 2019 runoff contest, McMath topped state Representative [[Reid Falconer]] of Madisonville, a fellow Republican. McMath polled 27,801 votes (56 percent) to Falconer's 22,198 (44 percent). A second contest was required because a third Republican candidate, Daniel Ducote, a 22-year-old studying to be an [[educator]] polled more than the margin of primary difference between McMath and Falconer.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 12, and November 16, 2019.</ref>

To win the Senate seat in the November 16, 2019 runoff contest, McMath topped state Representative [[Reid Falconer]] of Madisonville, a fellow Republican. McMath polled 27,801 votes (56 percent) to Falconer's 22,198 (44 percent). A second contest was required because a third Republican candidate, Daniel Ducote, a 22-year-old studying to be an [[educator]], polled more than the margin of primary difference between McMath and Falconer.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 12, and November 16, 2019.</ref>

He graduated from St. Paul's High School, a [[Roman Catholic]] all-boys institution in Covington. He then procured a degree in  and [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]], with a degree in [[political science]]. After two years as vice president of his family's McMath Construction Company, he obtained his legal credentials from Catholic-affiliated Loyola Law School in New Orleans. He is a former assistant district attorney for the 22nd Judicial District in St. Tammany Parish. He was elected to the city council in 2017 without political experience over two opponents with extensive officeholding. He was reelected in March 2019 for a second two-year term, which he must vacate to become a state senator.<ref>{{cite web|url=

He graduated from St. Paul's High School, a [[Roman Catholic]] all-boys institution in Covington. He then procured a degree in  and [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]], with a degree in [[political science]]. After two years as vice president of his family's McMath Construction Company, he obtained his legal credentials from Catholic-affiliated Loyola Law School in New Orleans. He is a former assistant district attorney for the 22nd Judicial District in St. Tammany Parish. He was elected to the city council in 2017 without political experience over two opponents with extensive officeholding. He was reelected in March 2019 for a second two-year term, which he must vacate to become a state senator.<ref>{{cite web|url=