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{{Infobox officeholder
| name=Sherman Quinn Mack
| office = [[Louisiana]] State Representative for District 95 (Livingston Parish)
| term_start = January 9, 2012
| term_end=
| preceded=Walker Hines
| succeeded=
| birth_place=Place of birth missing
| birth_date=March 20, 1972
| spouse=Bridgett Kovach Mack
| children=Three children
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| occupation=[[Attorney]]
| residence=Albany, Livingston Parish
| religion=[[Southern Baptist]]
| alma_mate=Holden High School (Albany, Louisiana)<br>
Southeastern Louisiana University (Hammond)<br>
Southern University Law Center ([[Baton Rouge]])
}}
'''Sherman Quinn Mack''' (born March 20, 1972) is an [[attorney]] from Albany outside of [[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]], who is a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] state representaive for District 95 in Livingston Parish. On January 13, 2020, he is expected to become the state House [[Speaker]] to succeed the term-limited [[Taylor Barras]] of New Iberia. He reportedly has at least fifty-three lawmakers on board for his candidacy, a bare majority in the 105-member chamber. House Majority Leader [[Lance Harris]], a Republican from [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], withdrew from consideration as Speaker, and Republican lawmakers informally tapped Mack in a caucus meeting on December 13.<ref>''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]],'' December 16, 2019.</ref>
==Background==
Mack attended Holden High School in Albany, Louisiana. From 1991 to 1995, he studied on a [[basketball]] scholarship at Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond in Tangipahoa Parish. He received his undergraduate degree from Southeastern in 1995. He obtained his law degree in 1999 from the historically black Southern University Law School in Baton Rouge. He located his law firm in Albany, where he resides with his wife, the former Bridgett A. Kovach, and their three children. He is a [[deacon]] and [[Sunday school]] teacher at the Bethlehem [[Southern Baptist|Baptist]] Church in Albany. He also coaches youth basketball.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.themacklawfirm.com/attorneys/sherman-q-mack/|title=Mack Law Firm: Sherman Q. Mack|publisher=Mack Law Firm|accessdate=December 16, 2019}}</ref>
==Political life==
On October 22, 2011, Mack was initially elected to the House to succeed [[Democratic Party|Democrat]]-turned-Republican Walker Hines, who held the seat for one term when it was based, prior to [[redistricting]], in Orleans Parish. In the nonpartisan blanket [[primary]], Mack received 6,526 votes (61.2 percent), compared to 3,449 (32.4 percent) for his Democratic opponent, Lonnie Watts, and 682 ballots (6.4 percent) for [[Independent]] Matthew Mitchell.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 22, 2011.</ref>
<ref name=mack>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/h_reps/members.asp?ID=95|title=Rep. Sherman Q. Mack|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=May 18, 2012}}</ref>
Mack ran without opposition in the 2015 legislative primary. In his most recent election for a third term, Mack defeated a Democratic opponent, Robin Dawn Parrott, a teacher from Walker, Louisiana, 8,717 votes (78 percent) to 2,410 (22 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 12, 2019.</ref>
On April 5, 2012, as a freshman legislator, Mack voted against successful bills to authorize [[charter school]]s and to establish a [[school voucher]] program. He also opposed a plan to amend teacher tenure policy.
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mack, Sherman}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Attorneys]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Basketball]]
[[Category:Southern Baptists]]
| name=Sherman Quinn Mack
| office = [[Louisiana]] State Representative for District 95 (Livingston Parish)
| term_start = January 9, 2012
| term_end=
| preceded=Walker Hines
| succeeded=
| birth_place=Place of birth missing
| birth_date=March 20, 1972
| spouse=Bridgett Kovach Mack
| children=Three children
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| occupation=[[Attorney]]
| residence=Albany, Livingston Parish
| religion=[[Southern Baptist]]
| alma_mate=Holden High School (Albany, Louisiana)<br>
Southeastern Louisiana University (Hammond)<br>
Southern University Law Center ([[Baton Rouge]])
}}
'''Sherman Quinn Mack''' (born March 20, 1972) is an [[attorney]] from Albany outside of [[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]], who is a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] state representaive for District 95 in Livingston Parish. On January 13, 2020, he is expected to become the state House [[Speaker]] to succeed the term-limited [[Taylor Barras]] of New Iberia. He reportedly has at least fifty-three lawmakers on board for his candidacy, a bare majority in the 105-member chamber. House Majority Leader [[Lance Harris]], a Republican from [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], withdrew from consideration as Speaker, and Republican lawmakers informally tapped Mack in a caucus meeting on December 13.<ref>''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]],'' December 16, 2019.</ref>
==Background==
Mack attended Holden High School in Albany, Louisiana. From 1991 to 1995, he studied on a [[basketball]] scholarship at Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond in Tangipahoa Parish. He received his undergraduate degree from Southeastern in 1995. He obtained his law degree in 1999 from the historically black Southern University Law School in Baton Rouge. He located his law firm in Albany, where he resides with his wife, the former Bridgett A. Kovach, and their three children. He is a [[deacon]] and [[Sunday school]] teacher at the Bethlehem [[Southern Baptist|Baptist]] Church in Albany. He also coaches youth basketball.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.themacklawfirm.com/attorneys/sherman-q-mack/|title=Mack Law Firm: Sherman Q. Mack|publisher=Mack Law Firm|accessdate=December 16, 2019}}</ref>
==Political life==
On October 22, 2011, Mack was initially elected to the House to succeed [[Democratic Party|Democrat]]-turned-Republican Walker Hines, who held the seat for one term when it was based, prior to [[redistricting]], in Orleans Parish. In the nonpartisan blanket [[primary]], Mack received 6,526 votes (61.2 percent), compared to 3,449 (32.4 percent) for his Democratic opponent, Lonnie Watts, and 682 ballots (6.4 percent) for [[Independent]] Matthew Mitchell.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 22, 2011.</ref>
<ref name=mack>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/h_reps/members.asp?ID=95|title=Rep. Sherman Q. Mack|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=May 18, 2012}}</ref>
Mack ran without opposition in the 2015 legislative primary. In his most recent election for a third term, Mack defeated a Democratic opponent, Robin Dawn Parrott, a teacher from Walker, Louisiana, 8,717 votes (78 percent) to 2,410 (22 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 12, 2019.</ref>
On April 5, 2012, as a freshman legislator, Mack voted against successful bills to authorize [[charter school]]s and to establish a [[school voucher]] program. He also opposed a plan to amend teacher tenure policy.
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mack, Sherman}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Attorneys]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Basketball]]
[[Category:Southern Baptists]]