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{{Infobox officeholder
|name=William Edward Wheat, Jr., DVM
|birth_date=1958
|birth_place=Ponchatoula, Tangipahoa Parish, [[Louisiana]], USA
|occupation=[[Veterinarian]]
|alma_mater=Ponchatoula High School<br>
[[Louisiana State University]]<br>
LSU School of Veterinary Medicine
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
|office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative<br> for District 73 (Tangipahoa Parish)
|term_start=January 13, 2020
|preceded=Steven Pugh}}
'''William Edward Wheat, Jr.''' (born 1958), is a [[veterinarian]] from his native Ponchatoula in Tangipahoa Parish in southeastern [[Louisiana]] who is an incoming [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for District 73.
Wheat handily defeated another Republican in the nonpartisan blanket [[primary]], Michael Chatellier (born 1960), a veteran of the [[Afghanistan War]]. Both candidates graduated from Ponchatoula High School two years apart. Neither have any previous political experience. Wheat received 9,332 votes (77 percent) to Chatellier's 2,732 (23 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 12, 2019 .</ref>
He succeeds the term-limited Republican Representative Steven Pugh, who was first elected in 2007. On January 13, 2020, Dr. Wheat will succeed
Wheat is a former president of the Louisiana Veterinary Medical Association and chaired the Tangipahoa Mosquito Abatement District. He said in the campaign that he has no platform based on issues and narrow definitions, but instead hopes his “sense of achievement” in the community will convince voters to support him. "I’ve been a productive member of our community. I’m a person who has been able to identify the needs of our citizens, work toward resolutions of problems, and come to the table with solutions.”<ref name=wwheat>{{cite web|url=https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/article_4236eeec-d10d-11e9-a147-0349f13bc0c6.html|title=Two Tangipahoa political outsiders square off for House District 73 seat|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=September 13, 2019|author=Jacqueline DeRobertis|accessdate=December 30, 2019}}</ref>
The more [[conservative]] Chatellier said that Louisiana seems to have "a government mentality" that "pushes businesses away," instead of encouraging companies to locate in the state.<ref name=wwheat/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wheat, William}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:Veterinarians]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
|name=William Edward Wheat, Jr., DVM
|birth_date=1958
|birth_place=Ponchatoula, Tangipahoa Parish, [[Louisiana]], USA
|occupation=[[Veterinarian]]
|alma_mater=Ponchatoula High School<br>
[[Louisiana State University]]<br>
LSU School of Veterinary Medicine
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
|office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative<br> for District 73 (Tangipahoa Parish)
|term_start=January 13, 2020
|preceded=Steven Pugh}}
'''William Edward Wheat, Jr.''' (born 1958), is a [[veterinarian]] from his native Ponchatoula in Tangipahoa Parish in southeastern [[Louisiana]] who is an incoming [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for District 73.
Wheat handily defeated another Republican in the nonpartisan blanket [[primary]], Michael Chatellier (born 1960), a veteran of the [[Afghanistan War]]. Both candidates graduated from Ponchatoula High School two years apart. Neither have any previous political experience. Wheat received 9,332 votes (77 percent) to Chatellier's 2,732 (23 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 12, 2019 .</ref>
He succeeds the term-limited Republican Representative Steven Pugh, who was first elected in 2007. On January 13, 2020, Dr. Wheat will succeed
Wheat is a former president of the Louisiana Veterinary Medical Association and chaired the Tangipahoa Mosquito Abatement District. He said in the campaign that he has no platform based on issues and narrow definitions, but instead hopes his “sense of achievement” in the community will convince voters to support him. "I’ve been a productive member of our community. I’m a person who has been able to identify the needs of our citizens, work toward resolutions of problems, and come to the table with solutions.”<ref name=wwheat>{{cite web|url=https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/article_4236eeec-d10d-11e9-a147-0349f13bc0c6.html|title=Two Tangipahoa political outsiders square off for House District 73 seat|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=September 13, 2019|author=Jacqueline DeRobertis|accessdate=December 30, 2019}}</ref>
The more [[conservative]] Chatellier said that Louisiana seems to have "a government mentality" that "pushes businesses away," instead of encouraging companies to locate in the state.<ref name=wwheat/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wheat, William}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:Veterinarians]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Republicans]]