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|title=Stephen Dwight|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=February 1, 2020}}</ref> is an [[attorney]] in [[Lake Charles]], [[Louisiana]], who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for District 35 in Calcasieu and Beauregard parishes. Unopposed in the [[nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] held on October 24, 2015, Dwight succeeded the term-limited [[Brett Geymann]] when the legislature reconvened on January 11, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://winwithjmc.com/archives/6832?ct=t(9_11_2015)|title=Decision 2015: The end of candidate qualifying|date=September 10, 2015|publisher=JMC Enterprises|accessdate=September 12, 2015}}</ref>​

|title=Stephen Dwight|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=February 1, 2020}}</ref> is an [[attorney]] in [[Lake Charles]], [[Louisiana]], who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for District 35 in Calcasieu and Beauregard parishes. Unopposed in the [[nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] held on October 24, 2015, Dwight succeeded the term-limited [[Brett Geymann]] when the legislature reconvened on January 11, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://winwithjmc.com/archives/6832?ct=t(9_11_2015)|title=Decision 2015: The end of candidate qualifying|date=September 10, 2015|publisher=JMC Enterprises|accessdate=September 12, 2015}}</ref>​

Dwight is a graduate of Sam Houston High School in Moss Bluff in Calcasieu Parish and [[Louisiana State University]] and the Southern University Law Center, both in the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]]. He was first licensed to practice law in 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=​

Dwight is a graduate of Sam Houston High School in Moss Bluff in Calcasieu Parish and [[Louisiana State University]] and the Southern University Law Center, both in the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]]. He was first licensed to practice law in 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=​https://www.avvo.com/attorneys/70601-la-stephen-dwight-4334658.html|title=Stephen Christopher Dwight|publisher=Avvo.com|accessdate=February 1, 2020}}</ref> He is a former city attorney and prosecutor for Westlake, also in Calcasieu Parish and was previously the general counsel for the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Department.​

http://www.avvo.com/attorneys/70601-la-stephen-dwight-4334658.html|title=Stephen Christopher Dwight|publisher=avvo.com|accessdate=September 13, 2015}}</ref> He is a former city attorney and prosecutor for Westlake, also in Calcasieu Parish and was previously the general counsel for the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Department.​

He and his wife, the former Jessica Brown, a librarian at Moss Bluff Elementary School, married in 2004. Residents of Moss Bluff, the Dwights have three children, Riley, Peyton, and Hudson. He is a [[Methodist]].​

He and his wife, the former Jessica Brown, a librarian at Moss Bluff Elementary School, married in 2004. Residents of Moss Bluff, the Dwights have three children, Riley, Peyton, and Hudson. He is a [[Methodist]].​

Dwight is less [[conservative]] than his House predecessor, Brett Geymann. On January 13, 2020, his first day as a state representative in his second term, Dwight was among twenty-three Republican lawmakers, known as the [[Louisiana Republican Fraud Squad|Fraud Squad]], who voted for the [[Moderate Republican]] [[Clay Schexnayder]] of Ascension Parish, whose election as House [[Speaker]] depended heavily on the votes of thirty-five Democratic lawmakers along with the  two [[Independent]] legislators, and the Republican dissenters.<ref>''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]],'' January 23, 2020.</ref>​

Dwight is less [[conservative]] than his House predecessor, Brett Geymann. On January 13, 2020, his first day as a state representative in his second term, Dwight was among twenty-three Republican lawmakers, known as the [[Louisiana Republican Fraud Squad|Fraud Squad]], who voted for the [[Moderate Republican]] [[Clay Schexnayder]] of Ascension Parish, whose election as House [[Speaker]] depended heavily on the votes of thirty-five Democratic lawmakers along with the  two [[Independent]] legislators, and the Republican dissenters.<ref>''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]],'' January 23, 2020.</ref>​

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