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{{Infobox officeholder

{{Infobox officeholder

| name=Stephen E. "Steve" Pugh​

| name=Stephen E. "Steve" Pugh​

| succeeded=[[William Wheat]]

| succeeded=[[William Wheat]]

| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]​

| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]​

| birth_date={{birth date and age|1961|4|1}}​

| birth_date=April 1, 1961​

| birth_place=[[Hammond, Louisiana|Hammond]]<br>[[Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana|Tangipahoa Parish]]<br> [[Louisiana]], [[United States|USA]]​

| birth_place=Hammond, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana​

| alma_mater=[[Southeastern Louisiana University]]<br>​

| alma_mater=Southeastern Louisiana University<br>​

Accredited Asset Management Specialist College of Financial Planning​

Accredited Asset Management Specialist College of Financial Planning​

| occupation=[[Business]]man​

| occupation=[[Business]]man​

In his first term, Pugh served on the committees of (1) Commerce, (2) House and Governmental Affairs, and (3) Municipal, Parochial, and Cultural Affairs.<ref name=vsmart/> In the 2011 legislative session, Pugh supported a successful House measure to provide for random drug screening of welfare recipients, but the measure died in the state senate. Pugh, meanwhile, opposed the establishment of a commission to determine how the state might gradually abolish its state [[income tax]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amitetoday.com/pages/full_story/push?article-How+Louisiana+State+Legislators+voted+on+the+issues%20&id=14684121&instance=secondary_news_left_column|title=How Louisiana State Legislators voted on the issues|publisher=amitetoday.com|accessdate=August 26, 2011}}</ref>​

In his first term, Pugh served on the committees of (1) Commerce, (2) House and Governmental Affairs, and (3) Municipal, Parochial, and Cultural Affairs.<ref name=vsmart/> In the 2011 legislative session, Pugh supported a successful House measure to provide for random drug screening of welfare recipients, but the measure died in the state senate. Pugh, meanwhile, opposed the establishment of a commission to determine how the state might gradually abolish its state [[income tax]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amitetoday.com/pages/full_story/push?article-How+Louisiana+State+Legislators+voted+on+the+issues%20&id=14684121&instance=secondary_news_left_column|title=How Louisiana State Legislators voted on the issues|publisher=amitetoday.com|accessdate=August 26, 2011}}</ref>​

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Pugh was handily reelected in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 22, 2011. He defeated fellow Republican David P. Englade, 7,464 (81.1 percent) to 1,740 (18.9 percent).<refLouisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 22, 2011.</ref> Pugh had a much closer contest in his 2015 reelection. In the primary held on October 24, he defeated fellow Republican Tim Bailey, 5,341 (51.6 percent) to 5,003 (48.4 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 24, 2015.</ref> ​

Pugh was handily reelected in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 22, 2011. He defeated fellow Republican David P. Englade, 7,464 (81.1 percent) to 1,740 (18.9 percent).<refLouisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 22, 2011.</ref> Pugh had a much closer contest in his 2015 reelection. In the primary held on October 24, he defeated fellow Republican Tim Bailey, 5,341 (51.6 percent) to 5,003 (48.4 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 24, 2015.</ref>

 

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