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'''Blake John Miguez''' (born November 21, 1981) is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for District 49, encompassing Iberia and Vermilion parishes in south [[Louisiana]]. He won a [[special election]] on February 21, 2015, to succeed [[Simone Champagne]], who resigned to become the chief administrative officer for the city of Youngsville in [[Lafayette|Lafayette Parish]].​

'''Blake John Miguez''' (born November 21, 1981) is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for District 49, encompassing Iberia and Vermilion parishes in south [[Louisiana]]. He won a [[special election]] on February 21, 2015, to succeed [[Simone Champagne]], who resigned to become the chief administrative officer for the city of Youngsville in [[Lafayette|Lafayette Parish]].​

On January 13, 2020, Miguez became the House Majority Leader, succeeding [[Lance Harris]] of [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], a candidate for Louisiana's 5th congressional district seat. [[Sherman Mack]], an [[attorney]] in Livingston Parish, was nominated as the apparent new Speaker to succeed the term-limited [[Taylor Barras]], also of New Iberia,<ref>''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]],'' December 17, 2019}}</ref> but twenty-three [[Moderate Republican]] House members joined with thirty=five [[Democratic Party|Democrats]] to install Moderate Republican [[Clay Schexnayder]] of Ascension Parish as the new Speaker. [[Radio]] commentator [[Moon Griffon]] dubbed the twenty-three recalcitrant Republican representatives as the  [[Louisiana Republican Fraud Squad|Fraud Squad]]<ref>''The Moon Griffon Show,'' January 13, 2020}}</ref>

On January 13, 2020, Miguez became the House Majority Leader, succeeding [[Lance Harris]] of [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], a candidate for Louisiana's 5th congressional district seat. [[Sherman Mack]], an [[attorney]] in Livingston Parish, was nominated as the apparent new Speaker to succeed the term-limited [[Taylor Barras]], also of New Iberia,<ref>''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]],'' December 17, 2019}}</ref> but twenty-three [[Moderate Republican]] House members joined with thirty-five [[Democratic Party|Democrats]] to install Moderate Republican [[Clay Schexnayder]] of Ascension Parish as the new Speaker. [[Radio]] commentator [[Moon Griffon]] dubbed the twenty-three recalcitrant Republican representatives as the  [[Louisiana Republican Fraud Squad|Fraud Squad]]<ref>''The Moon Griffon Show,'' January 13, 2020}}</ref>

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