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Effective in 2012, the revised district encompasses fifteen precincts in Ouachita Parish and thirty precincts in neighboring Morehouse Parish. Katz was succeeded in the House by the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Katrina Jackson, who received 51 percent of the vote over three opponents in the [[primary]] election held on October 22, 2011.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 22, 2011.</ref>

Effective in 2012, the revised district encompasses fifteen precincts in Ouachita Parish and thirty precincts in neighboring Morehouse Parish. Katz was succeeded in the House by the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Katrina Jackson, who received 51 percent of the vote over three opponents in the [[primary]] election held on October 22, 2011.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 22, 2011.</ref>

==Backgroiund==​

==Background==​

A resident of [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]], Katz is a former member of the Monroe City Council, on which she was a member of the Street Improvement Committee.​

A resident of [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]], Katz is a former member of the Monroe City Council, on which she was a member of the Street Improvement Committee.​

 

A former [[educator]], Katz graduated from Neville High School] in Monroe and procured a Bachelor of Arts degree in [[English]] from [[Mississippi State University]] at Starkville, [[Mississippi]].     ​

A former [[educator]], Katz graduated from Neville High School] in Monroe and procured a Bachelor of Arts degree in [[English]] from [[Mississippi State University]] at Starkville, [[Mississippi]].

 

Katz has served on the boards of both the Northeast Louisiana Arts Council and the Louisiana State Arts Council. In 2000, the Louisiana Museum Association selected her as "Legislator of the Year" during her first year in office.​

Katz has served on the boards of both the Northeast Louisiana Arts Council and the Louisiana State Arts Council. In 2000, the Louisiana Museum Association selected her as "Legislator of the Year" during her first year in office.​

 

Katz is also a former Louisiana Republican national committeewoman, a position which automatically made her a member of the 168-member [[Republican National Committee]]. Like the then state Republican National Committeeman Ross Little, Jr., of [[Lafayette]], Katz endorsed [[U.S. Senator]] [[John McCain]] of [[Arizona]] for the 2008 Republican [[U.S. president|presidential]] nomination. Katz was succeeded as national committeewoman by [[Ruth L. Ulrich]] formerly the producer and announcer of ''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]]'' [[radio]] [[talk show]] program based first in Monroe and thereafter in [[Lafayette]].​

Katz is also a former Louisiana Republican national committeewoman, a position which automatically made her a member of the 168-member [[Republican National Committee]]. Like the then state Republican National Committeeman Ross Little, Jr., of [[Lafayette]], Katz endorsed [[U.S. Senator]] [[John McCain]] of [[Arizona]] for the 2008 Republican [[U.S. president|presidential]] nomination. Katz was succeeded as national committeewoman by [[Ruth L. Ulrich]] formerly the producer and announcer of ''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]]'' [[radio]] [[talk show]] program based first in Monroe and thereafter in [[Lafayette]].​

 

In 2008, Katz was elected treasurer of the Louisiana Legislative Women's Caucus for a term which ended on June 30, 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/20637984.html?index=27&c=y|title=Political Briefs|date=June 22, 2008|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|accessdate=January 25, 2019; no longer on-line}}</ref>

In 2008, Katz was elected treasurer of the Louisiana Legislative Women's Caucus for a term which ended on June 30, 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/20637984.html?index=27&c=y|title=Political Briefs|date=June 22, 2008|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|accessdate=January 25, 2019; no longer on-line}}</ref>