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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>
==Legislative matters==
==Legislative matters==
On October 20, 2007, Katz defeated fellow Republican Ben Marshall, a former Ouachita Parish police juror [equivalent of county commissioner in mostother states), in her bid for a third term in House District 16 in the [[primary]]. Katz received 8,617 votes (64 percent) to Marshall's 4,116 (31 percent); a No-Party candidate, Benjamin P. Arnold, received 749 votes (6 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 20, 2007.</ref>
On October 20, 2007, Katz defeated fellow Republican Ben Marshall, a former Ouachita Parish police juror [equivalent of county commissioner in mostother states), in her bid for a third term in House District 16 in the [[primary]]. Katz received 8,617 votes (64 percent) to Marshall's 4,116 (31 percent); a No-Party candidate, Benjamin P. Arnold, received 749 votes (6 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 20, 2007.</ref>
In her initial election to succeed Democrat [[Jimmy Dimos]], a former House [[Speaker]] who was elected to a state court judgeship, Katz led the October 1999 primary with 6,039 votes (49 percent). Fellow Republican Tony Cain finished second with 3,010 votes (24 percent) and decided not to pursue a [[general election]] campaign against Katz. She was hence automatically elected based on her primary showing. A Democrat, Dan Street, finished third with 2,944 votes (also 24 percent), and a "No Party" candidate, Chuck James, polled 403 votes (3 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 23, 1999.</ref> Katz was unopposed for her second House term in the 2003 primary.
In her initial election to succeed Democrat [[Jimmy Dimos]], a former House [[Speaker]] who was elected to a state court judgeship, Katz led the October 1999 primary with 6,039 votes (49 percent). Fellow Republican Tony Cain finished second with 3,010 votes (24 percent) and decided not to pursue a [[general election]] campaign against Katz. She was hence automatically elected based on her primary showing. A Democrat, Dan Street, finished third with 2,944 votes (also 24 percent), and a "No Party" candidate, Chuck James, polled 403 votes (3 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 23, 1999.</ref> Katz was unopposed for her second House term in the 2003 primary.
In the Louisiana House, she served on three committees: Health and Welfare, Transportation, Highways and Public Works, and Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs. In the legislature, Katz was considered one of the more consistent [[conservative]] members in a Republican Party increasingly led by a coalition of Democrats and [[Moderate Republicans] known as the [[Louisiana Republican Fraud Squad|Fraud Squad]]]. After 2004, Katz was rated 100 percent by the Louisiana Family Forum. She was also highly ranked by the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry.
In the Louisiana House, she served on three committees: Health and Welfare, Transportation, Highways and Public Works, and Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs. In the legislature, Katz was considered one of the more consistent [[conservative]] members in a Republican Party increasingly led by a coalition of Democrats and [[Moderate Republicans] known as the [[Louisiana Republican Fraud Squad|Fraud Squad]]]. After 2004, Katz was rated 100 percent by the Louisiana Family Forum. She was also highly ranked by the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry.
==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Katz was married to Ben Sanders Katz, Jr. (March 3, 1938 – January 13, 2010), until his death at the age of seventy-one from complications of [[pneumonia]]. Ben Katz, a native of Starkville, Mississippi, was the son of Ben Katz, Sr., and the former Mildred Stanley. He graduated from Starkville High School and Mississippi State University. He was a senior vice president of Amax Coal Company and president of Deposit Trust Bank. Ben Katz served on the boards of the Council on Aging, the Food Bank of Northeast Louisiana, Monroe Rotary Club, and the Council of Retired Executives.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/, aadclassifieds?Dato=20100115&Kategori=OBITUARY&Class=30&Type=CAT30200&Lopenr=100100182&Selected=1|title=Obituary of Ben Sanders Katz|publisher=''The Monroe News Star''|date=January 15, 2010|accessdate=January 15, 2010}}</ref>
Katz was married to Ben Sanders Katz, Jr. (March 3, 1938 – January 13, 2010), until his death at the age of seventy-one from complications of [[pneumonia]]. Ben Katz, a native of Starkville, Mississippi, was the son of Ben Katz, Sr., and the former Mildred Stanley. He graduated from Starkville High School and Mississippi State University. He was a senior vice president of Amax Coal Company and president of Deposit Trust Bank. Ben Katz served on the boards of the Council on Aging, the Food Bank of Northeast Louisiana, Monroe Rotary Club, and the Council of Retired Executives.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/, aadclassifieds?Dato=20100115&Kategori=OBITUARY&Class=30&Type=CAT30200&Lopenr=100100182&Selected=1|title=Obituary of Ben Sanders Katz|publisher=''The Monroe News Star''|date=January 15, 2010|accessdate=January 15, 2010}}</ref>