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{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Michael Owens Craig
|office=Division A [[Judge]] of the Louisiana 26th Judicial District Court for<br> Bossier and Webster parishes
|term_start=January 2009
|term_end=Current term expires December 2020
|preceded=[[Dewey Burchett]]
|birth_date=November 5, 1968
|birth_place=[[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]], USA
|residence=Benton, Bossier Parish
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
|occupation=[[Attorney]] and Judge<br>
|alma_mater=Airline High School ([[Bossier City]])
Louisiana State University in [[Shreveport]]
Southern University Law Center in [[Baton Rouge]]
|religion=[[Christian]]}}
'''Michael Owens Craig''', known as '''Mike Craig''' (born November 5, 1968), is the Division A [[judge]] of the 26th Judicial District Court of Bossier and Webster parishes in northwestern [[Louisiana]]. Craig is nearing the end of his third term in the judgeship. He resides in Benton; the district also encompasses [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] in Webster Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=
https://www.mylife.com/michael-craig/lalaw1996|title=Michael Craig (Owens)|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=May 29, 2020}}</ref>
A [[Republican Party|Republican]], Craig was elected ito his judgeship in the nonpartisan blanket primary in 2008. With 12,182 votes (51 percent), he narrowly unseated incumbent [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Dewey Burchett|Dewey E. Burchett, Jr.]], also of Bossier City.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 4, 2008.</ref> He took office in January 200 and was reelected without opposition in 2014. Prior to that time, he operated a private legal practice and for three years served with the indigent defenders' board and as an assistant district attorney under DA [[Schuyler Marvin]]. He is a former president of the Bossier Parish Bar Association.<ref name=26jdc>>{{cite web|url=hrrp://26jdc.com/judges.html|title=Judge Michael Craig|publisher=26th Judicial District Court|date=April 25, 2020|accessdate=May 29, 2020}}</ref>
Craig received his undergraduate degree from Louisiana State University in [[Shreveport]], which was established the year before he was born. His law degree is from the historically black Southern University Law Center in [[Baton Rouge]].<ref name=26ldc> In 2003, he was the executive director of the National Little Britches Rodeo Association.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.zoominfo.com/p/Michael-Craig/316086568|title=Michael O. Craig Business Profile|publisher=Zoominfo.com|accessdate=May 29, 2020}}</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Attorneys]]
[[Category:Judges]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Christians]]
|name=Michael Owens Craig
|office=Division A [[Judge]] of the Louisiana 26th Judicial District Court for<br> Bossier and Webster parishes
|term_start=January 2009
|term_end=Current term expires December 2020
|preceded=[[Dewey Burchett]]
|birth_date=November 5, 1968
|birth_place=[[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]], USA
|residence=Benton, Bossier Parish
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
|occupation=[[Attorney]] and Judge<br>
|alma_mater=Airline High School ([[Bossier City]])
Louisiana State University in [[Shreveport]]
Southern University Law Center in [[Baton Rouge]]
|religion=[[Christian]]}}
'''Michael Owens Craig''', known as '''Mike Craig''' (born November 5, 1968), is the Division A [[judge]] of the 26th Judicial District Court of Bossier and Webster parishes in northwestern [[Louisiana]]. Craig is nearing the end of his third term in the judgeship. He resides in Benton; the district also encompasses [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] in Webster Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=
https://www.mylife.com/michael-craig/lalaw1996|title=Michael Craig (Owens)|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=May 29, 2020}}</ref>
A [[Republican Party|Republican]], Craig was elected ito his judgeship in the nonpartisan blanket primary in 2008. With 12,182 votes (51 percent), he narrowly unseated incumbent [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Dewey Burchett|Dewey E. Burchett, Jr.]], also of Bossier City.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 4, 2008.</ref> He took office in January 200 and was reelected without opposition in 2014. Prior to that time, he operated a private legal practice and for three years served with the indigent defenders' board and as an assistant district attorney under DA [[Schuyler Marvin]]. He is a former president of the Bossier Parish Bar Association.<ref name=26jdc>>{{cite web|url=hrrp://26jdc.com/judges.html|title=Judge Michael Craig|publisher=26th Judicial District Court|date=April 25, 2020|accessdate=May 29, 2020}}</ref>
Craig received his undergraduate degree from Louisiana State University in [[Shreveport]], which was established the year before he was born. His law degree is from the historically black Southern University Law Center in [[Baton Rouge]].<ref name=26ldc> In 2003, he was the executive director of the National Little Britches Rodeo Association.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.zoominfo.com/p/Michael-Craig/316086568|title=Michael O. Craig Business Profile|publisher=Zoominfo.com|accessdate=May 29, 2020}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Michael Craig}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Attorneys]]
[[Category:Judges]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Christians]]