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'''Patrick Moore McMath''' (born  June 20, 1984) is an [[attorney]] and [[business]]man from Covington in St. Tammany Parish in [[suburb]]an [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]]. An outgoing member of the Covington City Council, McMath on January 13, 2000, will take the oath of office for the District 11 seat in the Louisiana State Senate. He succeeds his fellow [[Republican Party|Republican]], the term-limited [[Jack Donahue]].  

'''Patrick Moore McMath''' (born  June 20, 1984) is an [[attorney]] and [[business]]man from Covington in St. Tammany Parish in [[suburb]]an [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]]. An outgoing member of the Covington City Council, McMath on January 13, 2000, took the oath of office for the District 11 seat in the Louisiana State Senate. He succeeds his fellow [[Republican Party|Republican]], the term-limited [[Jack Donahue]].  

To win the Senate seat in the November 16, 2019 runoff contest, McMath topped state Representative [[Reid Falconer]] of Madisonville, a fellow Republican. McMath polled 27,801 votes (56 percent) to Falconer's 22,198 (44 percent). A second contest was required because a third Republican candidate, Daniel Ducote, a 22-year-old studying to be an [[educator]], polled more than the margin of primary difference between McMath and Falconer.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 12, and November 16, 2019.</ref>

To win the Senate seat in the November 16, 2019 runoff contest, McMath topped state Representative [[Reid Falconer]] of Madisonville, a fellow Republican. McMath polled 27,801 votes (56 percent) to Falconer's 22,198 (44 percent). A second contest was required because a third Republican candidate, Daniel Ducote, a 22-year-old studying to be an [[educator]], polled more than the margin of primary difference between McMath and Falconer.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 12, and November 16, 2019.</ref>