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'''Stewart Arthur Cathey, Jr.''' (born April 19, 1981), is a [[business]]man who resides in Sterlington in Ouachita Parish, [[Louisiana]]. He is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] state senator for District 33, which includes six parishes in north [[Louisiana]]. He is a [[United States Army]] combat veteran in the [[Afghanistan War]] and a continuing captain in the Army Reserve. Since 2013, Cathey has been the managing partner of his own [[real estate]] firm, The Cathey Group, based in his native [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]].<ref name=pvs>{{cite web|url=https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/165589/stewart-cathey-jr|title=Stewart Cathey, Jr.: The Voter's Self Defense System|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=November 26, 2019}}</ref>

'''Stewart Arthur Cathey, Jr.''' (born April 19, 1981), is a [[business]]man who resides in Sterlington in Ouachita Parish, [[Louisiana]]. He is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] state senator for District 33, which includes six parishes in north [[Louisiana]]. He is a [[United States Army]] combat veteran in the [[Afghanistan War]] and a continuing captain in the Army Reserve. Since 2013, Cathey has been the managing partner of his own [[real estate]] firm, The Cathey Group, based in his native [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]].<ref name=pvs>{{cite web|url=https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/165589/stewart-cathey-jr|title=Stewart Cathey, Jr.: The Voter's Self Defense System|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=November 26, 2019}}</ref>

Cathey graduated from St. Frederick High School and the [[University of Louisiana at Monroe]]. He is a member of the First [[Southern Baptist|Baptist]] Church of West Monroe. He is a board member for the [[YMCA]], the Kiwanis International, and the Warrior Foundation.<ref name=pvs/>

Cathey graduated from St. Frederick High School and the [[University of Louisiana at Monroe]]. He is a member of the First [[Southern Baptist|Baptist]] Church of West Monroe. He is a board member for the [[YMCA]], the Kiwanis International, and the Warrior Foundation.<ref name=pvs/>

In 2015, Cathey was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for the state Senate in District 35. He lost to former state Representative [[James R. Fannin]] of Jackson Parish, who in turn was unseated from his Senate position in 2019 by state Representative [[Jay Morris]]. When Cathey switched to District 33 to succeed the term-limited Republican Senator Michael Arthur Walsworth (born 1956), he faced an intra-party challenge from Wade Bishop, a West Monroe businessman. Cathey prevailed in the [[primary]], 16,658 votes (52 percent) to Bishop's 15,407 (48 percent). Walsworth instead ran unsuccessfully for the position of Ouachita Parish Clerk of Court having been defeated by an [[Independent]].<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 12 and November 16, 2019.</ref>

In 2015, Cathey was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for the state Senate in District 35. He lost to former state Representative [[James R. Fannin]] of Jackson Parish, who in turn was unseated from his Senate position in 2019 by state Representative [[Jay Morris]]. When Cathey switched to District 33 to succeed the term-limited Republican Senator Michael Arthur Walsworth (born 1956), he faced an intra-party challenge from Wade Bishop, a West Monroe businessman. Cathey prevailed in the [[primary]], 16,658 votes (52 percent) to Bishop's 15,407 (48 percent). Walsworth instead ran unsuccessfully for the position of Ouachita Parish Clerk of Court having been defeated by an [[Independent]].<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 12 and November 16, 2019.</ref>

In May 2021, Cathey, who campaigned two years earlier as a [[conservative]], joined four other North Louisiana state senators previously considered conservatives, [[Barrow Peacock]], [[Jay Morris]], [[Barry Milligan]], [[Mike Reese]], and [[Robert Mills]], in voting to extend a $400 million temporary state sales tax of .45 percent even though the state is awaiting a windfall in federal [[coronavirus]] stimulus funding. The Republicans stood for tax increases, but the Democratic Senator [[Greg Tarver]] of [[Shreveport]], opposed the tax extension.<ref>''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]],'' May 28, 2021.</ref>

In May 2021, Cathey, who campaigned two years earlier as a [[conservative]], joined four other North Louisiana state senators previously considered conservatives, [[Barrow Peacock]], [[Jay Morris]], [[Barry Milligan]], [[Mike Reese]], and [[Robert Mills]], in voting to extend a $400 million temporary state sales tax of .45 percent even though the state is awaiting a windfall in federal [[coronavirus]] stimulus funding. The Republicans stood for tax increases, but the Democratic Senator [[Greg Tarver]] of [[Shreveport]], opposed the tax extension.<ref>''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]],'' May 28, 2021.</ref>

Conservative commentator [[Moon Griffon]], who urged voters to elect Cathey and defeat Jim Fannin in 2019, now says that he has no relat8onsh8p with the now elusive Cathey, whom Griffon said walked away from him at a meeting which both were attending.<ref>''The Moon Griffon Show,'' June 1, 2021.</ref>

Conservative commentator [[Moon Griffon]], who urged voters to elect Cathey and defeat Jim Fannin in 2019, now says that he has no relationship with the now elusive Cathey, whom Griffon said walked away from him at a meeting which both were attending.<ref>''The Moon Griffon Show,'' June 1, 2021.</ref>

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