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| office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative<br> for District 49 (Iberia and <br>Vermilion parishes)
| office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative<br> for District 49 (Iberia and <br>Vermilion parishes)
| term_start=February 2015
| term_start=February 2015
| term_end=January 2024
| preceded=[[Simone Champagne]]
| preceded=[[Simone Champagne]]
| succeeded=
| office2=Louisiana House Majority Leader
| office2=Louisiana House Majority Leader
| term_start2=January 13, 2020
| term_start2=January 13, 2020
| religion=[[Roman Catholic]]}}
| religion=[[Roman Catholic]]}}
'''Blake John Miguez''' (born November 21, 1981) is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for District 49, encompassing Iberia and Vermilion parishes in south [[Louisiana]]. He won a [[special election]] on February 21, 2015, to succeed [[Simone Champagne]], who resigned to become the chief administrative officer for the city of Youngsville in [[Lafayette|Lafayette Parish]].
'''Blake John Miguez''' (born November 21, 1981) is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] departing state representative for District 49, encompassing Iberia and Vermilion parishes in south [[Louisiana]]. He won a [[special election]] on February 21, 2015, to succeed [[Simone Champagne]], who resigned to become the chief administrative officer for the city of Youngsville in [[Lafayette|Lafayette Parish]].
On January 13, 2020, Miguez became the House Majority Leader, succeeding [[Lance Harris]] of [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], a candidate for Louisiana's 5th congressional district seat. [[Sherman Mack]], an [[attorney]] in Livingston Parish, was nominated as the apparent new Speaker to succeed the term-limited [[Taylor Barras]], also of New Iberia,<ref>''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]],'' December 17, 2019.</ref> but twenty-three [[Moderate Republican]] House members joined with thirty-five [[Democratic Party|Democrats]] to install Moderate Republican [[Clay Schexnayder]] of Ascension Parish as the new Speaker. [[Radio]] commentator [[Moon Griffon]] dubbed the twenty-three recalcitrant Republican representatives as the [[Louisiana Republican Fraud Squad|Fraud Squad]].<ref>''The Moon Griffon Show,'' January 13, 2020.</ref>
On January 13, 2020, Miguez became the House Majority Leader, succeeding [[Lance Harris]] of [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], later an unsuccessful candidate for Louisiana's 5th congressional district seat. [[Sherman Mack]], an [[attorney]] in Livingston Parish, was nominated as the apparent new Speaker to succeed the term-limited [[Taylor Barras]], also of New Iberia,<ref>''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]],'' December 17, 2019.</ref> but twenty-three [[Moderate Republican]] House members joined with thirty-five [[Democratic Party|Democrats]] to install Moderate Republican [[Clay Schexnayder]] of Ascension Parish as the new Speaker. [[Radio]] commentator [[Moon Griffon]] dubbed the twenty-three recalcitrant Republican representatives as the [[Louisiana Republican Fraud Squad|Fraud Squad]].<ref>''The Moon Griffon Show,'' January 13, 2020.</ref>
==Background==
==Background==