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'''Stuart Alan Moss, Jr.''' (born July 29, 1963), is the short-term District 33 state representative for Calcasieu Parish in the southwestern portion of [[Louisiana]]. On November 6, 2018, he won a special election to succeed [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Mike Danahay]], who resigned from the state House to become the [[mayor]] of Sulphur, Louisiana, located twelve miles west of the larger regional city, [[Lake Charles]].

'''Stuart Alan Moss, Jr.''' (born July 29, 1963), is the short-term District 33 state representative for Calcasieu Parish in the southwestern portion of [[Louisiana]]. On November 6, 2018, he won a special election to succeed [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Mike Danahay]], who resigned from the state House to become the [[mayor]] of Sulphur, Louisiana, located twelve miles west of the larger regional city, [[Lake Charles]].

A [[Republican Party|Republican]] and a former city council member in Sulphur, Moss defeated two Democrats, businessman [[Les Farnum|Leslie Allen "Les" Farnum]] (born July 31, 1957), a member of the Calcasieu Parish Police Jury, and Teri Ann Estes Johnson (born July 10, 1959), the president of the Calcasieu Federation of Teachers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kplctv.com/2018/10/22/three-running-state-rep-west-calcasieu/|title=Three running for State Rep. 33 in west Calcasieu|publisher=KPLC-TV|date=October 22, 2018|author=Theresa Schmidt|accessdate=October 26, 2018}}</ref> Moss polled 6,795 votes (54 percent); Farnum, 4,883 (39 percent), and Johnson, 912 (7 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical|title=Election Returns|date=November 6, 2018|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=November 10, 2018}}</ref>

A [[Republican Party|Republican]] and a former city council member in Sulphur, Moss defeated two Democrats, businessman [[Les Farnum|Leslie Allen "Les" Farnum]], a member of the Calcasieu Parish Police Jury, and Teri Ann Estes Johnson (born July 10, 1959), the president of the Calcasieu Federation of Teachers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kplctv.com/2018/10/22/three-running-state-rep-west-calcasieu/|title=Three running for State Rep. 33 in west Calcasieu|publisher=KPLC-TV|date=October 22, 2018|author=Theresa Schmidt|accessdate=October 26, 2018}}</ref> Moss polled 6,795 votes (54 percent); Farnum, 4,883 (39 percent), and Johnson, 912 (7 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical|title=Election Returns|date=November 6, 2018|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=November 10, 2018}}</ref>

Eleven months after his election, Moss was unseated in the nonpartisan blanket primary on October 12, 2019, by Leslie Farnum, who switched parties to challenge his former opponent. Farnum polled 6,208 votes (56 percent) to Moss' 4,793 (44 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 12, 2019.</ref>

Eleven months after his election, Moss was unseated in the nonpartisan blanket primary on October 12, 2019, by Leslie Farnum, who switched parties to challenge his former opponent. Farnum polled 6,208 votes (56 percent) to Moss' 4,793 (44 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 12, 2019.</ref>