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'''Stuart James Bishop''' (born August 19, 1975)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/stuart-bishop/stewartbis29452bt|title=Stuart Bishop|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=January 31, 2020}}</ref> is a [[business]]man in [[Lafayette]], [[Louisiana]], who is the [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for District 43. In 2012, he succeeded his fellow  Republican, [[Page Cortez]] of Lafayette, who was instead elected state senator and was elevated to Senate President on January 13, 2020.

'''Stuart James Bishop''' (born August 19, 1975)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/stuart-bishop/stewartbis29452bt|title=Stuart Bishop|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=January 31, 2020}}</ref> is a [[business]]man in [[Lafayette]], [[Louisiana]], who is the [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for District 43. In 2012, he succeeded his fellow  Republican, [[Page Cortez]] of Lafayette, who was instead elected state senator and was elevated to Senate President on January 13, 2020.

With no previous political experience, Bishop was the only unopposed candidate for an open House seat in the Louisiana nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] held on October 22, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lapolitics.com/|title=Two New Senators Walk in Unopposed|publisher=lapolitics.com|accessdate=September 16, 2011}}</ref>​ Similarly, Cortez had no opponent in the 2011 Senate race to succeed the term-limited [[Michael J. Michot]], another Lafayette businessman and a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]-turned Republican.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20110909/NEWS01/110909012/Analysis-Many-La-incumbents-get-free-pass-|title=Many La. incumbents get a free pass|date=September 9, 2011|publisher=The Alexandria Town Talk|accessdate=September 11, 2011; no longer on-line</ref>​

With no previous political experience, Bishop was the only unopposed candidate for an open House seat in the Louisiana nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] held on October 22, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lapolitics.com/|title=Two New Senators Walk in Unopposed|publisher=lapolitics.com|accessdate=September 16, 2011}}</ref>​ Similarly, Cortez had no opponent in the 2011 Senate race to succeed the term-limited [[Michael J. Michot]], another Lafayette businessman and a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]]-turned Republican.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20110909/NEWS01/110909012/Analysis-Many-La-incumbents-get-free-pass-|title=Many La. incumbents get a free pass|date=September 9, 2011|publisher=The Alexandria Town Talk|accessdate=September 11, 2011; no longer on-line</ref>​

==Background==

==Background==

A native of Jeanerette, a small city in [[sugar]]-growing Iberia Parish, Bishop graduated from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]]. In 1997, after leaving LSU, he moved to Lafayette. He is an officer of his family's business, Baldwin Redi-Mix Concrete. Bishop and his wife, the former Kim Dugas, have two sons, Donald and Cooper Bishop.<ref name=indcom>{{cite web|url=http://www.theind.com/news/7807-bishop-eyeing-cortez-seat|title=Bishop eyeing Cortez seat|date= February 18, 2011|publisher=theind.com|accessdate=September 14, 2011}}</ref>​

A native of Jeanerette, a small city in [[sugar]]-growing Iberia Parish, Bishop graduated from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]]. In 1997, after leaving LSU, he moved to Lafayette. He is an officer of his family's business, Baldwin Redi-Mix Concrete. Bishop and his wife, the former Kim Dugas, have two sons, Donald and Cooper Bishop.<ref name=indcom>{{cite web|url=http://www.theind.com/news/7807-bishop-eyeing-cortez-seat|title=Bishop eyeing Cortez seat|date= February 18, 2011|publisher=theind.com|accessdate=September 14, 2011}}</ref>​

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Even before it was clear that Bishop would run unopposed for the House seat, the candidate drew the endorsement of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, a statewide trade association founded by the late [[Edward J. Steimel]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://electstuartbishop.com/breaking-news-labi-endorses-bishop|title=LABI endorses Bishop|publisher=Electstuartbishop.com|accessdate=September 14, 2011; no longer on-line}}</ref> Bishop also held the support of the [[Tea Party movement]], which endorsed his candidacy based on Bishop's stated belief in smaller government and the desire to reduce regulations that hamper business growth.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402131152/http://www.teapartyoflafayette.com/dotnetnuke/Portals/0/JDwyer/Stuart%20Bishop1%20(2).pdf#||title=The TEA Party of Lafayette endorses Mr. Stuart Bishop for District 43 State Representative|publisher=Teapartyoflafayette.com|accessdate=September 16, 2011}}</ref>

 

Even before it was clear that Bishop would run unopposed for the House seat, the candidate drew the endorsement of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, a statewide trade association.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://electstuartbishop.com/breaking-news-labi-endorses-bishop|title=LABI endorses Bishop|publisher=Electstuartbishop.com|accessdate=September 14, 2011; no longer on-line}}</ref> Bishop also held the support of the [[Tea Party movement]], which endorsed his candidacy based on Bishop's stated belief in smaller government and the desire to reduce regulations that hamper business growth.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402131152/http://www.teapartyoflafayette.com/dotnetnuke/Portals/0/JDwyer/Stuart%20Bishop1%20(2).pdf#||title=The TEA Party of Lafayette endorses Mr. Stuart Bishop for District 43 State Representative|publisher=Teapartyoflafayette.com|accessdate=September 16, 2011}}</ref>

As he took his legislative seat in the second term of Republican Governor]] [[Bobby Jindal]], Bishop declared that the state is moving in the right direction: "I believe that business is obviously the backbone of everything, and I'm going to be a pro-business politician by all means." Bishop is a member of the Concrete and Aggregate Association of Louisiana, the National Redi-Mix Concrete Association, Downtown Lafayette Unlimited, and the Lafayette Education Foundation.<ref name=indcom/>​

As he took his legislative seat in the second term of Republican Governor]] [[Bobby Jindal]], Bishop declared that the state is moving in the right direction: "I believe that business is obviously the backbone of everything, and I'm going to be a pro-business politician by all means." Bishop is a member of the Concrete and Aggregate Association of Louisiana, the National Redi-Mix Concrete Association, Downtown Lafayette Unlimited, and the Lafayette Education Foundation.<ref name=indcom/>​

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