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| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]​

| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]​

| term_start=January 9, 2012​

| term_start=January 9, 2012​

| term_end=​

| term_end=​January 2024

| preceded=[[Page Cortez]]​<br> (current State Senate President)

| preceded=[[Page Cortez]]​<br> (outgoing State Senate President)

| birth_date=August 19, 1975​

| birth_date=August 19, 1975​

| birth_place=Jeanerette, beria Parish, Louisiana

| birth_place=Jeanerette, beria Parish, Louisiana

| children=Donald and Cooper Bishop​}}

| children=Donald and Cooper Bishop​}}

'''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]] departing 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; specific information no longer on-line}}</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>"Many La. incumbents get a free pass," ''[[Alexandria Town Talk]],'' September 9, 2011.</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; specific information no longer on-line}}</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>"Many La. incumbents get a free pass," ''[[Alexandria Town Talk]],'' September 9, 2011.</ref>​

Though is voting record has been conservatives on many issues, Bishop joined twenty-three dissident [[Moderate Republican]]s to elect Republican [[Clay Schexnayder]] of Ascension Parish as House Speaker. Schexnayder defeated the more conservative Republican challenger, [[Sherman Mack]] of Livingston Parish, 60-45. Schexnayder's victory was sealed with the support of all thirty-five House Democrats, many of whom are members of the Black Caucus, two Independent legislators ([[Roy Daryl Adams]] and [[Joseph Marino]]) and the twenty-three dissident votes, including Schexnayder's own vote. Statewide [[radio]] commentator [[Moon Griffon]], based in Bishop's Lafayette, is a long-time critic of the representative whom he calls Stuart "Very Little" Bishop. Griffon labeled the twenty-three dissenters as the [[Louisiana Republican Fraud Squad|Fraud Squad]].<ref>''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]],'' January 23, 2020.</ref>

Though is voting record has been conservatives on many issues, Bishop joined twenty-three dissident [[Moderate Republican]]s to elect Republican [[Clay Schexnayder]] of Ascension Parish as House Speaker. Schexnayder defeated the more conservative Republican challenger, [[Sherman Mack]] of Livingston Parish, 60-45. Schexnayder's victory was sealed with the support of all thirty-five House Democrats, many of whom are members of the Black Caucus, two Independent legislators ([[Roy Daryl Adams]] and [[Joseph Marino]]) and the twenty-three dissident votes, including Schexnayder's own vote. Statewide [[radio]] commentator [[Moon Griffon]], based in Bishop's Lafayette, is a long-time critic of the representative whom he calls Stuart "Very Little" Bishop. Griffon labeled the twenty-three dissenters as the [[Louisiana Republican Fraud Squad|Fraud Squad]].<ref>''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]],'' January 23, 2020.</ref>

Bishop will be term-limited in 2024 and unable to seek a fourth House term in the nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] in the fall of 2023.

Bishop was term-limited and unable to seek a fourth House term in the nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] held on October 14, 2023. He had introduced legislation to extend the three-term limit for the legislature to four terms so that he could have sought reelection.<ref>''The Moon Griffon Show,'' March 11, 2022.</ref> Bishop will be succeeded in the state House by fellow Republican Josh Carlson, who polled 84 percent of the primary vote in a two-candidate field.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 14, 2023.</ref>

He has introduced legislation to extend the three-term limit to four terms so that he can seek reelection.<ref>''The Moon Griffon Show,'' March 11, 2022.</ref>

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