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{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Stewart Arthur Cathey, Jr.
|office=[[Louisiana]] State Senator for District 33 (Claiborne, Lincoln, Morehouse, Ouachita, Union, and West Carroll parishes)
|term_start=January 13, 2020
|preceded=Michael Arthur "Mike" Walsworth
|birth_date=April 19, 1981
|birth_place=[[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]], Ouachita Parish, Louisiana
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
|occupation=Managing partner, The Cathey Group
|religion=[[Southern Baptist]]
|alma_mater=[[University of Louisiana at Monroe}}
'''Stewart Arthur Cathey, Jr.''' (born April 19, 1981), is a [[business]]man who resides in Sterlington in Ouachita Parish, [[Louisiana]], who is an incoming [[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]].<re 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/>
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 in 2019 by state Representative [[Jay Morris]]. When Cathey switched to District 33 to succeed the term-limited Republican Michael Arthur Walsworth (born 1956), he faced an intra-party challenge from Wade Bishop, a West Monroe businessman. Cathy 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>
==References==
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|name=Stewart Arthur Cathey, Jr.
|office=[[Louisiana]] State Senator for District 33 (Claiborne, Lincoln, Morehouse, Ouachita, Union, and West Carroll parishes)
|term_start=January 13, 2020
|preceded=Michael Arthur "Mike" Walsworth
|birth_date=April 19, 1981
|birth_place=[[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]], Ouachita Parish, Louisiana
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
|occupation=Managing partner, The Cathey Group
|religion=[[Southern Baptist]]
|alma_mater=[[University of Louisiana at Monroe}}
'''Stewart Arthur Cathey, Jr.''' (born April 19, 1981), is a [[business]]man who resides in Sterlington in Ouachita Parish, [[Louisiana]], who is an incoming [[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]].<re 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/>
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 in 2019 by state Representative [[Jay Morris]]. When Cathey switched to District 33 to succeed the term-limited Republican Michael Arthur Walsworth (born 1956), he faced an intra-party challenge from Wade Bishop, a West Monroe businessman. Cathy 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>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cathey, Stewart}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:State Senators]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Conservatives]]
[[Category:Pro-Life]]
[[Category:United States Army]]