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'''Michael Edward Danahay''', known as '''Mike Danahay''' (born December 30, 1957),<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.mylife.com/michael-danahay/e156365259390|title=Michael Danahay|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=June 10, 2018}}</ref> is the[[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[mayor]] of Sulphur in Calcasieu Parish, near [[Lake Charles]] in the southwestern portion of [[Louisiana]]. From 2008 to 2018, he was a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 33. <ref name=mdanahay>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_Reps/members.asp?ID=33|title=Mike Danahay|publisher=house.louisiana.gov|accessdate=April 20, 2015}}</ref>He was ineligible to seek a fourth term as representative in the nonpartisan blanket primary scheduled for October 2019. So he hence ran instead in 2018 for the mayoral position in Sulphur.
==Background==
In 2014, Danahay co-sponsored the requirement that [[abortion]] providers have hospital admitting privileges near their clinics, a measure which the House approved, 88-5. He voted to extend the time for implementation of the [[Common Core]] State Standards Initiative. He voted to prohibit the transportation of dogs in the bed of a pick-up truck on interstate highways. In 2013, Danahay voted to reduce penalties for possession of [[marijuana]]. He supported lifetime [[concealed carry]] gun permits and the taking of weapons into restaurants. He opposed making information about permit holders a matter of public record. In 2012, he voted to prohibit the use of telephones while driving. He voted to reduce the number of hours that polling locations remain open. Louisiana has traditionally had 14-hour polling days. In 2011, he supported the requirement for drug testing of welfare recipients.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/86890/michael-danahay#.VTXBucstEqQ|title=Michael Danahay's Voting Records|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=April 20, 2015}}</ref>
Danahay left the House after his election when sworn into the mayor's position on March 24May 15, 2018, .<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kplctv.com/story/38201383/mike-danahay-swears-in-as-mayor-of-sulphur|title=Mike Danahay sworn in as mayor of Sulphur. In that contest|publisher=KPLC-TV|date=May 15, he 2018|author=Perris Jones|accessdate=June 10, 2018}}</ref> Danahay unseated the incumbent Republicanmayor, Christopher Lee "Chris" Duncan(born July 20, 1961), 2,310 (58 percent) to 1,657 (42 percent), in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on March 24, 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical|title=Live election results|date=March 24, 2018|author=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=June 10, 2018}}</ref>
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