Mike Walsworth
| Michael Arthur "Mike" Walsworth | |
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| Member of the Louisiana Senate from the 33rd district |
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Assumed office 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Robert Jocelyn Barham |
| Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from the 15th district |
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In office 1996–2008 |
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| Preceded by | Charles Anding |
| Succeeded by | Frank A. Hoffmann |
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March 27, 1956 West Monroe, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, USA |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Married |
| Children | Lindsay Walsworth Cobb, Kaden Walsworth, Corbin Walsworth |
| Education | University of Louisiana at Monroe |
| Occupation | Real estate developer |
Michael Arthur Walsworth, known as Mike Walsworth (born March 27, 1956), is an American real estate developer from West Monroe, Louisiana, who is a Republican member for District 33 of the Louisiana State Senate, first elected in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 20, 2007. He previously represented District 15 (Ouachita Parish) in the Louisiana House of Representatives until term-limited.
Walsworth's Senate district includes Ouachita, Claiborne, Morehouse, Union, and West Carroll parishes. He defeated the Democratic State Representative Charles McDonald of Fairbanks community in northern Ouachita Parish to succeed the term-limited Republican Senator Robert J. Barham of Oak Ridge in Morehouse Parish. Walsworth polled 17,292 (51.7 percent) to McDonald's 16,058 (48.3 percent). McDonald's House seat, to which he was term-limited, was narrowly won in the November 17, 2007, state election by a Republican, Sam Little, retired farmer from Bastrop, seat of Morehouse Parish.
From 1984 to 1996, Walsworth was a member of the Louisiana Republican State Central Committee. On February 9, 2008, he sought to return to the committee to represent his former State Representative District 15 berth. But he withdrew his candidacy two days before the closed primary election, and the position went by default to M. Randall "Randy" Donald. Walsworth was first elected to the state House in the 1995 primary when he unseated two-term Democrat Charles Anding of West Monroe and assumed the seat in 1996.
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