Page Cortez
| Patrick Page Cortez | |
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| Louisiana State Senator for District 23 (Lafayette Parish) |
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Assumed office January 9, 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Michael J. Michot |
| Louisiana State Representative for District 43 (Lafayette Parish) |
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In office January 14, 2008 – January 9, 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Ernie Alexander |
| Succeeded by | Stuart Bishop |
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August 25, 1961 Lafayette, Lafayette Parish Louisiana, USA |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Angela Stoma Cortez |
| Children | Matthew and Maria Cortez |
| Occupation | Businessman; former educator |
| Cortez gained vital name recognition in his 2007 race for the Louisiana House of Representatives through his furniture advertising on television and his earlier service as a high school coach. | |
Patrick Page Cortez, known as Page Cortez (born August 25, 1961), is a businessman from Lafayette, Louisiana, who is a Republican member of the Louisiana State Senate for District 23. He is also the former District 43 member of the Louisiana House of Representatives.
Cortez succeeded Senator Michael J. Michot, who was term-limited in the position. After Jerry Luke LeBlanc, the former commissioner of administration under Governor Kathleen Blanco and an Independent, declined to run for the seat that Michot vacated, Cortez was elected without opposition in the primary election held on October 22, 2011.
Cortez was succeeded in the House by Stuart Bishop, a Lafayette businessman without previous political experience. Bishop also ran unopposed in the primary. So did a third Republican, former state Representative Ronnie Johns of Sulphur in Calcasieu Parish, who succeeded the term-limited Willie Landry Mount in the District 27 seat in the state Senate.
Cortez is a co-owner and operator of La-Z-Boy Furniture and Stoma's (his wife’s maiden name) Furniture and Interiors in Lafayette. He gained name identification in the community through his furniture advertising on local television channels and his earlier profile as a high school coach.
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