Stuart James Bishop | |
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Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from the 43 district |
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Assumed office January 9, 2012 |
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Preceded by | Page Cortez |
Personal details | |
Born |
Jeanerette, Iberia Parish Louisiana, USA |
August 19, 1975
Political party | Republican |
Spouse(s) | Kim Dugas Bishop |
Children | Donald and Cooper Bishop |
Residence | Lafayette, Louisiana |
Alma mater | Louisiana State University |
Occupation | Businessman |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Stuart James Bishop (born August 19, 1975) is a businessman in Lafayette, Louisiana, and a Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from District 43. He succeeded his fellow Republican, Page Cortez of Lafayette, who instead became the District 23 state senator. 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.
Similarly, Cortez had no opponent in the Senate race to succeed the term-limited Michael J. Michot, another Lafayette businessman and a Democrat-turned Republican. A third Republican, former state Representative Ronnie Johns of Sulphur in Calcasieu Parish, also ran unopposed and succeeded the term-limited Willie Landry Mount in the District 27 seat in the state Senate.
A native of Jeanerette in Iberia Parish, Bishop graduated from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. In 1997, after leaving LSU, he moved to Lafayette. He is an officer of his family's business, Baldwin Redi-Mix Concrete. Bishop and his wife, the former Kim Dugas, have two sons, Donald and Cooper Bishop.
Even before it was clear that Bishop would run without opposition for the House seat, the candidate drew the endorsement of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry Bishop also carried the support of the TEA Party movement, which endorsed his candidacy based on Bishop's stated belief in smaller government and the desire to reduce regulations that hamper business growth.