Patrick McMath
| Patrick Moore McMath | |
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| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office January 13, 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Jack Donahue |
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At-large member of the Covington (Louisiana) City Council
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| In office 2017–2020 | |
| Born | June 20, 1984 Place of birth missing Resident of Covington in St. Tammany Parish |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater | St. Paul's Catholic High School (Covington) Louisiana State University |
| Occupation | Attorney and businessman |
Patrick Moore McMath (born June 20, 1984) is an attorney and businessman from Covington in St. Tammany Parish in suburban New Orleans, Louisiana. An outgoing member of the Covington City Council, McMath on January 13, 2000, will take the oath of office for the District 11 seat in the Louisiana State Senate. He succeeds his fellow Republican, the term-limited Jack Donahue.
To win the Senate seat in the November 16, 2019 runoff contest, McMath topped state Representative Reid Falconer of Madisonville, a fellow Republican. McMath polled 27,801 votes (56 percent) to Falconer's 22,198 (44 percent). A second contest was required because a third Republican candidate, Daniel Ducote, a 22-year-old studying to be an educator, polled more than the margin of primary difference between McMath and Falconer.[1]
He graduated from St. Paul's High School, a Roman Catholic all-boys institution in Covington. He then procured a degree in and Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, with a degree in political science. After two years as vice president of his family's McMath Construction Company, he obtained his legal credentials from Catholic-affiliated Loyola Law School in New Orleans. He is a former assistant district attorney for the 22nd Judicial District in St. Tammany Parish. He was elected to the city council in 2017 without political experience over two opponents with extensive officeholding. He was reelected in March 2019 for a second two-year term, which he must vacate to become a state senator.[2]
References
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 12, and November 16, 2019.
- ↑ Louisiana Senate 11th District: The Candidates. The New Orleans Times-Picayune (September 4, 2019). Retrieved on November 21, 2019.
