Stewart Cathey Jr. (born April 19, 1981) is an American politician and businessman. A Republican, he has represented the 33rd district in the

Louisiana State Senate The Louisiana State Senate (; ) is the upper house of Louisiana’s legislature. Senators serve four-year terms and participate in various committees. Composition The Louisiana State Senate has 39 members elected from single-member districts ...

, covering

Monroe Monroe or Monroes may refer to: People and fictional characters * Monroe (surname) * Monroe (given name) * James Monroe, 5th President of the United States * Marilyn Monroe, actress and model Places United States * Monroe, Arkansas, an unincorp ...

and surrounding areas, since 2020.

Education and military service

After graduating from the

University of Louisiana at Monroe The University of Louisiana at Monroe (ULM) is a public university in Monroe, Louisiana, United States. It is part of the University of Louisiana System. History ULM opened in 1931 as Ouachita Parish Junior College. Three years later it becam ...

, Cathey joined the

U.S. Army The United States Army (USA) is the primary land service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution.Article II, section 2, clause 1 of the United Stat ...

in 2003, where he served as a commissioned officer and army engineer. He deployed for a second time in 2016. Cathey has additionally worked as a managing partner at the Cathey Group since 2013.

Political career

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

, Cathey ran for the 35th district of the

, losing to fellow Republican

James Fannin James Walker Fannin Jr. (January 1, 1804– March 27, 1836) was an American military officer and planter who served in the Texian Army during the Texas Revolution. After being outnumbered and surrendering to the Mexican Army at the Battle o ...

. Cathey ran again for the State Senate in

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

in the neighboring 33rd district and defeated fellow Republican, former West Monroe Chamber of Commerce chairman Wade Bishop, with 52% of the vote.

References

Living people 1981 births People from Ouachita Parish, Louisiana Politicians from Monroe, Louisiana Republican Party Louisiana state senators 21st-century members of the Louisiana State Legislature University of Louisiana at Monroe alumni {{Louisiana-politician-stub