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Patrick Cortez
Republican Party
Prior offices:
Louisiana State Senate District 23
Years in office: 2012 - 2024
Successor: Jean-Paul Coussan (R)
Louisiana House of Representatives
Years in office: 2008 - 2012
Elections and appointments
Last election
October 12, 2019
Personal
Profession
Business

Patrick Cortez (Republican Party) (also known as Page) was a member of the Louisiana State Senate, representing District 23. He assumed office in 2012. He left office on January 8, 2024.

Cortez (Republican Party) won re-election to the Louisiana State Senate to represent District 23 outright in the primary on October 12, 2019, after the primary and general election were canceled.

On January 13, 2020, members of the Louisiana State Senate selected Cortez as president.[1]

He served in the Louisiana House of Representatives, representing the 43rd District from 2008 to 2012.

Biography

Cortez's professional experience includes working as Co-Owner and Operator of La-Z Boy Furniture Gallery & Stoma's Furniture.

Committee assignments

2023-2024

Cortez was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Cortez was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Cortez was assigned to the following committees:

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Cortez served on the following committees:

Louisiana committee assignments, 2015
• Retirement, Vice Chair
• Commerce, Consumer Protection, and International Affairs
• Natural Resources
• Education, Interim Member

2012-2013

In the 2012-2013 legislative session, Cortez served on the following committees:

2010-2011

In the 2010-2011 legislative session, Cortez served on the following committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2023

See also: Louisiana State Senate elections, 2023

Patrick Cortez was not able to file for re-election due to term limits.

2019

See also: Louisiana State Senate elections, 2019


Louisiana elections use the majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50 percent of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.

Nonpartisan primary election

The primary election was canceled. Patrick Cortez (R) won the election without appearing on the ballot.

2015

See also: Louisiana State Senate elections, 2015

Elections for the Louisiana State Senate took place in 2015. A primary election was held on October 24, 2015, with a general election held in districts where necessary on November 21, 2015. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was September 10, 2015, at 4:30 p.m. CDT.[2]
Louisiana elections use the Louisiana majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50% of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article. Incumbent Patrick Cortez (R) defeated Terry Hughes (I) in the October 24 blanket primary.[3][4]

Louisiana State Senate, District 23 Primary Election, 2015
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngPatrick Cortez Incumbent 83.9% 27,231
     Independent Terry Hughes 16.1% 5,235
Total Votes 32,466

2011

See also: Louisiana State Senate elections, 2011

On August 9, 2011, Cortez announced his candidacy for the District 23 seat. The seat was because Michael Michot reached his term limit.[5] Cortez was unopposed in the October 22 primary. Because Louisiana uses a blanket primary system, a candidate can be declared the overall winner of the seat by garnering 50 percent +1 of the vote in the primary. However, if no candidate reaches this threshold, then a general election would have taken place on November 19, 2011 between the top-two vote getters.[6]

2007

In 2007, Cortez was elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives. He defeated Patrick L. LeBlanc.[7]

Louisiana House of Representatives General Election, District 43 (2007)
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Page Cortez (R) 7,742
Patrick L. LeBlanc (R) 6,218

Campaign themes

2019

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Campaign finance summary

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Patrick Cortez campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2019Louisiana State Senate District 23Won primary$155,891 N/A**
Grand total$155,891 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Election Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

See also: State legislative scorecards, State legislative scorecards in Louisiana

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Personal

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Cortez is a member of the Acadiana Delegation, Louisiana Republican Legislative Delegation, and Louisiana Rural Caucus.[8]

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ The Advocate, "Page Cortez chosen as president of the Louisiana Senate," January 13, 2020
  2. ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "2015 Elections," accessed January 2, 2015
  3. ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Candidate Inquiry," accessed October 13, 2015
  4. ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Official Election Results," accessed November 1, 2015
  5. ↑ KTAC, "Page Cortez Announces His Candidacy for State Senate," August 9, 2011
  6. ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Unofficial Election Results," October 22, 2011
  7. ↑ Official Louisiana House of Representatives 2007 General Election Results
  8. ↑ Project Vote Smart - Rep. Cortez

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Preceded by
- 		Louisiana State Senate District 23
2012-2024		 Succeeded by
Jean-Paul Coussan (R)
Preceded by
- 		Louisiana House of Representatives
2008-2012		 Succeeded by
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