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Michael John Michot, known as Mike Michot (born December 12, 1963), is a Republican former member of the Louisiana State Senate, having represented District 23 (Lafayette Parish) from 2000 to 2012. He formerly was the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee. Michot was unopposed for his third Senate term in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 20, 2007. Previously, he served in District 43 in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1996 to 2000. He was elected as a Democrat to the House but switched parties on June 23, 1997, not quite midway in his term. ==Background== Michot was born in Lafayette to Louis Joseph Michot, Jr., and the former Patricia Ann Smith (1926–2011) a week after his father, then a state representative, ran unsuccessfully for governor of Louisiana in the 1963 Democratic primary. The two leading candidates who emerged from the primary were former New Orleans Mayor deLesseps Story Morrison and the winner of the runoff primary, John J. McKeithen of tiny Columbia in north Louisiana. Louis Michot rebounded to served on the elected State Board of Education and as state education superintendent (1972–1976), having ousted the legendary William J. "Bill" Dodd in the 1971 primary. Michot has seven living siblings. Mike Michot graduated from the Roman Catholic Cathedral-Carmel High School in Lafayette. He then received a Bachelor of Science degree in finance from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette (then known as the University of Southwestern Louisiana). At ULL, Michot was a fraternity brother of current State Senator Page Cortez, a Lafayette Republican who defeated Patrick LeBlanc in the 2007 House primary, served one term, and then was elected to succeed Michot in the state Senate. A real estate developer, Michot is president of both Louis J. Michot & Associates and the Premier Medical Equipment Company. Michot is married to the former Monique Broussard (born ca. 1966). His brother, Patrick Louis "Rick" Michot (born 1948), is a judge of the 15th District Court in Lafayette and also a Republican convert. Mike and Rick Michot are members of "Les Freres Michot", a popular Lafayette-based Cajun music band. He co-founded the interest group known as Citizens for Accountable Government. He is vice president of both the Broussard Industrial Development Board and the Boys and Girls Clubs of Acadiana. He is a past chairman of the Business Development Committee of the Greater Lafayette Chamber of Commerce. He is past president of Acadiana Handicap Services, Inc. He is a member of the Cathedral-Carmel Foundation, and the Lafayette Kiwanis International. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Michael J. Michot」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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