{{Short description|American politician and businessman}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Page Cortez |image = Louisiana State Sen. Page Cortez - 2020 (cropped).jpg |office = President of the Louisiana Senate |term_start = January 13, 2020 |term_end = January 8, 2024 |predecessor = John Alario |successor = Cameron Henry |state_senate1 = Louisiana |district1 = 23rd |term_start1 = January 2012 |term_end1 = January 8, 2024 |predecessor1 = Michael Michot |successor1 = Jean-Paul Coussan |state_house2 = Louisiana |district2 = 43rd |term_start2 = January 2008 |term_end2 = January 2012 |predecessor2 = Ernie Alexander |successor2 = Stuart Bishop |birth_name = Patrick Page Cortez |birth_date = |birth_place = |death_date = |death_place = |party = Republican |spouse = Angela |children = 2 |education = University of Louisiana, Lafayette (BA) |signature=Patrick Cortez Signature.png }} '''Patrick Page Cortez''' is an American politician and businessman from the state of Louisiana. A Republican, he represented the Louisiana State Senate's 23rd district, based in southern Lafayette, from 2012 to 2024.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://senate.la.gov/smembers?ID=23|title=Senator Patrick Page Cortez - Republican District 23|publisher=Louisiana State Senate|access-date=June 12, 2021}}</ref><ref name="Ballotpedia">{{Cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Patrick_Cortez|title=Patrick Cortez|publisher=Ballotpedia|access-date=January 26, 2020}}</ref> In 2020, Cortez was unanimously elected Senate President, succeeding term-limited John Alario.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/legislature/article_c563481a-361b-11ea-a5d4-ab8acbd10079.html|website=The Advocate|date=January 13, 2020|access-date=January 26, 2020|author=Will Sentell|title=Page Cortez chosen as president of the Louisiana Senate}}</ref>
From 2008 until 2012, Cortez represented the 43rd district in the Louisiana House of Representatives. He lives with his wife and two children in Lafayette, where he owns and operates a La-Z-Boy furniture gallery.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/93829/page-cortez|title=Page Cortez's Biography |publisher=VoteSmart |access-date=January 26, 2020}}</ref>
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