High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Michael John "Mike" Michot (born December 12, 1963) is the departing senior Republican member of the Louisiana State Senate, having represented District 23 (Lafayette Parish) since the year 2000. He is the outgoing hairman 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. Michot was elected as a Democrat to the House but switched parties on June 23, 1997, not quite midway in his term. He is the son of the semiretired businessman and former state Education Superintendent Louis J. Michot of Lafayette.