Mike Walsworth

Who is Mike Walsworth?

Michael Arthur Walsworth, known as Mike Walsworth, is a real estate developer from West Monroe, Louisiana, who is a Republican member from District 33 of the Louisiana State Senate. He was first elected in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 20, 2007. Prior to this he represented District 15 in the Louisiana House of Representatives until he was unable to seek reelection because of term limits.

Walsworth's Senate district includes Ouachita, Claiborne, Morehouse, Union, and West Carroll parishes. He defeated the Democratic State Representative Charles McDonald of the Fairbanks community in northern Ouachita Parish to succeed the term-limited Republican Senator Robert J. Barham of Oak Ridge in Morehouse Parish. Walsworth polled 17,292 to McDonald's 16,058. McDonald's House seat, to which he was term-limited, was narrowly won in the November 17, 2007, state election by a Republican, Sam Little, a retired farmer from Bastrop, the seat of Morehouse Parish.

Walsworth in 2013 questioned the theory of evolution as it relates to E. Coli bacteria. His critics claim that he lacks basic scientific knowledge.