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==Legislative election==  

==Legislative election==  

House District 81 opened to competition when the strongly b[[conservative]] Republican incumbent John LaBruzzo in Jefferson Parish was shifted through [[redistricting]] into District 94. In the [[general election]] held on November 19, 2011, the more moderate Schexnayder defeated the [[Democrat]] Kevin Hull, 5,549 (64 percent) to 3,116 (36 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url= http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/11192011/11192011_Legislative.html|title=Louisiana general election returns, November 19, 2012|publisher=staticresults.sos.la.gov|accessdate=May 16, 2012}}</ref> In the campaign, Schexnayder promised if elected to seek more jobs to the state, to strengthen the local and state educational systems, and to enhance infrastructure to manage long-term growth and traffic flow. Schexnayder carried the support of Governor [[Bobby Jindal]] and the outgoing Republican Representative Mert Smiley in District 89, who was instead narrowly elected as the Ascension Parish assessor.The [[TEA Party]] movement did not endorse Schexnayder; instead it called him a "tax-and-spend Republican."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://louisianaconservative.com/tea-power-of-louisiana|title=Tea Party of Louisiana, October 8, 2011|publisher=louisianaconservative.com|accessdate=May 16, 2012}}</ref>

House District 81 opened to competition when the strongly [[conservative]] Republican incumbent John LaBruzzo in Jefferson Parish was shifted through [[redistricting]] into District 94. In the [[general election]] held on November 19, 2011, the more moderate Schexnayder defeated the [[Democrat]] Kevin Hull, 5,549 (64 percent) to 3,116 (36 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url= http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/11192011/11192011_Legislative.html|title=Louisiana general election returns, November 19, 2012|publisher=staticresults.sos.la.gov|accessdate=May 16, 2012}}</ref> In the campaign, Schexnayder promised if elected to seek more jobs to the state, to strengthen the local and state educational systems, and to enhance infrastructure to manage long-term growth and traffic flow. Schexnayder carried the support of Governor [[Bobby Jindal]] and the outgoing Republican Representative Mert Smiley in District 89, who was instead narrowly elected as the Ascension Parish assessor.The [[TEA Party]] movement did not endorse Schexnayder; instead it called him a "tax-and-spend Republican."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://louisianaconservative.com/tea-power-of-louisiana|title=Tea Party of Louisiana, October 8, 2011|publisher=louisianaconservative.com|accessdate=May 16, 2012}}</ref>

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