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A physician and businessman, Fleming served on the Armed Services and Natural Resources committees.<ref>Fleming's predecessors in the Fourth District House seat were Republican Jim McCrery and Democrats [[Buddy Roemer]], Claude "Buddy" Leach, and [[Joe Waggonner]].</ref> He vacated his House seat on January 3, 2017.  

A physician and businessman, Fleming served on the Armed Services and Natural Resources committees.<ref>Fleming's predecessors in the Fourth District House seat were Republican Jim McCrery and Democrats [[Buddy Roemer]], Claude "Buddy" Leach, and [[Joe Waggonner]].</ref> He vacated his House seat on January 3, 2017.  

Fleming was an unsuccessful candidate for the U.S. Senate in the November 8, 2016, primary election held in conjunction with the presidential election. The incumbent [[David Vitter]] did not seek a third term after having lost a race for governor in 2015. In the 24-candidate field, Fleming carried six parishes and finished fifth with 203,959 votes (11 percent). In sixth place was retired [[United States Air Force]] Colonel [[Rob Maness]], a Senate candidate from 2014 who had been urged by Fleming supporters to drop out and instead to endorse Fleming. [[David Duke]], a former figure in the [[Ku Klux Klan]] who joined the GOP in 1989, ran seventh with 58,581 votes (3 percent). Had the Maness and Duke votes instead gone to Fleming, the Minden physician would have been in the upcoming December 10 runoff election for the seat.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical|title=Election Returns|date=November 8, 2016|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=November 10, 2016}}</ref> The top vote-getter, Republican state Treasurer John Neely Kennedy, defeated Democratic Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell of Bossier Parish whose political career began as a state senator in 1976, for the right to succeed Vitter.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/news/politics/elections/article_5bc8107e-a6d2-11e6-8011-9f0284eb23bf.html|title=Foster Campbell seen as facing steep climb in U.S. Senate race against John Kennedy|publisher=''Baton Rouge Advocate''|author=Tyler Bridges|date=November 9, 2016|accessdate=November 10, 2016}}</ref>

Fleming was an unsuccessful candidate for the U.S. Senate in the November 8, 2016, primary election held in conjunction with the presidential election. The incumbent [[David Vitter]] did not seek a third term after having lost a race for governor in 2015. In the 24-candidate field, Fleming carried six parishes and finished fifth with 203,959 votes (11 percent). In sixth place with 5 percent was retired [[United States Air Force]] Colonel [[Rob Maness]], a Senate candidate from 2014 who had been urged by Fleming supporters to drop out and instead to endorse Fleming. [[David Duke]], a former figure in the [[Ku Klux Klan]] who joined the GOP in 1989, ran seventh with 58,581 votes (3 percent). Had the Maness and Duke votes instead gone to Fleming, the Minden physician would have been in the upcoming December 10 runoff election for the seat.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical|title=Election Returns|date=November 8, 2016|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=November 10, 2016}}</ref> The top vote-getter, Republican state Treasurer John Neely Kennedy, defeated Democratic Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell of Bossier Parish whose political career began as a state senator in 1976, for the right to succeed Vitter.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/news/politics/elections/article_5bc8107e-a6d2-11e6-8011-9f0284eb23bf.html|title=Foster Campbell seen as facing steep climb in U.S. Senate race against John Kennedy|publisher=''Baton Rouge Advocate''|author=Tyler Bridges|date=November 9, 2016|accessdate=November 10, 2016}}</ref>

In March 2017, Fleming accepted appointment in the [[Donald Trump]] administration as deputy assistant secretary for health technology under Secretary [[Tom Price]] of the [[United States Department of Health and Human Services]]. The position does not require Senate confirmation. Fleming will report directly to Price, his former U.S. House colleague from [[Georgia]]. Fleming said that he envisions working to establish newer digital filing systems to increase productivity in physician'  offices while enhancing competition in the technical industry. Fleming and his wife will reside in [[Washington, D.C.]] He will liquidate his medical practice in Minden but maintain his residence and voting address there. Fleming said that he has not ruled out another run for elected office in the future.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://press-herald.com/former-rep-john-fleming-to-join-hhs-under-trump/|title=Former Rep. John Fleming to join HHS under Trump|author=Blake Branch|publisher=''Minden Press-Herald''|date=March 21, 2017|accessdate=March 22, 2017}}</ref>

In March 2017, Fleming accepted appointment in the [[Donald Trump]] administration as deputy assistant secretary for health technology reform under Secretary [[Tom Price]] of the [[United States Department of Health and Human Services]]. The position does not require Senate confirmation. Fleming will report directly to Price, his former U.S. House colleague from [[Georgia]]. Fleming said that he envisions working to establish newer digital filing systems to increase productivity in physician'  offices while enhancing competition in the technical industry. Fleming and his wife will reside in [[Washington, D.C.]] He will liquidate his medical practice in Minden but maintain his residence and voting address there. Fleming said that he has not ruled out another run for elected office in the future.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://press-herald.com/former-rep-john-fleming-to-join-hhs-under-trump/|title=Former Rep. John Fleming to join HHS under Trump|author=Blake Branch|publisher=''Minden Press-Herald''|date=March 21, 2017|accessdate=March 22, 2017}}</ref>

Fleming opposes the legalization of narcotics. In 2006, he wrote, ''Preventing Addiction: What Parents Must Know to Immunize Their Kids Against Drug And Alcohol Addiction.''.<ref>Fleming, John C. (2006). [http://books.google.ca/books?id=xblJhwtj6A8C ''Preventing Addiction: What Parents Must Know to Immunize Their Kids Against Drug And Alcohol Addiction'']. Hannibal Books: A Christian Evangelical Publishing Company. Garland, [[Texas]]. ISBN 0929292456.</ref>

Fleming opposes the legalization of narcotics. In 2006, he wrote, ''Preventing Addiction: What Parents Must Know to Immunize Their Kids Against Drug And Alcohol Addiction.''.<ref>Fleming, John C. (2006). [http://books.google.ca/books?id=xblJhwtj6A8C ''Preventing Addiction: What Parents Must Know to Immunize Their Kids Against Drug And Alcohol Addiction'']. Hannibal Books: A Christian Evangelical Publishing Company. Garland, [[Texas]]. ISBN 0929292456.</ref>