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John M. Schroder, Jr.

John M. Schroder, Jr.

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|alma_mater=East Jefferson High School<br>Southeastern Louisiana University

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With 125, 503 votes (31 percent), Derrick Edwards led the six-candidate field in the low-turnout special election held on October 14, 2017. Schroder trailed with 96,440 votes (24 percent). In third place was Republican Angele Davis of Baton Rouge, the former state budget chief  who polled 86,880 (22 percent). The fourth-ranked candidate, Republican state Senator Neil Riser of rural Columbia in Caldwell Parish in North Louisiana polled 72,792 votes (18 percent). Finishing fifth was Republican Terry Hughes of Lafayette, who drew the support of 11,117 voters (3 percent). In sixth place was the [[Libertarian Party|Libertarina]] Joseph D. Little, with 8,786 votes (2 percent).<ref name=ereturns>cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical|title=Election Results|date=October 14, 2017|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=October 16, 2017}}</ref>

With 125, 503 votes (31 percent), Derrick Edwards led the six-candidate field in the low-turnout special election held on October 14, 2017. Schroder trailed with 96,440 votes (24 percent). In third place was Republican Angele Davis of Baton Rouge, the former state budget chief  who polled 86,880 (22 percent). The fourth-ranked candidate, Republican state Senator Neil Riser of rural Columbia in Caldwell Parish in North Louisiana polled 72,792 votes (18 percent). Finishing fifth was Republican Terry Hughes of Lafayette, who drew the support of 11,117 voters (3 percent). In sixth place was the [[Libertarian Party|Libertarina]] Joseph D. Little, with 8,786 votes (2 percent).<ref name=ereturns>cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical|title=Election Results|date=October 14, 2017|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=October 16, 2017}}</ref>

Edwards and Schroder meet in a November 18 runoff to claim the treasurer's position for the unexpired term through January 2020. Edwards benefits in the contest from a mayor runoff election being held in New Orleans, his city of residence in which two Democratic women will compete to succeed the term-limited Mayor [[Mitch Landrieu]]. In the first round of balloting, Edwards polled 62 percent of the vote in Orleans Parish; this represented 37 percent of his statewide total. In the October 14 balloting, turnout was 13.5 percent statewide for the treasurer's race but 29.8 percent in Orleans Parish. Schroder, however, benefits from the total Republican vote, which reached 67 percent in the first round of balloting. Schroder received 52 percent of the ballots in his own St. Tammany Parish, but his showing was weak in other heavily populated parishes, East Baton Rouge, Caddo, Rapides, and Ouachita.<ref name=ereturns/> ''The New Orleans Times-Picayune'' predicted that Schroder will easily defeat Edwards, who has raised little in campaign cash and has made few inroads beyond the black community.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2017/10/louisiana_treasurer_winner.html|title=Louisiana treasurer to be decided in runoff, with John Schroder likely to win|publisher=''New Orleans Times-Picayune''|date=October 15, 2017|author=Julia O'Donoghue|accessdate=October 16, 2017}}</ref>

Edwards and Schroder meet in a November 18 runoff to claim the treasurer's position for the unexpired term through January 2020. Edwards benefits in the contest from a mayor runoff election being held in New Orleans, his city of residence in which two Democratic women will compete to succeed the term-limited Mayor [[Mitch Landrieu]]. In the first round of balloting, Edwards polled 62 percent of the vote in Orleans Parish; this represented 37 percent of his statewide total. In the October 14 balloting, turnout was 13.5 percent statewide for the treasurer's race but 29.8 percent in Orleans Parish. Schroder, however, benefits from the total Republican vote, which reached 67 percent in the first round of balloting. Schroder received 52 percent of the ballots in his own St. Tammany Parish and 43 percent in his former domicile of Jefferson Parish; his showings were weak in other heavily populated parishes, including East Baton Rouge, Caddo, Rapides, and Ouachita.<ref name=ereturns/> ''The New Orleans Times-Picayune'' predicted that Schroder will easily defeat Edwards, who has raised little in campaign cash and has made few inroads beyond the black community.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2017/10/louisiana_treasurer_winner.html|title=Louisiana treasurer to be decided in runoff, with John Schroder likely to win|publisher=''New Orleans Times-Picayune''|date=October 15, 2017|author=Julia O'Donoghue|accessdate=October 16, 2017}}</ref>

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