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|name=John Michael Schroder, Sr.

|name=John Michael Schroder, Sr.

|office=Louisiana State Representative for District 77 (St. Tammany Parish)

|office=Louisiana State Treasurer

|term_start =January 14, 2008

|term_end=June 8, 2017 (resigned to run for state treasurer)

|predecessor=Diane Winston

|successor=Pending between [[Rob Maness]] and Mark Wright

|office2=Louisiana State Representative for District 77 (St. Tammany Parish)

|term_start2=January 14, 2008

|term_endw=June 8, 2017 (resigned to run for state treasurer)

|predecessorw=Diane Winston

|successor2=[[Mark Wright]]

|birth_date=February 23, 1961

|birth_date=February 23, 1961

|birth_place =  

|birth_place =  

|religion=[[Roman Catholic]]

|religion=[[Roman Catholic]]

}}

}}

'''John Michael Schroder, Sr.''' (born February 23, 1961), is a [[business]]man from Covington,  [[Louisiana]], who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 77 in St. Tammany Parish. The [[conservative]] Schroder was first elected to the House in 2007 in St. Tammany and Tangipahoa parishes, but after [[redistricting]] in 2011, District 77 is based only in St. Tammany Parish in [[suburb]]an [[New Orleans]].

'''John Michael Schroder, Sr.''' (born February 23, 1961), is a [[business]]man from Covington,  [[Louisiana]], who is the incoming [[Republican Party|Republican]] state treasurer of his native [[Louisiana]]. He is a former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 77 in St. Tammany Parish. The [[conservative]] Schroder was first elected to the House in 2007 in St. Tammany and Tangipahoa parishes, but after [[redistricting]] in 2011, District 77 is based only in St. Tammany Parish in [[suburb]]an [[New Orleans]].

==General information==

==General information==

Schroder graduated from East Jefferson High School in Metairie in Jefferson Parish and received a Bachelor of Science from Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond in Tangipahoa Parish.<ref name=house>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Rep. John Schroder (District 77) |publisher=house.legis.state.la.us |accessdate=October 16, 2017}}</ref> A former special agent in the [[United States Army]]. Schroder is a [[real estate]] agent, developer, and homebuilder. He is [[Roman Catholic]]. Schroder and his wife, the former Ellie Marie Daigle, have two children.<ref name=schroder>{{cite web|url=http://www.johnschroder.com/about/|title=About John Schroder|publisher=johnschroder.com|accessdate=August 28, 2011}}</ref>

Schroder graduated from East Jefferson High School in Metairie in Jefferson Parish and received a Bachelor of Science from Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond in Tangipahoa Parish.<ref name=house>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Rep. John Schroder (District 77) |publisher=house.legis.state.la.us |accessdate=October 16, 2017}}</ref> A former special agent in the [[United States Army]]. Schroder is a [[real estate]] agent, developer, and homebuilder. He is a [[Roman Catholic]]. Schroder and his wife, the former Ellie Marie Daigle, have two children.<ref name=schroder>{{cite web|url=http://www.johnschroder.com/about/|title=About John Schroder|publisher=johnschroder.com|accessdate=August 28, 2011}}</ref>

==Schroder in Louisiana politics==

==Schroder in Louisiana politics==

===Campaign for state treasurer===

===Campaign for state treasurer===

Schroder said that he was leaving the House to devote full-time to the position of state treasurer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/northshore/index.ssf/2017/06/john_schroder_to_vacate_house.html|title=John Schroder to vacate House seat to run for treasurer|publisher=''The New Orleans Times-Picayune''|date=July 14, 2017|accessdate=July 15, 2017}}</ref>  Schroder said that the state has long had "fundamental issues with our budget and spending practices. I have always taken a stand for the Louisiana taxpayer and that will not change when elected treasurer.”<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ksla.com/story/34217129/rep-john-schroder-announces-candidacy-for-la-treasurer|title=Rep. John Schroder announces candidacy for La. treasurer|author=Marcus Brown|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=January 9, 2017|accessdate=January 10, 2017}}</ref>  

Schroder said that he was leaving the House to devote full-time to campaign for the position of state treasurer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/northshore/index.ssf/2017/06/john_schroder_to_vacate_house.html|title=John Schroder to vacate House seat to run for treasurer|publisher=''The New Orleans Times-Picayune''|date=July 14, 2017|accessdate=July 15, 2017}}</ref>  Schroder said that the state has long had "fundamental issues with our budget and spending practices. I have always taken a stand for the Louisiana taxpayer and that will not change when elected treasurer.”<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ksla.com/story/34217129/rep-john-schroder-announces-candidacy-for-la-treasurer|title=Rep. John Schroder announces candidacy for La. treasurer|author=Marcus Brown|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=January 9, 2017|accessdate=January 10, 2017}}</ref> The treasurer's office though has no direct voice in budgetary matters, which Schroder had exercised when he was a member of the House Appropriations Committee.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2017/11/louisiana_treasurer_john_schro.html|title=John Schroder is Louisiana's new treasurer|publisher=''The New Orleans Times-Picayune''|date=November 18, 2017|author=Julia O'Donoghue|accessdate=November 18, 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>

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 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>

Schroder defeated Edwards in the November 18 runoff to claim the treasurer's position for the unexpired term through January 2020. Edwards had benefited from the mayoral runoff election in New Orleans, his city of residence in which two Democratic women competed to succeed the term-limited Mayor [[Mitch Landrieu]]. That contest brought a third of the voters to the polls. In the first round of balloting, Edwards received 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, benefited 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 correctly that Schroder would defeat Edwards, who raised little in campaign cash and has made few inroads beyond his solid support in 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=''The New Orleans Times-Picayune''|date=October 15, 2017|author=Julia O'Donoghue|accessdate=October 16, 2017}}</ref>

 

With a turnout of 12.5 percent, Schroder polled 208,118 (56 percent) to Edwards' 165,269 (44 percent). As expected, Edwards won in Orleans Parish with 65,931 votes (80 percent) to Schroder's 15,981 (20 percent). In adjoining St. Tammany Parish, Schroder prevailed with 16,745 votes (80 percent) to Edwards' 4,759 (22 percent). Schroder prevailed by the same percent breakdown in Bossier Parish in the northwestern section of the state. In adjoining Caddo Parish, usually Democrat, Schroder received 55 percent in a turnout of less than 8 percent. He won in Rapides Parish in central Louisiana, 66 to 34 percent in another light turnout. He also received 55 percent in populous East Baton Rouge Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/|title=Election Returns|date=November 18, 2017|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=November 18, 2017}}</ref>

==References==

==References==