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==Election results==

==Election results==

In the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 21, 1995, Gerry E. Hinton, a [[chiropractor]] and a three-term Republican state senator from Slidell, did not seek reelection. Schedler finished second and entered the Louisiana [[general election]] with Pat Brister, later the state chairman of the Louisiana [[Republican Party (United States)|GOP]]. He received 6,122 (16.72 percent) to her 7,691 (21 percent). A third candidate, Republican Alvin D. Singletary (born 1942), Schedler's fellow Slidell city council member, ran third, having trailed Schedler by only seven votes, 6,155 (16.7 percent). Four other Republicans, two [[Democratic Party|Democrats]], and an unaffiliated contender, polled the remaining 46 percent of the primary ballots.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical|title=Louisiana election returns|date=October 21, 1995|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=November 4, 2009}}</ref> In the second balloting on November 18, Schedler won 23,354 (56.6 percent) to Brister's 17,876 (43.4 percent). Schedler was unopposed in the 1999 primary. On October 4, 2003, he convincingly defeated another  fellow Republican, Bruce S. Authement of Covington, 22,366 votes (65.2 percent) to 11,920 (34.8 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical|title=Louisiana election returns|date=October 4, 2003|publisher=Louisiana secretary of state|accessdate=November 4, 2009}}</ref>

In the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 21, 1995, the late Gerry Earl Hinton, a chiropractor and a three-term Republican state senator from Slidell, did not seek reelection. Schedler finished second and entered the Louisiana [[general election]] with Pat Brister, later the state chairman of the Louisiana [[Republican Party (United States)|GOP]]. He received 6,122 (16.72 percent) to her 7,691 (21 percent). A third candidate, Republican Alvin D. Singletary (born 1942), Schedler's fellow Slidell city council member, ran third, having trailed Schedler by only seven votes, 6,155 (16.7 percent). Four other Republicans, two [[Democratic Party|Democrats]], and an unaffiliated contender, polled the remaining 46 percent of the primary ballots.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical|title=Louisiana election returns|date=October 21, 1995|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=November 4, 2009}}</ref> In the second balloting on November 18, Schedler won 23,354 votes (56.6 percent) to Brister's 17,876 (43.4 percent). Schedler was unopposed in the 1999 primary. On October 4, 2003, he convincingly defeated another  fellow Republican, Bruce S. Authement of Covington, 22,366 votes (65.2 percent) to 11,920 (34.8 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical|title=Louisiana election returns|date=October 4, 2003|publisher=Louisiana secretary of state|accessdate=November 4, 2009}}</ref>

Schedler held the District F seat on the Slidell City Council from June 1990 to January 1996. On March 26, 1994, he was reelected to the city council in a primary with fellow Republican Mark D. Fridge (born 1957), 632 to 476.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical|title=Louisiana election returns|date=March 26, 1994|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=November 4, 2009}}</ref> He resigned from the council in 1995 to become state senator. In a runoff election on April 20, 1996, Michael J. Molbert (born 1945), with 552 votes (52 percent) defeated Mark Fridge, who polled 509 ballots (48 percent) to finish Schedler's second city council term.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical|title=Louisiana election returns|date=April 20, 1996|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=November 4, 2009}}</ref>

Schedler held the District F seat on the Slidell City Council from June 1990 to January 1996. On March 26, 1994, he was reelected to the city council in a primary with fellow Republican Mark D. Fridge (born 1957), 632 to 476.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical|title=Louisiana election returns|date=March 26, 1994|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=November 4, 2009}}</ref> He resigned from the council in 1995 to become state senator. In a runoff election on April 20, 1996, Michael J. Molbert (born 1945), with 552 votes (52 percent) defeated Mark Fridge, who polled 509 ballots (48 percent) to finish Schedler's second city council term.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical|title=Louisiana election returns|date=April 20, 1996|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=November 4, 2009}}</ref>

In his bid for a second full term as secretary of state in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 24, 2015, Schedler defeated Chris Tyson, an [[African-American]] Democrat from Baton Rouge,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://710keel.com/candidates-qualified-in-statewide-elections/|title=Candidates Qualified in Statewide Elections|publisher=KEEL (AM)|accessdate=September 11, 2015}}</ref> 649,153 (62.2 percent) to 394,153 (37.8 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical|title=Louisiana election returns|date=October 24, 2015|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=October 25, 2015}}</ref>

In his bid for a second full term as secretary of state in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 24, 2015, Schedler defeated Chris Tyson, an [[African-American]] Democrat from Baton Rouge,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://710keel.com/candidates-qualified-in-statewide-elections/|title=Candidates Qualified in Statewide Elections|publisher=KEEL (AM)|accessdate=September 11, 2015}}</ref> 649,153 (62.2 percent) to 394,153 (37.8 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical|title=Louisiana election returns|date=October 24, 2015|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=October 25, 2015}}</ref>

==Election integrity issue==

==Election integrity issue==