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As his successor in the state Senate, Schedler endorsed a fellow Republican, John Leo "Jack" Donahue, Jr., a Mandeville contractor<ref>{{cite web|url=http://senatorjackdonahue.com/news-campaign-74/64-jack-donahue-for-senate-newsletter-senator-tom-schedler.html|title="Jack Donahue for Senate
As his successor in the state Senate, Schedler endorsed a fellow Republican, John Leo "Jack" Donahue, Jr., a Mandeville contractor<ref>{{cite web|url=http://senatorjackdonahue.com/news-campaign-74/64-jack-donahue-for-senate-newsletter-senator-tom-schedler.html|title="Jack Donahue for Senate
|publisher=senatorjackdonahue.com|accessdate=November 5, 2009}}</ref> who easily won the Senate seat in the 2007 primary election over the term-limited more [[conservative Republican State Representative Pete Schneider of Slidell.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical=|title=Louisiana election returns|date=October 20, 2007|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=November 5, 2009}}</ref>
|publisher=senatorjackdonahue.com|accessdate=November 5, 2009}}</ref> who easily won the Senate seat in the 2007 primary election over the term-limited [[conservative]] Republican State Representative Matthew Peter "Pete" Schneider, III, of Slidell.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical=|title=Louisiana election returns|date=October 20, 2007|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=November 5, 2009}}</ref>
In June 2009, Schedler was listed as one of the directors of a national presidential fund-raising effort promoting then Governor [[Bobby Jindal]]. According to the campaign treasurer, Daniel Guin "Dan" Kyle, the former Louisiana legislative auditor, the group hoped to raise $60 million to persuade Jindal to seek the 2012 Republican nomination<ref name=jindal>{{cite web|url=http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/48123092.htmlauthor=Michelle Millhollon|title=Official pulls out of Jindal group|fdate=June 16, 2009|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|accessdate=November 23, 2009}}</ref> eventually won by [[Mitt Romney]], a [[Moderate Republican]] from [[Massachusetts]] and now [[Utah]]. Others on the committee werer former State Representative [[Woody Jenkins]] and [[U.S. Representative]] [[Steve Scalise]]. Schedler had his name removed from the group, not because he opposes Jindal but because such fund-raising activity may have conflicted with his role as Dardenne's deputy.<ref name=jindal/>
In June 2009, Schedler was listed as one of the directors of a national presidential fund-raising effort promoting then Governor [[Bobby Jindal]]. According to the campaign treasurer, Daniel Guin "Dan" Kyle, the former Louisiana legislative auditor, the group hoped to raise $60 million to persuade Jindal to seek the 2012 Republican nomination<ref name=jindal>{{cite web|url=http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/48123092.htmlauthor=Michelle Millhollon|title=Official pulls out of Jindal group|fdate=June 16, 2009|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|accessdate=November 23, 2009}}</ref> eventually won by [[Mitt Romney]], a [[Moderate Republican]] from [[Massachusetts]] and now [[Utah]]. Others on the committee werer former State Representative [[Woody Jenkins]] and [[U.S. Representative]] [[Steve Scalise]]. Schedler had his name removed from the group, not because he opposes Jindal but because such fund-raising activity may have conflicted with his role as Dardenne's deputy.<ref name=jindal/>