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===Campaign for state treasurer===

===Campaign for state treasurer===

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>  

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> [[Julie Stokes]], Schroder's Republican colleague in House District 79, had entered the treasurer's race but withdrew after she was diagnosed with [[breast cancer]].

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 Returns|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 Returns|date=October 14, 2017|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=October 16, 2017}}</ref>