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Though born in southwestern [[Mississippi]], Kennedy was reared in Zachary in East Baton Rouge Parish, near the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]]. He resides, however, in Madisonville in St. Tammany Parish is [[suburb]]an [[New Orleans]].
Though born in southwestern [[Mississippi]], Kennedy was reared in Zachary in East Baton Rouge Parish, near the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]]. He resides, however, in Madisonville in St. Tammany Parish is [[suburb]]an [[New Orleans]].
Senator Kennedy is supporting his fellow St. Tammany Parish resident, Republican former state Representative [[John Schroder]] in the special election runoff on November 18, 2017, to choose Kennedy's successor as state treasurer.
Senator Kennedy endorsed his fellow St. Tammany Parish resident, Republican former state Representative [[John Schroder]] in the special election runoff held on November 18, 2017, to choose Kennedy's successor as state treasurer. Schroder won his race for treasurer.
In June 2018, Kennedy called upon Louisiana's Democratic Governor [[John Bel Edwards]] to step down from his position and turn the office over to Lieutenant Governor [[Billy Nungesser]], a Republican. Kennedy is critical of Edwards' repeated calling of special legislative sessions to obtain more tax increases to close a state budget deficit. Kennedy maintains spending must first be reduced before higher taxes should be considered. Edwards' office called Kennedy's demand "absurd."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/legislature/article_a5197e72-6e5c-11e8-a322-fff7ebf6289f.html|title=Sen. John Kennedy: John Bel Edwards should resign; governor's office says that's 'absurd' |publisher=''Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=June 12, 2018|author=Elizabeth Crisp|accessdate=June 13, 2018}}</ref> Kennedy's opposition to Edwards drew the scrutiny of the [[liberal]] ''Baton Rouge Advocate'' newspaper, which claimed the U.S. senator
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