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In the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 4, 2003 for insurance commissioner, Kyle trailed the Democrat J. Robert Wooley, 424,961 (33.7 percent) to 467,084 (37.1 percent). Four lesser-known candidates held the remaining but critical 30 percent of the vote.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns,  October 4, 2003.</ref> In the general election, Wooley defeated Kyle, 773,578 (57.7 percent) to 567,034 (42.3 percent). Kyle won only a quartet of the more Republican parishes, Bossier, Lafayette, Livingston, and St. Tammany.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 15, 2003.</ref>​

In the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 4, 2003 for insurance commissioner, Kyle trailed the Democrat J. Robert Wooley, 424,961 (33.7 percent) to 467,084 (37.1 percent). Four lesser-known candidates held the remaining but critical 30 percent of the vote.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns,  October 4, 2003.</ref> In the general election, Wooley defeated Kyle, 773,578 (57.7 percent) to 567,034 (42.3 percent). Kyle won only a quartet of the more Republican parishes, Bossier, Lafayette, Livingston, and St. Tammany.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 15, 2003.</ref>​

Kyle is a member of the East Baton Rouge Parish Republican Executive Committee.​ In 2007, as the deputy chairman of the [[Louisiana Republican Party]] under since former chairman Roger F. Villere, Jr. (pronounced VILLARY), Kyle worked for the unsuccessful GOP candidate for state attorney general, [[Royal Alexander]] of [[Shreveport]], who was handily defeated by the Democrat [[Buddy Caldwell]] of Tallulah in Madson Parish, who later temporarily became a Republican. The GOP claimed that Caldwell spent public funds for personal uses and that he cursed and threatened Dan Kyle.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://centrallapolitics.blogspot.com/2007/10/continuing-smear-campaign-of-dan-kyle.html|title=Central La. Politics: "Continuing Smear Campaign of Dan Kyle against Buddy Caldwell," October 7, 2007|publisher=centrallapolitics.blogspot.com|accessdate=November 23, 2009}}</ref>​

Kyle is a member of the East Baton Rouge Parish Republican Executive Committee.​ In 2007, as the deputy chairman of the state Republican Party under since former chairman Roger F. Villere, Jr. (pronounced VILLARY), Kyle worked for the unsuccessful GOP candidate for state attorney general, [[Royal Alexander]] of [[Shreveport]], who was handily defeated by the Democrat [[Buddy Caldwell]] of Tallulah in Madson Parish, who later temporarily became a Republican. The GOP claimed that Caldwell spent public funds for personal uses and that he cursed and threatened Dan Kyle.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://centrallapolitics.blogspot.com/2007/10/continuing-smear-campaign-of-dan-kyle.html|title=Central La. Politics: "Continuing Smear Campaign of Dan Kyle against Buddy Caldwell," October 7, 2007|publisher=centrallapolitics.blogspot.com|accessdate=November 23, 2009}}</ref>​

In 2008, Kyle along with another Republican, Wayne Carter, then a parish council member and later a state representative, and a Democrat, Ron Johnson, ran unsuccessfully for the mayor-presidency of East Baton Rouge Parish but were handily defeated by the [[incumbent]] Democrat [[Kip Holden]], an African American who scored his second term in the executive office. Kyle called for the establishment of a public bus system to help with traffic congestion.<ref>Keitha Nelson, "Mayoral candidates outline transportation ideas," WAFB-TV, September 24, 2008}</ref> Kyle criticized Holden's bond issue as an example of "tax-and-spend philosophy."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.225batonrouge.com/news/2008/aug/28/kips-taxing-plan/|title=Jeremy Alford, "Kip's taxing plan", August 28, 2009|publisher=225batonrouge.com|accessdate=November 23, 2009}}</ref> Kyle ran a weak second in the mayor-parish presidency, having polled 12,886 votes (12.2 percent). Holden received 75,450 (71.2 percent), and Carter polled 11,341 (10.7 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Elect6ion Returns, October 4, 2008.</ref> Holden won in 2004 when he defeated the incumbent Republican Mayor-President Bobby R. Simpson.​

In 2008, Kyle along with another Republican, Wayne Carter, then a parish council member and later a state representative, and a Democrat, Ron Johnson, ran unsuccessfully for the mayor-presidency of East Baton Rouge Parish but were handily defeated by the [[incumbent]] Democrat [[Kip Holden]], an African American who scored his second term in the executive office. Kyle called for the establishment of a public bus system to help with traffic congestion.<ref>Keitha Nelson, "Mayoral candidates outline transportation ideas," WAFB-TV, September 24, 2008}</ref> Kyle criticized Holden's bond issue as an example of "tax-and-spend philosophy."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.225batonrouge.com/news/2008/aug/28/kips-taxing-plan/|author=Jeremy Alford|title= "Kip's taxing plan", August 28, 2009|publisher=225batonrouge.com|accessdate=November 23, 2009}}</ref> Kyle ran a weak second in the mayor-parish presidency, having polled 12,886 votes (12.2 percent). Holden received 75,450 (71.2 percent), and Carter polled 11,341 (10.7 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Elect6ion Returns, October 4, 2008.</ref> Holden won in 2004 when he defeated the incumbent Republican Mayor-President Bobby R. Simpson.​

In June 2009, as treasurer of the Louisiana GOP, Kyle became one of the directors of a national [[U.S. President|presidential]] fund-raising effort promoting Governor [[Bobby Jindal]]. According to Kyle, the group hoped to raise $60 million to persuade Jindal to seek the 2012 party nomination, ultimately taken by [[Mitt Romney]] of [[Utah]].<ref name=jindal>{{cite news|url=http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/48123092.html|author=Michelle Millhollon|title=Official pulls out of Jindal group,|date=June 16, 2009|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|accessdate=November 23, 2009}}</ref> Others on the committee were former State Representative Louis "Woody: Jenkins and [[U.S. Representative]] [[Steve Scalise]]. Former state Senator [[Tom Schedler]] of Slidell had his name removed from the group, not because he opposed Jindal but because such fund-raising activity could conflict with Schedler's then role as first assistant to Louisiana Secretary of State Jay Dardenne.<ref name=jindal/>​ Jindal withdrew from the presidential nominating campaign even before the [[primary|primaries]] began.

In June 2009, as treasurer of the Louisiana GOP, Kyle became one of the directors of a national [[U.S. President|presidential]] fund-raising effort promoting Governor [[Bobby Jindal]]. According to Kyle, the group hoped to raise $60 million to persuade Jindal to seek the 2012 party nomination, ultimately taken by [[Mitt Romney]] of [[Utah]].<ref name=jindal>{{cite news|url=http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/48123092.html|author=Michelle Millhollon|title=Official pulls out of Jindal group,|date=June 16, 2009|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|accessdate=November 23, 2009}}</ref> Others on the committee were former State Representative Louis "Woody: Jenkins and [[U.S. Representative]] [[Steve Scalise]]. Former state Senator [[Tom Schedler]] of Slidell had his name removed from the group, not because he opposed Jindal but because such fund-raising activity could conflict with Schedler's then role as first assistant to Louisiana Secretary of State Jay Dardenne.<ref name=jindal/>​ Jindal withdrew from the presidential nominating campaign even before the [[primary|primaries]] began.