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==Legislative auditor==
==Legislative auditor==
Theriot was named the fourth legislative auditor on April 20, 2004, and assumed his duties a month later. He succeeded the Republican [[Dan Kyle]], who had turned the office into a government watchdog from which an investigation was launched into the activities of the late Elections Commissioner [[Jerry Fowler]], who was defeated in the 1999 primary and later imprisoned for accepting kickbacks. Kyle left the post in 2003 to run unsuccessfully for insurance commissioner<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.2theadvocate.com/blogs/politicsblog?date=11/03/2009|author=Michelle Millhollon|title=Legislative Auditor Announces Retirement|date=November 3, 2009|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|accessdate=November 21, 2009}}</ref>
Theriot was named the fourth legislative auditor on April 20, 2004, and assumed his duties a month later. He succeeded the Republican [[Dan Kyle]], who had turned the office into a government watchdog from which an investigation was launched into the activities of the late Elections Commissioner [[Jerry Fowler]], who was defeated in the 1999 primary and later imprisoned for accepting kickbacks. Kyle left the post in 2003 to run unsuccessfully for insurance commissioner<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.2theadvocate.com/blogs/politicsblog?date=11/03/2009|author=Michelle Millhollon|title=Legislative Auditor Announces Retirement|date=November 3, 2009|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|accessdate=November 21, 2009; no longer on-line}}</ref>
Theriot supervised a staff of accountants and investigators who review the books of more than 3,500 state and local government units and affiliated entities. The auditor is elected by a majority of the 144 members of both houses of the legislature from a slate of candidates submitted by a commission.<ref name=theriot>{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/11/legislative_auditor_steve_ther_1.html|author=Jan Moller|title=Legislative auditor Steve Theriot to retire; assistant to handle duties temporarily|date=November 3, 2009|publisher=''The New Orleans Times-Picayune''|accessdate=November 21, 2009}}</ref>
Theriot supervised a staff of accountants and investigators who review the books of more than 3,500 state and local government units and affiliated entities. The auditor is elected by a majority of the 144 members of both houses of the legislature from a slate of candidates submitted by a commission.<ref name=theriot>{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/11/legislative_auditor_steve_ther_1.html|author=Jan Moller|title=Legislative auditor Steve Theriot to retire; assistant to handle duties temporarily|date=November 3, 2009|publisher=''The New Orleans Times-Picayune''|accessdate=November 21, 2009}}</ref>