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Lenard’s Republican activities steadily increased, and he served on the 144-member Republican State Central Committee, which meets in Baton Rouge. He was the state party treasurer for seven years.<ref name=lloyd>{{cite web|url=http://www.lloydelenardauthor.com/index.html|title=Biograhical Sketch of Lloyd E. Lenard|publisherlloydelenardauthor.com|accessdate=June 13, 2008; no longer on-line}}</ref>
Lenard’s Republican activities steadily increased, and he served on the 144-member Republican State Central Committee, which meets in Baton Rouge. He was the state party treasurer for seven years.<ref name=lloyd>{{cite web|url=http://www.lloydelenardauthor.com/index.html|title=Biograhical Sketch of Lloyd E. Lenard|publisherlloydelenardauthor.com|accessdate=June 13, 2008; no longer on-line}}</ref>
On December 11, 1984, Lenard began the first of his three four-year terms on the newly-formed Caddo Parish Commission, formerly known as the Police Jury. His first term was actually three years. Other Republicans serving on the new 12-member panel were W. D. “Rusty” George and Tommy Gene Armstrong. The commission chairman at the time, Roy M. “Hoppy” Hopkins, was later elected to the state House. Tommy Armstrong served a one-year unexpired term in the Louisiana House as well from 1991 to 1992.<ref>Veta Samuels, ''The History of the Caddo Parish Commission,'' Shreveport, Louisiana.</ref>
On December 11, 1984, Lenard began the first of his three four-year terms on the newly-formed Caddo Parish Commission, formerly known as the Police Jury. His first term was actually three years. Other Republicans serving on the new 12-member panel were W. D. “Rusty” George and [[Tommy Armstrong]]. The commission chairman at the time, [[Roy M. Hopkins|Roy McArthur “Hoppy” Hopkins]], was later elected to the District 1 seat in the state House. Tommy Armstrong served a one-year unexpired term in the Louisiana House as well from 1991 to 1992.<ref>Veta Samuels, ''The History of the Caddo Parish Commission,'' Shreveport, Louisiana.</ref>
Lenard became commissioner more than a year after the defeat of Governor [[David C. Treen]], Louisiana’s first Republican governor since Reconstruction, who was handily unseated in the fall of 1983 by Democratic former Governor [[Edwin Edwards]]. Though [[Ronald W. Reagan]] twice won Louisiana’s [[electoral vote]]s for president, the Louisiana GOP grew slowly during the 1980s, hurt by its failure to win the election for [[U.S. Senator]] in 1986 to choose a successor to veteran [[Russell Long]] and the gubernatorial contest a year later.
Lenard became commissioner more than a year after the defeat of Governor [[David C. Treen]], Louisiana’s first Republican governor since Reconstruction, who was handily unseated in the fall of 1983 by Democratic former Governor [[Edwin Edwards]]. Though [[Ronald W. Reagan]] twice won Louisiana’s [[electoral vote]]s for president, the Louisiana GOP grew slowly during the 1980s, hurt by its failure to win the election for [[U.S. Senator]] in 1986 to choose a successor to veteran [[Russell Long]] and the gubernatorial contest a year later.