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|residence=Mandeville, St. Tammany Parish

|residence=Mandeville, St. Tammany Parish

|alma_mater=De La Salle High School (New Orleans)<br>

|alma_mater=De La Salle High School (New Orleans)<br>

University of Louisiana at[[ Lafayette]]

University of Louisiana at [[Lafayette]]

|religion=[[Roman Catholic]]

|religion=[[Roman Catholic]]

|occupation=[[Business]]man; [[politician]]<br>

|occupation=[[Business]]man; [[politician]]<br>

Three granddaughters

Three granddaughters

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'''John Thomas Schedler''', known as '''Tom Schedler''' (born January 24, 1950), is the former secretary of state of his native [[Louisiana]]. A [[Republican Party|Republican]], Schedler announced his resignation in the wake of a [[sexual harassment]] scandal. He vacated his office on May 8, 2018; a special election will be held on November 6, to choose Schedler's successor for the term ending in January 2020.<ref name=resignation>{{cite web|url=https://www.thetowntalk.com/story/news/local/louisiana/2018/05/01/louisiana-elections-chief-tom-schedler-quits-amid-sexual-misconduct-claim/565583002/|title=Louisiana Secretary of State quits amid sexual misconduct claims|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk'', copied from the ''Lafayette Daily Advertiser'' in [[Lafayette]], Louisiana|date=May 1, 2018}}</ref>Meanwhile, [[Kyle Ardoin]], the first assistant secretary of state, assumed the duties of the office for the interim period.<ref name=ghilburn/> Ardoin then won a special election to finish Schedler's term.

'''John Thomas Schedler''', known as '''Tom Schedler''' (born January 24, 1950), is the former secretary of state of his native [[Louisiana]]. A [[Republican Party|Republican]], Schedler announced his resignation in the wake of a [[sexual harassment]] scandal. He vacated his office on May 8, 2018; a special election will be held on November 6, to choose Schedler's successor for the term ending in January 2020.<ref name=resignation>{{cite web|url=https://www.thetowntalk.com/story/news/local/louisiana/2018/05/01/louisiana-elections-chief-tom-schedler-quits-amid-sexual-misconduct-claim/565583002/|title=Louisiana Secretary of State quits amid sexual misconduct claims|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk'', copied from the ''Lafayette Daily Advertiser'' in [[Lafayette]], Louisiana|date=May 1, 2018}}</ref> Meanwhile, [[Kyle Ardoin]], the first assistant secretary of state, assumed the duties of the office for the interim period.<ref name=ghilburn/> Ardoin then won a special election to finish Schedler's term.

From 1996 to 2008, Schedler was the District 11 state senator for St. Tammany and Tangipahoa parishes in southeastern Louisiana. Term-limited affer twelve years in the Senate, he was named chief deputy to the Secretary of State Jay Dardenne, a former Senate colleague from [[Baton Rouge]].<ref>''New Orleans Times-Picayune'', December 6, 2007.</ref> When Dardenne won a special election for lieutenant governor in 2010, Schedler became the secretary of state. On October 22, 2011, Schedler won a full term as secretary by narrowly defeating the outgoing state House Speaker James Wilton "Jim" Tucker of [[New Orleans]], 449,370 (50.5 percent) to 440,872 (49.5 percent). He won only twenty-six of the sixty-four parishes in the race against Tucker, and his margin of victory was attributed to his own St. Tammany Parish. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical|title=Louisiana election returns|date=October 22, 2011|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=March 16, 2018}}</ref>

From 1996 to 2008, Schedler was the District 11 state senator for St. Tammany and Tangipahoa parishes in southeastern Louisiana. Term-limited affer twelve years in the Senate, he was named chief deputy to the Secretary of State Jay Dardenne, a former Senate colleague from [[Baton Rouge]].<ref>''New Orleans Times-Picayune'', December 6, 2007.</ref> When Dardenne won a special election for lieutenant governor in 2010, Schedler became the secretary of state. On October 22, 2011, Schedler won a full term as secretary by narrowly defeating the outgoing state House Speaker James Wilton "Jim" Tucker of [[New Orleans]], 449,370 (50.5 percent) to 440,872 (49.5 percent). He won only twenty-six of the sixty-four parishes in the race against Tucker, and his margin of victory was attributed to his own St. Tammany Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical|title=Louisiana election returns|date=October 22, 2011|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=March 16, 2018}}</ref>

   

   

==Background==

==Background==

Schedler held the District F seat on the Slidell City Council from June 1990 to January 1996. On March 26, 1994, he was reelected to the city council in a primary contest with fellow Republican Mark D. Fridge (born 1957), 632 to 476.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical|title=Louisiana election returns|date=March 26, 1994|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=November 4, 2009}}</ref> He resigned from the council in 1995 to become state senator. In a runoff election on April 20, 1996, Michael J. Molbert (born 1945), with 552 votes (52 percent) defeated Mark Fridge, who polled 509 ballots (48 percent) to finish Schedler's second city council term.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical|title=Louisiana election returns|date=April 20, 1996|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=November 4, 2009}}</ref>

Schedler held the District F seat on the Slidell City Council from June 1990 to January 1996. On March 26, 1994, he was reelected to the city council in a primary contest with fellow Republican Mark D. Fridge (born 1957), 632 to 476.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical|title=Louisiana election returns|date=March 26, 1994|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=November 4, 2009}}</ref> He resigned from the council in 1995 to become state senator. In a runoff election on April 20, 1996, Michael J. Molbert (born 1945), with 552 votes (52 percent) defeated Mark Fridge, who polled 509 ballots (48 percent) to finish Schedler's second city council term.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical|title=Louisiana election returns|date=April 20, 1996|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=November 4, 2009}}</ref>

As his successor in the state Senate, Schedler endorsed a fellow Republican, John Leo "Jack" Donahue, Jr., a Mandeville contractor<ref>{{cite web|url=http://senatorjackdonahue.com/news-campaign-74/64-jack-donahue-for-senate-newsletter-senator-tom-schedler.html|title="Jack Donahue for Senate

As his successor in the state Senate, Schedler endorsed a fellow Republican, John Leo "Jack" Donahue, Jr., a Mandeville contractor<ref>{{cite web|url=http://senatorjackdonahue.com/news-campaign-74/64-jack-donahue-for-senate-newsletter-senator-tom-schedler.html|title=Jack Donahue for Senate

|publisher=senatorjackdonahue.com|accessdate=November 5, 2009}}</ref> who easily won the Senate seat in the 2007 primary election over the term-limited [[conservative]] Republican State Representative Matthew Peter "Pete" Schneider, III, of Slidell.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical=|title=Louisiana election returns|date=October 20, 2007|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=November 5, 2009}}</ref>

|publisher=senatorjackdonahue.com|accessdate=November 5, 2009}}</ref> who easily won the Senate seat in the 2007 primary election over the term-limited [[conservative]] Republican State Representative Matthew Peter "Pete" Schneider, III, of Slidell.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical=|title=Louisiana election returns|date=October 20, 2007|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=November 5, 2009}}</ref>