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'''Clay John Schexnayder''' (born February 25, 1969) is a [[business]]man from Sorrento in Ascension Parish in south [[Louisiana]], who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] member of the Louisiana House of Representatives. His District 81 encompasses that section of Livingston Parish south of Interstate 12, the southeastern portion of Ascension Parish, and precincts on the east bank of the [[Mississippi River]] in St. James and St. John the Baptist parishes between Gramercy and Reserve, Louisiana.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://clayschexnayder.com/page/press-room/schexnayder-announces-candidacy.html|title=Schexnayder Announces Candidacy|publisher=clayschexnayder.com|accessdate=September 2, 2012}}</ref>

'''Clay John Schexnayder''' (born February 25, 1969) is a [[business]]man from Sorrento in Ascension Parish in south [[Louisiana]], who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] member of the Louisiana House of Representatives. On January 13, 2020, he was elected 60 to 45 as the new House [[Speaker]] to succeed the more conservative [[Taylor Barras]] of New Iberia, who was term-limited. Schexnayder's District 81 encompasses that section of Livingston Parish south of Interstate 12, the southeastern portion of Ascension Parish, and precincts on the east bank of the [[Mississippi River]] in St. James and St. John the Baptist parishes between Gramercy and Reserve, Louisiana.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://clayschexnayder.com/page/press-room/schexnayder-announces-candidacy.html|title=Schexnayder Announces Candidacy|publisher=clayschexnayder.com|accessdate=September 2, 2012}}</ref>

   

   

==Background==

==Background==

==Legislative election==  

==Legislative election==  

House District 81 opened to competition when the strongly [[conservative]] Republican incumbent John LaBruzzo in Jefferson Parish was shifted through [[redistricting]] into District 94. In the [[general election]] held on November 19, 2011, the more moderate Schexnayder defeated the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Kevin Hull, 5,549 (64 percent) to 3,116 (36 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url= http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/11192011/11192011_Legislative.html|title=Louisiana general election returns, November 19, 2012|publisher=staticresults.sos.la.gov|accessdate=May 16, 2012}}</ref> In the campaign, Schexnayder promised if elected to seek more jobs to the state, to strengthen the local and state educational systems, and to enhance infrastructure to manage long-term growth and traffic flow. Schexnayder carried the support of Governor [[Bobby Jindal]] and the outgoing Republican Representative Mert Smiley in District 89, who was instead narrowly elected as the Ascension Parish assessor.The [[TEA Party]] movement did not endorse Schexnayder; instead it called him a "tax-and-spend Republican."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://louisianaconservative.com/tea-power-of-louisiana|title=Tea Party of Louisiana, October 8, 2011|publisher=louisianaconservative.com|accessdate=May 16, 2012}}</ref>

House District 81 opened to competition when the strongly conservative Republican incumbent John LaBruzzo in Jefferson Parish was shifted through [[redistricting]] into District 94. In the [[general election]] held on November 19, 2011, the more moderate Schexnayder defeated the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Kevin Hull, 5,549 (64 percent) to 3,116 (36 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url= http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/11192011/11192011_Legislative.html|title=Louisiana general election returns, November 19, 2012|publisher=staticresults.sos.la.gov|accessdate=May 16, 2012}}</ref> In the campaign, Schexnayder promised if elected to seek more jobs to the state, to strengthen the local and state educational systems, and to enhance infrastructure to manage long-term growth and traffic flow. Schexnayder carried the support of Governor [[Bobby Jindal]] and the outgoing Republican Representative Mert Smiley in District 89, who was instead narrowly elected as the Ascension Parish assessor.The [[TEA Party]] movement did not endorse Schexnayder; instead it called him a "tax-and-spend Republican."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://louisianaconservative.com/tea-power-of-louisiana|title=Tea Party of Louisiana, October 8, 2011|publisher=louisianaconservative.com|accessdate=May 16, 2012}}</ref>

 

 

==References==

==References==