| − | '''Clay John Schexnayder''' (born February 25, 1969) is a [[business]]man from Sorrento in Ascension Parish in south [[Louisiana]], who is a [[Moderate 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> | + | '''Clay John Schexnayder''' (born February 25, 1969) is a [[business]]man from Sorrento in Ascension Parish in south [[Louisiana]], who is a [[Moderate 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> |