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'''Roger Francis Villere, Jr.''' (pronounced VILL ARY) (born August 16, 1949), is a [[business]]man from Metairie in Jefferson Parish in [[suburb]]an [[New Orleans]] who on March 26, 2004, was elected state chairman of the [[Louisiana]] [[Republican Party]] by the 144-member GOP State Central Committee.<ref name="la.gop.com">{{cite web |year= 2009 |url=http://la.gop.com/StatesMapPage.aspx?|title=LA State Party Leadership|publisher=[[Republican Party]] of [[Louisiana]]|accessdate=November 17, 2009}}</ref> He succeeded Patricia Phillips Brister of St. Tammany Parish, the first woman to have been the state GOP chairman, her tenure having been a single term from 2000 to 2004. Villere's tenure ended as party chairman ended in ~~2012~~.

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'''Roger Francis Villere, Jr.''' (pronounced VILL ARY) (born August 16, 1949), is a [[business]]man from Metairie in Jefferson Parish in [[suburb]]an [[New Orleans]] who on March 26, 2004, was elected state chairman of the [[Louisiana]] [[Republican Party]] by the 144-member GOP State Central Committee.<ref name="la.gop.com">{{cite web |year= 2009 |url=http://la.gop.com/StatesMapPage.aspx?|title=LA State Party Leadership|publisher=[[Republican Party]] of [[Louisiana]]|accessdate=November 17, 2009}}</ref> He succeeded Patricia Phillips Brister of St. Tammany Parish, the first woman to have been the state GOP chairman, her tenure having been a single term from 2000 to 2004. Villere's tenure ended as party chairman ended in 2018.

==Run for legislature, 1989==

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Meanwhile, the young Roger Villere worked his way up the ladder of the Louisiana Republican Party, ultimately earning the position of chairman."<ref name=sabludowsky/></blockquote>

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==Political spotlight==

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==Removal and reinstatement as state party chairman==

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On June 2, 2012, the Louisiana State Republican Convention met in [[Shreveport]] to elect delegates to the [[Republican National Convention]] in [[Tampa]], [[Florida]]. The delegates to the state convention had been elected at the Louisiana caucus held on April 28. That body chose 111 delegates for [[U.S. Representative]] [[Ron Paul]] and 39 others as part of a "Conservative Delegation". At 11 p.m. Friday, June 1, just thirteen hours prior to the start of the state convention, the party's executive committee of which Villere is also the chairman, emailed out "Supplemental rules" for the convention. These orders appointed Villere as the chairman without need for an election by the delegates. Villere the next morning called the convention to order at 10 a.m. He failed to recognize "Points of Order" or "Points of Information" from delegates on the floor. It was hence moved and seconded from the floor that the "Chair be Vacated". Two-thirds of the Delegates voted to oust Villere as the chairman. The publication ''The New American'' reported that Paul had won a majority at the convention.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/11595-louisiana-gop-convention-splits-ron-paul-wins-majority-convention|title=Louisiana GOP Convention Splits; Ron Paul Wins Majority Convention|author=Thomas R. Eddlem|publisher=''The New American''|date=June 3, 2012|accessdate=September 12, 2019}}</ref>

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On June 2, 2012, the Louisiana State Republican Convention met in [[Shreveport]] to elect delegates to the [[Republican National Convention]] in [[Tampa]], [[Florida]]. The delegates to the state convention had been elected at the Louisiana caucus held on April 28. That body chose 111 delegates for [[U.S. Representative]] [[Ron Paul]] and 39 others as part of a "Conservative Delegation." At 11 p.m. Friday, June 1, just thirteen hours prior to the start of the state convention, the party's executive committee of which Villere is also the chairman, emailed out "Supplemental rules" for the convention. These orders appointed Villere as the chairman without need for an election by the delegates. Villere the next morning called the convention to order at 10 a.m. He failed to recognize "Points of Order" or "Points of Information" from delegates on the floor. It was hence moved and seconded from the floor that the "Chair be Vacated". Two-thirds of the Delegates voted to oust Villere as the chairman. The publication ''The New American'' reported that Paul had won a majority at the convention.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/11595-louisiana-gop-convention-splits-ron-paul-wins-majority-convention|title=Louisiana GOP Convention Splits; Ron Paul Wins Majority Convention|author=Thomas R. Eddlem|publisher=''The New American''|date=June 3, 2012|accessdate=September 12, 2019}}</ref>

The delegates then moved to elect Henry Herford of Delhi in Richland Parish as the new chairman. Villere refused to vacate the chair and called on police to remove Herford.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=tgTpLOUxC6Q|title=Video of Police Assaulting Chairman Hereford|publisher=youtube.com|date=June 2, 2012|accessdate=September 12, 2019}}</ref> ''Russia Today'' covered the event and the resulting injury to Henry Herford:<blockquote>

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Jason Dore, the Louisiana GOP executive director, however, discounted any long-range impact of the Paul supporters on the party:"The delegation elected by the official convention will be submitted and certified (to the [[Republican National Committee]]). We hope to come to agreement with the Paul supporters beforehand, but if they choose to contest our delegation, we are confident we will prevail."<ref name=paul/>

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In 2018, he was succeeded as party chairman by [[Louis Gurvich]] of New Orleans.

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