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In the spring of 2011, Greene ran unsuccessfully for a family court judgeship vacancy in East Baton Rouge Parish. Another Republican, Charlene Charlet Day (born 1960), a former teacher who practices law in Zachary and resides in Central City, narrowly outpolled Greene, 5,617 (50.7 percent) to 5,462 (49.3 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns (East Baton Rouge Parish), April 2, 2011.</ref>
In the spring of 2011, Greene ran unsuccessfully for a family court judgeship vacancy in East Baton Rouge Parish. Another Republican, Charlene Charlet Day (born 1960), a former teacher who practices law in Zachary and resides in Central City, narrowly outpolled Greene, 5,617 (50.7 percent) to 5,462 (49.3 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns (East Baton Rouge Parish), April 2, 2011.</ref>
On October 25, 2011, Governor [[Bobby Jindal]] endorsed Charles Edward "Chuck" Kleckley of [[Lake Charles]] as his choice to succeed the term-limited [[Jim Tucker (Louisiana politician)|James Wilton "Jim" Tucker]] as the state House Speaker.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwl.com/pages/10215886.php?poll103281ViewResults=1|title=Jindal to support Kleckley in speaker race|publisher=wwl.com|accessdate=October 26, 2011; no longer on-line}}</ref> Greene and fellow Baton Rouge Representative [[Erich Ponti]] and Republican Representative Joel Robideaux of [[Lafayette]] and the Democrat Jeff Arnold of [[New Orleans]] had also sought support for the presiding officer's position.<ref name="speaker"/> The House confirmed Kleckley as the new Speaker.
On October 25, 2011, Governor [[Bobby Jindal]] endorsed [[Chuck Kleckley]] of [[Lake Charles]] as his choice to succeed the term-limited [[Jim Tucker (Louisiana politician)|James Wilton "Jim" Tucker]] as the state House Speaker.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwl.com/pages/10215886.php?poll103281ViewResults=1|title=Jindal to support Kleckley in speaker race|publisher=wwl.com|accessdate=October 26, 2011; no longer on-line}}</ref> Greene and fellow Baton Rouge Representative [[Erich Ponti]] and Republican Representative Joel Robideaux of [[Lafayette]] and the Democrat Jeff Arnold of [[New Orleans]] had also sought support for the presiding officer's position.<ref name="speaker"/> The House confirmed Kleckley as the new Speaker.
After the defeat for the judgeship, Greene reaffirmed his commitment to remain in the state House and run for Speaker in 2016.<ref name=speaker>{{cite web|url=
After the defeat for the judgeship, Greene reaffirmed his commitment to remain in the state House and run for Speaker in 2016.<ref name=speaker>{{cite web|url=