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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 as secretary of state..

'''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=''[[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 as secretary of state..

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]] [[Jim Tucker (Louisiana politician)|James Wilton "Jim" Tucker]] of [[New Orleans]], 449,370 votes (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>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 22, 2011.</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]] [[Jim Tucker (Louisiana politician)|James Wilton "Jim" Tucker]] of [[New Orleans]], 449,370 votes (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>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 22, 2011.</ref>