| | Francis again sought the secretary of state post in the primary held on October 14, 2023. He faced a plethora of opponents, including | | Francis again sought the secretary of state post in the primary held on October 14, 2023. He faced a plethora of opponents, including |
| − | fellow Republicans Thomas J. Kennedy, III, former state Representative Nancy Landry, outgoing House Speaker [[Clay Schexnayder]], and Brandon Trosclair, along with two African-American Democrats, Gwen Collins-Greenup, who lost the 2019 election to [[Kyle Ardoin]], and New Orleans politician [[Arthur Morrell]]. | + | fellow Republicans Thomas J. Kennedy, III, former state Representative Nancy Landry and assistant to retiring Secretary of State [[Kyle Ardoin]], outgoing House Speaker [[Clay Schexnayder]], a Modereate Republican, and Brandon Trosclair, along with two African-American Democrats, Gwen Collins-Greenup, who lost the 2019 election to [[Kyle Ardoin]], and New Orleans elected criminal clerk of court and former state Representative [[Arthur Morrell]]. |