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Schexnayder's assembled coalition is similar to that in [[Texas]] from 2009 to 2019, when Moderate Republican [[Joe Straus]] of [[San Antonio]] repeatedly won the Speakership based on the support of Democrats and several dozen Moderate Republicans. Stauss, a devotee of the late [[U.S. Senator]] [[John Tower]], blocked conservatives at nearly every turn in the Texas House. That pattern in Texas was continued by current Speaker [[Dade Phelan]].

Schexnayder's assembled coalition is similar to that in [[Texas]] from 2009 to 2019, when Moderate Republican [[Joe Straus]] of [[San Antonio]] repeatedly won the Speakership based on the support of Democrats and several dozen Moderate Republicans. Stauss, a devotee of the late [[U.S. Senator]] [[John Tower]], blocked conservatives at nearly every turn in the Texas House. That pattern in Texas was continued by current Speaker [[Dade Phelan]].

In 2023, Schexnayder, who was term-limited in the House, ran for secretary of state, a position which handles state elections which was vacated by the retiring [[Kyle Ardoin]]. Schexnayder faced several opponents, including Public Service Commissioner  and former state Republican Party chairman [[Mike Francis]] and former state Representative and Ardoin's executive assistant, Nancy Landry, and the 2019 Democrat choice for the position, Gwen Collins-Greenup.

In 2023, Schexnayder, who was term-limited in the House, ran for secretary of state, a position which handles state elections which was vacated by the retiring [[Kyle Ardoin]]. Schexnayder faced several opponents, including Public Service Commissioner  and former state Republican Party chairman [[Mike Francis]] and former state Representative and Ardoin's executive assistant, Nancy Landry, and the 2019 Democrat choice for the position, Gwen Collins-Greenup. Another Republican candidate, Brandon Trosclair, has accented the need to enhance election integrity.  

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