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==Second campaign for secretary of state==

==Second campaign for secretary of state==

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 finished third in an eight-candidate field with 182,841 votes (18 percent). Set to contest the position in the November runoff general election are the Republican former state Representative Nancy Landry, the executive assistant to outgoing Secretary of State [[Kyle Ardoin]], and the African-American Democrat Gwen Collins-Greenup, both of whom finished with 19 percent of the ballots cast. Other candidates in the race were Republicans Thomas J. Kennedy and Brandon Trosclair, departing House Speaker [[Clay Schexnayder]], a Moderate Republican, and African-American Democrat [[Arthur Morrell]], the New Orleans elected criminal clerk of court and a former state representative.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 14, 2023.</ref>

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]].

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