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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. Another Republican candidate, conservative Brandon Trosclair, has accented the need to enhance election integrity to avoid pitfalls that developed in the swing states in the 2020 presidential election.

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 finished in fourth place with 15 percent of the ballots cast. Set to contest the position in a runoff election are Ardoin's executive assistant Nancy Landry, a former state representative, and the African-American Democrat Gwen Collins-Greenup, both of whom polled 19 percent in the primary. Eliminated was the third-placed candidate, Public Service Commissioner and former state Republican Party chairman [[Mike Francis]], and the fifth-placed [[Arthur Morrell]], the African-American elected criminal clerk of the Orleans Parish Court. Another Republican candidate, conservative Brandon Trosclair, who accented the need to enhance election integrity to avoid pitfalls that developed in the swing states in the 2020 presidential election, polled only 6 percent of the ballots cast.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 24, 2023.</ref>

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