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Barbara West Carpenter (view source)
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On January 13, 2020, Carpenter joined her thirty-four Democratic colleagues in voting for [[Moderate Republican]] [[Clay Schexnayder]] of Gonzales in Ascension Parish as the new House [[Speaker]]. Favored by Democratic Governor John Bel Edwards, Schexnayder defeated the more [[conservative]] [[Sherman Mack]] of Albany in Livingston Parish, the choice for Speaker of the majority Republican caucus.
On January 13, 2020, Carpenter joined her thirty-four Democratic colleagues in voting for [[Moderate Republican]] [[Clay Schexnayder]] of Gonzales in Ascension Parish as the new House [[Speaker]]. Favored by Democratic Governor John Bel Edwards, Schexnayder defeated the more [[conservative]] [[Sherman Mack]] of Albany in Livingston Parish, the choice for Speaker of the majority Republican caucus.
Carpenter led a three-candidate field in her bid for reelection to the House in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 14, 2023. She received 3,977 votes (41 percent) and will face in the November 18 runoff election the second-placed candidate, fellow Democrat Chauna Banks, who finished with 33 percent of the ballots cast.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 24, 2023.</ref>
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