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|term_start=January 8, 2024
|term_start=January 8, 2024
|preceded=[[John Schroder]]
|preceded=[[John Schroder]]
|officeholder2=U.S. Representative for Louisiana's 4th congressional district
|office2=[[U.S. Representative]] for Louisiana's 4th congressional district
|term_start2=January 3, 2009
|term_start2=January 3, 2009
|term_end2=January 3, 2017
|term_end2=January 3, 2017
}}
}}
'''John Calvin Fleming, Jr.''' (born July 5, 1951 in Meridian, [[Mississippi]]), is the [[Republican Party|Republican]] incoming state
'''John Calvin Fleming, Jr.''' (born July 5, 1951 in Meridian, [[Mississippi]]), is the [[Republican Party|Republican]] incoming state
treasurer in [[Louisiana]]. He succeeds [[John Schroder]] in the position on January 8, 2024; Schroder did not seek reelection but instead ran unsuccessfully for [[governor]], having been handily defeated by fellow Republican [[Jeff Landry]]. Fleming is the former [[U.S. Representative]] for Louisiana's 4th congressional district, representing the cities of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]], where he resides, and [[Shreveport]], DeRidder, [[Bossier City]], and [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]]. He was elected in 2008 by 356 votes, the closest House race that year, when he defeated the Caddo Parish District Attorney Paul Carmouche, a [[Democrat]]. Carmouche earlier had defeated fellow Democrat [[John Milkovich]] for the party's U.S. House nomination. Milkovich, a conservative Democrat who switched parties in 2023, resurfaced in 2015 to claim the District 38 seat in the Louisiana State Senate.
treasurer in [[Louisiana]]. He succeeds [[John Schroder]] in the position on January 8, 2024; Schroder did not seek reelection but instead ran unsuccessfully for [[governor]], having been handily defeated by fellow Republican [[Jeff Landry]].
Fleming is the former [[U.S. Representative]] for Louisiana's 4th congressional district, representing the cities of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]], where he resides, and [[Shreveport]], DeRidder, [[Bossier City]], and [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]]. He was elected in 2008 by 356 votes, the closest House race that year, when he defeated the Caddo Parish District Attorney Paul Carmouche, a [[Democrat]]. Carmouche earlier had defeated fellow Democrat [[John Milkovich]] for the party's U.S. House nomination. Milkovich, a conservative Democrat who switched parties in 2023, resurfaced in 2015 to claim the District 38 seat in the Louisiana State Senate.
A [[physician]] and [[business]]man, Fleming served on the Armed Services and Natural Resources committees.<ref>Fleming's predecessors in the Fourth District House seat were [[Moderate Republican]] Jim McCrery and Democrats [[Buddy Roemer]], [[Buddy Leach|Claude "Buddy" Leach, Jr.]], and [[Joe Waggonner]].</ref> He vacated his House seat on January 3, 2017, to fellow Republican [[Mike Johnson]] of Bossier Parish, now the House [[Speaker]].
A [[physician]] and [[business]]man, Fleming served on the Armed Services and Natural Resources committees.<ref>Fleming's predecessors in the Fourth District House seat were [[Moderate Republican]] Jim McCrery and Democrats [[Buddy Roemer]], [[Buddy Leach|Claude "Buddy" Leach, Jr.]], and [[Joe Waggonner]].</ref> He vacated his House seat on January 3, 2017, to fellow Republican [[Mike Johnson]] of Bossier Parish, now the House [[Speaker]].