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==Unsuccessful bid for Louisiana Secretary of State==

==Unsuccessful bid for Louisiana Secretary of State==

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]]. He 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. Collins-Greenup had lost the election in 2019 to Ardoin. 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>

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]]. He 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. Collins-Greenup had lost the election in 2019 to Ardoin. 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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