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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 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 who held 15 percent of the vote, and African-American Democrat [[Arthur Morrell]], the elected criminal clerk of court in [[New Orleans]] and a former state representative.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 14, 2023.</ref>

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, a Baton Rouge attorney, 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 who held 15 percent of the vote, and African-American Democrat [[Arthur Morrell]], the elected criminal clerk of court in [[New Orleans]] and a former state representative.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 14, 2023.</ref>

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