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'''John Calvin Fleming, Jr.''' (born July 5, 1951 in Meridian, [[Mississippi]]), is the [[Republican Party|Republican]] state  

'''John Calvin Fleming, Jr.''' (born July 5, 1951 in Meridian, [[Mississippi]]), is the [[Republican Party|Republican]] state  

treasurer in [[Louisiana]]. He succeeded [[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]].  

treasurer in [[Louisiana]]. He succeeded [[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]].

 

After eleven months as state treasurer, Dr. Fleming announced in December 2024 that he will seek the Republican U.S. Senate nomination in November 2026 for the seat held by [[Moderate Republican]] [[Bill Cassidy]] of [[Baton Rouge]], who opposes many of the initiatives of [[U.S. President]] Donald Trump]]. Fleming, who is strongly behind the Trump agenda, is the first conservative to enter the closed primary. A runoff will be held to select the party nominee if no primary candidates fails to top the 50 percent plus one vote threshold.  Both Fleming and Cassidy are [[physician]]s. Other conservatives are expected to join the race.

==Political life==

==Political life==

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.

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]].  

Fleming was an unsuccessful candidate for the U.S. Senate in the November 8, 2016, primary election held in conjunction with the presidential election. The incumbent [[David Vitter]] did not seek a third term after having lost a race for governor in 2015. In the 24-candidate field, Fleming carried six parishes and finished fifth with 203,959 votes (11 percent). In sixth place with 5 percent was retired [[United States Air Force]] Colonel [[Rob Maness]], a Senate candidate from 2014 who had been urged by Fleming supporters to drop out and instead to endorse Fleming. [[David Duke]], a former figure in the [[Ku Klux Klan]] who joined the GOP in 1989, ran seventh with 58,581 votes (3 percent). Had the Maness and Duke votes instead gone to Fleming, the Minden physician would have been in the runoff election for the seat.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical|title=Election Returns|date=November 8, 2016|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=November 10, 2016}}</ref> The top vote-getter, Republican state Treasurer [[John Neely Kennedy]], defeated Democratic Public Service Commissioner Foster Lonnie Campbell, Jr., of Bossier Parish whose political career began as a state senator in 1976, for the right to succeed Vitter.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/news/politics/elections/article_5bc8107e-a6d2-11e6-8011-9f0284eb23bf.html|title=Foster Campbell seen as facing steep climb in U.S. Senate race against John Kennedy|publisher=''Baton Rouge Advocate''|author=Tyler Bridges|date=November 9, 2016|accessdate=November 10, 2016}}</ref>

Fleming was an unsuccessful candidate for the U.S. Senate in the November 8, 2016, primary election held in conjunction with the presidential election. The incumbent [[David Vitter]] did not seek a third term after having lost a race for governor in 2015. In the 24-candidate field, Fleming carried six parishes and finished fifth with 203,959 votes (11 percent). In sixth place with 5 percent was retired [[United States Air Force]] Colonel [[Rob Maness]], a Senate candidate from 2014 who had been urged by Fleming supporters to drop out and instead to endorse Fleming. [[David Duke]], a former figure in the [[Ku Klux Klan]] who joined the GOP in 1989, ran seventh with 58,581 votes (3 percent). Had the Maness and Duke votes instead gone to Fleming, the Minden physician would have been in the runoff election for the seat.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical|title=Election Returns|date=November 8, 2016|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=November 10, 2016}}</ref> The top vote-getter, Republican state Treasurer [[John Neely Kennedy]], defeated Democratic Public Service Commissioner Foster Lonnie Campbell, Jr., of Bossier Parish whose political career began as a state senator in 1976, for the right to succeed Vitter.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/news/politics/elections/article_5bc8107e-a6d2-11e6-8011-9f0284eb23bf.html|title=Foster Campbell seen as facing steep climb in U.S. Senate race against John Kennedy|publisher=''Baton Rouge Advocate''|author=Tyler Bridges|date=November 9, 2016|accessdate=November 10, 2016}}</ref>