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In 2011, Nungesser while still the Plaquemines Parish president waged an unsuccessful race against then sitting Lieutenant Governor Jay Dardenne, another Moderate Republican and former state senator from [[Baton Rouge]]. Dardenne received 504,541 votes (53 percent) to Nungesser's 445,049 (47 percent). Nungesser defeated Dardenne in seventeen parishes, all in south Louisiana.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical

In 2011, Nungesser while still the Plaquemines Parish president waged an unsuccessful race against then sitting Lieutenant Governor Jay Dardenne, another Moderate Republican and former state senator from [[Baton Rouge]]. Dardenne received 504,541 votes (53 percent) to Nungesser's 445,049 (47 percent). Nungesser defeated Dardenne in seventeen parishes, all in south Louisiana.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical

|title=Election Returns|date=October 22, 2011|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=April 9, 2018}}</ref> In 2015, Nungesser prevailed in a runoff contest with the [[African-American]] [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Melvin Lee "Kip" Holden, the then Baton Rouge Mayor-President, 628,864 votes (55.38 percent) to 506,578 (44.62 percent). Democrat [[John Bel Edwards]] won the governorship to succeed Jindal in the same contest over the Republican choice, then [[United States Senator]] [[David Vitter]], a Republican who fell out of favor with voters because of an earlier sex scandal.

|title=Election Returns|date=October 22, 2011|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=April 9, 2018}}</ref> In 2015, Nungesser prevailed in a runoff contest with the [[African-American]] [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Melvin Lee "Kip" Holden (1952-2025), the then Baton Rouge Mayor-President, 628,864 votes (55.38 percent) to 506,578 (44.62 percent). Democrat [[John Bel Edwards]] won the governorship to succeed Jindal in the same contest over the Republican choice, then [[United States Senator]] [[David Vitter]], a Republican who fell out of favor with voters because of an earlier sex scandal.

In 2016, Lieutenant Governor Nungesser said that he believes voter fraud by the Democratic Party is still a serious hurdle for Republicans in Louisiana because registered and unregistered voters are bussed to polling cites and merely sign a sheet of paper to have their votes count. His remarks drew a quick rebuke from then Louisiana Secretary of State [[Tom Schedler]], who called the comments "at a minimum uninformed. [He] quite possibly [made] an insult to not only my office, but also our hard-working clerks of court and registrars of voters who are our trusted partners for every election." Schedler who subsequently resigned his position in a sexual harassment scandal. Nungessersaid that his comments referred to a local election in Plaquemines Parish in 2005, not Schedler's operation in Baton Rouge, of which Nungesser had been supportive.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/article_d424cb84-4863-11e6-b16a-a7d7592a06ff.html|title=Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser draws ire of Secretary of State Tom Schedler with statements about voting laws|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=July 12, 2016|accessdate=February 6, 2020|author=Elizabeth Crisp}}</ref>

In 2016, Lieutenant Governor Nungesser said that he believes voter fraud by the Democratic Party is still a serious hurdle for Republicans in Louisiana because registered and unregistered voters are bussed to polling cites and merely sign a sheet of paper to have their votes count. His remarks drew a quick rebuke from then Louisiana Secretary of State [[Tom Schedler]], who called the comments "at a minimum uninformed. [He] quite possibly [made] an insult to not only my office, but also our hard-working clerks of court and registrars of voters who are our trusted partners for every election." Schedler who subsequently resigned his position in a sexual harassment scandal. Nungessersaid that his comments referred to a local election in Plaquemines Parish in 2005, not Schedler's operation in Baton Rouge, of which Nungesser had been supportive.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/article_d424cb84-4863-11e6-b16a-a7d7592a06ff.html|title=Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser draws ire of Secretary of State Tom Schedler with statements about voting laws|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=July 12, 2016|accessdate=February 6, 2020|author=Elizabeth Crisp}}</ref>