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:''Not to be confused with Don Kennard, a former member of the [[Texas]] House of Representatives from [[Fort Worth]], who also died in 2011''​

:''Not to be confused with Don Kennard, a former member of the [[Texas]] House of Representatives from [[Fort Worth]], who also died in 2011''​

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'''Donald Ray Kennard''' (August 11, 1936 &ndash; August 5, 2011)<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=donald-ray-kennard&pid=152893161|title=Donald Ray Kennard|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=August 7, 2011|accessdate=April 25, 2020}}</ref> was an [[educator]], athletic director, and state representative for part of [[Baton Rouge|East Baton Rouge Parish]]  from 1976 to 2008. Originally a [[Conservative Democrat]], Kennard switched his partisan affiliation in 1995, when he won the first of three terms as a [[Republican Party|Republican]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legis.state.la.us/members/h1812-2012.pdf|title=Members of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2024|publisher=legis.state.la.us|accessdate=April 25, 2020}}</ref>​

'''Donald Ray Kennard''' (August 11, 1936 &ndash; August 5, 2011)<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=donald-ray-kennard&pid=152893161|title=Donald Ray Kennard|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=August 7, 2011|accessdate=April 25, 2020}}</ref> was an [[educator]], athletic director, and state representative for part of [[Baton Rouge|East Baton Rouge Parish]]  from 1976 to 2008. Originally a [[Conservative Democrat]], Kennard switched his partisan affiliation in 1995, when he won the first of three terms as a [[Republican Party|Republican]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Members of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2024|publisher=legis.state.la.us|accessdate=April 25, 2020}}</ref>​

==Background==

==Background==