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|name=Rodney McKinnie Alexander
|name=Rodney McKinnie Alexander
|image =
|image =
|office=Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs
|office=Secretary of the<br> Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs
|governor=[[Bobby Jindal]]
|governor=[[Bobby Jindal]]
|term_start=September 30, 2013
|term_start=September 30, 2013
|term_start2=January 3, 2003
|term_start2=January 3, 2003
|term_end2=September 26, 2013
|term_end2=September 26, 2013
|predecessor2=John Cooksey
|predecessor2=[[John Cooksey]]
|successor2=Vance McAllister
|successor2=Vance McAllister
|office3=Louisiana State Representative for District 13 (Bienville, Jackson, and Winn parishes)
|office3=Louisiana State Representative for District 13 (Bienville, Jackson, and Winn parishes)
'''Rodney McKinnie Alexander''' (born December 5, 1946) is a [[Democrat]]-turned-[[Republican]] former member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] from [[Louisiana]]'s Fifth Congressional District, which encompasses more than twenty parishes from north of [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]] to south of [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]].
'''Rodney McKinnie Alexander''' (born December 5, 1946) is a [[Democrat]]-turned-[[Republican]] former member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] from [[Louisiana]]'s Fifth Congressional District, which encompasses more than twenty parishes from north of [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]] to south of [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]].
A native of Bienville Parish who was reared and resides in adjoining Jackson Parish, Alexander was elected to Congress in 2002 as a Democrat in a narrow victory over the late Lee Fletcher, a Monroe Republican who had been chief of staff to outgoing Republican Representative John C. Cooksey, a Monroe physician. In August 2004, Alexander switched to the Republican Party and soon won an overwhelming victory over the late [[Jock Scott]], a lawyer and college professor from Alexandria and like Alexander a convert to the GOP.
A native of Bienville Parish who was reared and resides in adjoining Jackson Parish, Alexander was elected to Congress in 2002 as a Democrat in a narrow victory over the late Lee Fletcher, a Monroe Republican who had been chief of staff to outgoing Republican Representative [[John Cooksey]], a Monroe physician. In August 2004, Alexander switched to the Republican Party and soon won an overwhelming victory over the late [[Jock Scott]], a lawyer and college professor from Alexandria and like Alexander a convert to the GOP.
Prior to his congressional service, Alexander was a member of the Jackson Parish Police Jury from 1972 to 1988, when he entered the Louisiana House of Representatives and served for fourteen consecutive years.
Prior to his congressional service, Alexander was a member of the Jackson Parish Police Jury from 1972 to 1988, when he entered the Louisiana House of Representatives and served for fourteen consecutive years.