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(Also acting secretary of state from<br> May 9 to December 8, 2018)
(Also acting secretary of state from<br> May 9 to December 8, 2018)
|predeceded=[[Tom Schedler]]
|predeceded=[[Tom Schedler]]
|succeeded=Nancy Landry
|succeeded=[[Nancy Landry]]
|birth_date=July 31, 1967
|birth_date=July 31, 1967
|birth_place=Ville Platte, Evangeline Parish, Louisiana
|birth_place=Ville Platte, Evangeline Parish, Louisiana
|alma_mater=[[Louisiana State University]]}}
|alma_mater=[[Louisiana State University]]}}
'''Robert Kyle Ardoin''', known as '''Kyle Ardoin''' (born July 31, 1967), is the outgoing [[Louisiana]] Secretary of State, a post he has filled since May 18, 2018. A convert to the [[Republican Party]], he won an easy victory in the [[special election]] runoff contest to finish the remaining thirteen months of the term of [[Tom Schedler]], who resigned in the spring of 2018 under a sexual harassment cloud. He then won a full term in 2019. He did not seek reelection in 2023, and the post will pass on January 8, 2024, to his chief of staff, Nancy Landry, who won the seat in the November 18, 2023, runoff election against Ardoin's former opponent, Gwen Collins-Greenup.
'''Robert Kyle Ardoin''', known as '''Kyle Ardoin''' (born July 31, 1967), is the outgoing [[Louisiana]] Secretary of State, a post he has filled since May 18, 2018. A convert to the [[Republican Party]], he won an easy victory in the [[special election]] runoff contest to finish the remaining thirteen months of the term of [[Tom Schedler]], who resigned in the spring of 2018 under a sexual harassment cloud. He then won a full term in 2019. He did not seek reelection in 2023, and the post will pass on January 8, 2024, to his first assistant secretary, [[Nancy Landry]], who won the seat in the November 18, 2023, runoff election against Ardoin's former opponent, Gwen Collins-Greenup, a [[Baton Rouge]] attorney.
==Background==
==Background==
A native of Ville Platte in Evangeline Parish and a former resident of Brusly in West Baton Rouge Parish, Ardoin, a graduate of [[Louisiana State University]], resides in the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]]. In 2010, he became the first assistant secretary of state. On May 9, 2018, he became the acting secretary of state the day after Schedler's resignation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2018/05/kyle_ardoin_louisiana_secretar.html |title=Kyle Ardoin is officially Louisiana's temporary secretary of state|publisher=''The New Orleans Times-Picayune''|date=May 9, 2018 |accessdate=July 8, 2018; no longer on-line}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hannapub.com/ouachitacitizen/news/local_state_headlines/ardoin-sworn-in-as-secretary-of-state/article_4423e0a2-5f53-11e8-b6ed-cf3c98d15022.html |title=Ardoin sworn in as Secretary of State | Local/State Headlines |publisher=hannapub.com ([[Sam Hanna]] company)|date=May 24, 2018 |accessdate=October 15, 2019}}</ref>
A native of Ville Platte in Evangeline Parish and a former resident of Brusly in West Baton Rouge Parish, Ardoin, a graduate of [[Louisiana State University]], resides in the capital city of Baton Rouge. In 2010, he became the first assistant secretary of state. On May 9, 2018, he became the acting secretary of state the day after Schedler's resignation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2018/05/kyle_ardoin_louisiana_secretar.html |title=Kyle Ardoin is officially Louisiana's temporary secretary of state|publisher=''The New Orleans Times-Picayune''|date=May 9, 2018 |accessdate=July 8, 2018; no longer on-line}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hannapub.com/ouachitacitizen/news/local_state_headlines/ardoin-sworn-in-as-secretary-of-state/article_4423e0a2-5f53-11e8-b6ed-cf3c98d15022.html |title=Ardoin sworn in as Secretary of State | Local/State Headlines |publisher=hannapub.com ([[Sam Hanna]] company)|date=May 24, 2018 |accessdate=October 15, 2019}}</ref>
==Political life==
==Political life==