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{{Infobox officeholder

|name=Robert Kyle Ardoin

|office=[[Louisiana]] Secretary of State

|governor=[[John Bel Edwards]]

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|term_start= May 9, 2018<br>

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|term_start=May 9, 2018<br>

(Acting secretary of state, May 9 - December 8, 2018

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|term_end =

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|predeceded=[[Tom Schedler]]

|succeeded=

|birth_date=July 31, 1967

|birth_place=Ville Platte, Evangeline Parish, Louisiana

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|residence=[[Baton Rouge]]

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|residence=[[Baton Rouge]], Louisiana

|spouse=Letti Lowe Ardoin

|children =Abbigale Ardoin

|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]

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|alma_mater=[[Louisiana State University]]

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|alma_mater=[[Louisiana State University]]}}

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'''Robert Kyle Ardoin''', known as '''Kyle Ardoin''' (born July 31, 1967), is the [[Louisiana]] Secretary of State, a post he has filled since May 18, 2018.. A [[Republican Party|Republican]], 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.

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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>

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On November 6, 2018, in the in nonpartisan blanket primary to fill the remainder of Schedler's term through January 13, 2020, Ardoin received 298,652 votes (20 percent), barely leading the field but advancing to the runoff contest in which he faced [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Gwen Collins-Greenup, an [[African-American]], who finished with 289,070 votes (also 20 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 6, 2018.</ref> In the runoff, held a month later on December 8, Ardoin defeated Collins-Greenup, 306,538 (59 percent) to 210,080 (41 percent), in a turnout of just 17.2 percent of registered voters.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, December 8, 2018.</ref> Ardoin now faces a rematch with Collins-Greenup in the general election pending on November 16, 2019, to choose a secretary of state for a full four-year term. In that same election will be the [[Governor|gubernatorial]] race between incumbent Democrat [[John Bel Edwards]] and the Baton Rouge Republican businessman, [[Eddie Rispone]].

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In July 2019, Ardoin hired outgoing state Representative Nancy Landry of [[Lafayette]] to become his chief of staff.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenewsstar.com/get-access/?return=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenewsstar.com%2Fstory%2Fnews%2F2019%2F07%2F17%2Fstate-rep-nancy-landry-resigns-work-secretary-state%2F1756621001%2F|title=State Rep. Nancy Landry resigns to work for Secretary of State|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star''|date=July 18, 2019}}</ref>

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