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===Bourriaque joins Democrats in choosing House Speaker===

===Bourriaque joins Democrats in choosing House Speaker===

Bourriaque ran without opposition for a full House term in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 12, 2019. On January 13, 2020, Bourriaque was among twenty-three Republican lawmakers, known as the [[Louisiana Republican Fraud Squad|Fraud Squad]], who voted for the [[Moderate Republican]] [[Clay Schexnayder]] of Ascension Parish, whose election as [[Speaker]] depended heavily on the votes of thirty-five Democratic lawmakers, two [[Independent]] legislators, and the Republican defectors.

Bourriaque ran without opposition for a full House term in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 12, 2019. On January 13, 2020, Bourriaque was among twenty-three Republican lawmakers, known as the [[Louisiana Republican Fraud Squad|Fraud Squad]], who voted for the [[Moderate Republican]] [[Clay Schexnayder]] of Ascension Parish, whose election as [[Speaker]] depended heavily on the votes of thirty-five Democratic lawmakers, two [[Independent]] legislators, and the Republican defectors. Democratic [[Governor]] [[John Bel Edwards]] made legislative contacts on Schexnayder's behalf.<ref>''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]],'' January 23, 2020.</ref>

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