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|office=Louisiana State Treasurer
|office=Louisiana State Treasurer
|term_start=November 2017
|term_start=November 2017
|term_end=
|term_end=January 2024
|preceded=Ron Henson (interim for [[John Neely Kennedy]])
|preceded=Ron Henson (interim for [[John Neely Kennedy]])
|office2=Louisiana State Representative for<br>District 77 (St. Tammany Parish)
|office2=Louisiana State Representative for<br>District 77 (St. Tammany Parish)
|religion=[[Roman Catholic]]
|religion=[[Roman Catholic]]
}}
}}
'''John Michael Schroder, Sr.''' (born February 23, 1961), is a [[business]]man from Covington, [[Louisiana]], who is the [[Republican Party|Republican]] state treasurer of his native [[Louisiana]]. He is a former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 77 in St. Tammany Parish. The [[conservative]] Schroder was first elected to the House in 2007 in St. Tammany and Tangipahoa parishes, but after [[redistricting]] in 2011, District 77 is based only in St. Tammany Parish in [[suburb]]an [[New Orleans]].
'''John Michael Schroder, Sr.''' (born February 23, 1961), is a [[business]]man from Covington, [[Louisiana]], who is the [[Republican Party|Republican]] departing state treasurer of his native [[Louisiana]]. He is a former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 77 in St. Tammany Parish. The [[conservative]] Schroder was first elected to the House in 2007 in St. Tammany and Tangipahoa parishes, but after [[redistricting]] in 2011, District 77 is based only in St. Tammany Parish in [[suburb]]an [[New Orleans]].
==General information==
==General information==
===Governor Edwards sues Treasurer Schroder===
===Governor Edwards sues Treasurer Schroder===
In February 2020, Governor John Bel Edwards sued Treasurer Schroder regarding approximately $25 million in abandoned and unclaimed property funds owed to individuals and not subject to inclusion in the budget. Edwards seeks to have the Louisiana 19th Judicial District Court in Baton Rouge to compel Schroder to turn over the funds so that Edwards may place them in the state budget. John L. "Jay" Dzardenne, Jr., a [[Moderate Republican]] who serves as Edwards' commissioner of administration and who was formerly the state lieutenant governor, called Schroder's actions "not lawful and they’re usurping the role of the legislature. ... The treasurer doesn’t have the authority to redirect that money to his own escrow account."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/legislature/article_156a0176-49b5-11ea-853a-1f43f1075148.html|title=Gov. John Bel Edwards sues state treasurer to force him to turn over millions in unclaimed property|author=Sam Karlin|date=February 7, 2020|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|accessdate=February 10, 2020}}</ref>
In February 2020, Governor John Bel Edwards sued Treasurer Schroder regarding approximately $25 million in abandoned and unclaimed property funds owed to individuals and not subject to inclusion in the budget. Edwards seeks to have the Louisiana 19th Judicial District Court in Baton Rouge to compel Schroder to turn over the funds so that Edwards may place them in the state budget. John L. "Jay" Dzardenne, Jr., a [[Moderate Republican]] who serves as Edwards' commissioner of administration and who was formerly the state lieutenant governor, called Schroder's actions "not lawful and they’re usurping the role of the legislature. ... The treasurer doesn’t have the authority to redirect that money to his own escrow account."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/legislature/article_156a0176-49b5-11ea-853a-1f43f1075148.html|title=Gov. John Bel Edwards sues state treasurer to force him to turn over millions in unclaimed property|author=Sam Karlin|date=February 7, 2020|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|accessdate=February 10, 2020}}</ref>
Schroder did not seek reelection as treasure in the primary held on October 14, 2023. Instead, he ran for governor against the leading Republican choice, Attorney General [[Jeff Landry]], and the Democrat Shawn Wilson, the choice of John Bel Edwards.
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==References==