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John Neely Kennedy (born November 21, 1951) is an American politician and attorney who has served as the junior United States senator from Louisiana since 2017. A Republican, he served as the Louisiana State Treasurer from 2000 to 2017, as Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Revenue from 1996 to 1999, [1] and as special counsel and then cabinet member to Governor Buddy Roemer from 1988 to ...
Louisiana was admitted to the Union on April 30, 1812, and elects senators to class 2 and class 3.Its current senators are Republicans Bill Cassidy and John Kennedy. Russell Long was the state's longest serving senator, served 1948–1987.
The 2022 United States Senate election in Louisiana was held on November 8, 2022, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Louisiana. Incumbent Republican U.S. senator John Kennedy was first elected in 2016. He ran for re-election to a second term, and was re-elected after receiving a majority of votes in the ...
While conceding defeat in that election, Vitter announced that he would not seek a third Senate term in 2016. The open seat was won by John Neely Kennedy, the second losing Democratic candidate from the 2004 race. In the interim, Kennedy switched parties in 2007 and unsuccessfully ran for Louisiana's other Senate seat in 2008 as a Republican.
Landrieu's main opponent John Kennedy garnered allegations of being a political opportunist after switching parties from Democrat to Republican in 2007. [1] He won the state's other U.S. Senate seat in 2016 and 2022 as a Republican, having unsuccessfully run as a Democrat for it in 2004.
Anthony Kennedy (Maryland politician) (1810–1892), U.S. Senator from Maryland from 1857 to 1863 John F. Kennedy (1917–1963), U.S. Senator from Massachusetts from 1953 to 1960 John Kennedy (Louisiana politician) (born 1951), U.S. Senator from Louisiana since 2017
Incumbent Republican Senator David Vitter unsuccessfully ran for Governor of Louisiana in 2015, [2] and in his concession speech he announced that he would not seek re-election to the Senate in 2016. [3] In addition to Kennedy and Campbell, four other candidates — Republicans Charles Boustany, John Fleming, and David Duke, and Democrat ...
The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Louisiana: Governor; ... Senate State House U.S. Senator ... John Kennedy (R) 2018 ...