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The secretary of state of Louisiana (French: Secrétaire d'État de la Louisiane) is one of the elected constitutional officers of the U.S. state of Louisiana and serves as the head of the Louisiana Department of State. The position was created by Article 4, Section 7 of the Louisiana Constitution. The current secretary of state is Nancy Landry.
Nancy Ruth Landry, also known as Nancy L. Matthews (born June 10, 1962), is an American politician who has served as the Secretary of State of Louisiana since January 2024. She previously served as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for the 31st district from 2008 to 2019.
Incumbent secretary of state Kyle Ardoin was re-elected to a second term in 2019 with 59.1% of the vote. Arodin is eligible to seek a third term, however he has chosen to retire instead. [5] Louisiana utilizes a jungle primary system. The race went to a runoff between former state representative Nancy Landry and attorney Gwen Collins-Greenup ...
In the 2019 Louisiana elections, Ardoin defeated Collins-Greenup to secure a full term as secretary of state, 59% to 41%. [ 6 ] In 2021, Ardoin welcomed Phil Waldron, who argued against the certification of Joe Biden 's victory in the 2020 presidential election on the basis of false claims of fraud , to speak at a state commission charged with ...
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Louisiana on October 14, 2023, with second rounds held on November 18 where needed. [1] Louisiana uses a two round system, where all candidates from all parties share the same ballot in the first round, and if no candidate wins an absolute majority, a runoff between the top two is held.
Richard James Nelson (born May 20, 1986) is an American politician and current Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Revenue, appointed by Governor Jeff Landry. [1] He is an engineer, attorney and former Representative of the Louisiana House of Representatives representing Louisiana's 89th district from January 13, 2020, to January 8, 2024. [2]
McKeithen resigned as secretary of state on July 15, 2005, and died just a few hours later. He left his state pension to his widow, Yvonne Y. McKeithen. [citation needed] Fox McKeithen is interred beside his father, mother, and older brother at the private Hogan Cemetery off Louisiana Highway 559 in Caldwell Parish
Secretary of state Jay Dardenne with TeamCPX in Fireball Run 2008. Dardenne was elected, becoming the first known Jewish statewide constitutional officer in Louisiana since the 1800s, when both Judah P. Benjamin and Benjamin F. Jonas were U.S. senators; Judah Benjamin later served as Secretary of State of the Confederate States of America.