Clay Schexnayder
Clay Schexnayder (Republican Party) was a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, representing District 81. He assumed office on January 9, 2012. He left office on January 8, 2024.
Schexnayder (Republican Party) ran for election for Louisiana Secretary of State. He lost in the primary on October 14, 2023.
Schexnayder also ran for election for Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana. He did not appear on the ballot for the primary on October 14, 2023.
On January 13, 2020, members of the Louisiana House of Representatives elected Schexnayder as speaker.[1] He served in this position until he left office in 2024.
In June 2022, Schexnayder announced he would run for Louisiana Lieutenant Governor in 2023, but he did not officially file in that race.[2]
Biography
Schexnayder studied automotive training at the Allen Institute of Atlanta. In 1998, he opened Car Craft Automotive in Sorrento, a town in Ascension Parish, Louisiana.[3]
Elections
2023
Louisiana Secretary of State
See also: Louisiana Secretary of State election, 2023
Louisiana elections use the majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50 percent of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.
General election
General election for Louisiana Secretary of State
Nancy Landry defeated Gwen Collins-Greenup in the general election for Louisiana Secretary of State on November 18, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Nancy Landry (R) | 66.8 | 446,494 | |
| Gwen Collins-Greenup (D) | 33.2 | 221,739 | ||
| Total votes: 668,233 | ||||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Louisiana Secretary of State
The following candidates ran in the primary for Louisiana Secretary of State on October 14, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Nancy Landry (R) | 19.3 | 197,514 | |
| ✔ | Gwen Collins-Greenup (D) | 19.2 | 196,534 | |
| Mike Francis (R) | 17.9 | 182,842 | ||
| Clay Schexnayder (R) | 14.7 | 149,987 | ||
| Arthur Morrell (D) | 11.1 | 113,703 | ||
| Thomas Kennedy III (R) | 10.1 | 102,628 | ||
| Brandon Trosclair (R) | 6.3 | 64,686 | ||
| Amanda Smith Jennings (Independent) | 1.3 | 13,275 | ||
| Total votes: 1,021,169 | ||||
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Endorsements
Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana
See also: Louisiana lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2023
Louisiana elections use the majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50 percent of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana
The following candidates ran in the primary for Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana on October 14, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Billy Nungesser (R) | 65.5 | 678,531 | |
| Willie Jones (D) | 20.5 | 211,988 | ||
| Elbert Guillory (R) | 6.2 | 64,058 | ||
| Tami Hotard (R) | 4.9 | 50,711 | ||
| Bruce Payton (Independent) | 1.7 | 17,195 | ||
| Gary Rispone (Independent) | 1.3 | 13,111 | ||
| Total votes: 1,035,594 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Clay Schexnayder (R)
- Chester Pritchett (Independent)
2019
See also: Louisiana House of Representatives elections, 2019
Louisiana elections use the majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50 percent of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Louisiana House of Representatives District 81
Incumbent Clay Schexnayder won election outright in the primary for Louisiana House of Representatives District 81 on October 12, 2019.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | Clay Schexnayder (R) | |
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2015
Elections for the Louisiana House of Representatives took place in 2015. A primary election was held on October 24, 2015, with a general election held in districts where necessary on November 21, 2015. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was September 10, 2015, at 4:30 p.m. CDT.[4]
Louisiana elections use the Louisiana majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50% of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article. Incumbent Chris Broadwater (R) was unopposed in the October 24 blanket primary. Larry Watts (R) withdrew before the primary.[5][6]
2011
On November 19, 2011, Schexnayder won election to District 86 of the Louisiana House of Representatives. He faced Democrat Kevin Hull and fellow Republicans Laura O'Halloran, Gills Windham and Don Wheat in the primary election on October 22, 2011. Because Louisiana uses a blanket primary system, a candidate can be declared the overall winner of the seat by garnering 50 percent +1 of the vote in the primary. However, since no candidate reached this threshold, a general election took place on November 19, 2011 between Schexnayder and Hull.[7] Schexnayder defeated Hull to win the seat.[8]
| Louisiana House of Representatives District 81 General Election, 2011 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Clay Schexnayder |
64% | 5,549 | |
| Democratic | Kevin Hull | 36% | 3,116 | |
| Total Votes | 8,665 | |||
| Louisiana House of Representatives, District 81 Blanket Primary, 2011 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Clay Schexnayder |
41.2% | 5,183 | |
| Democratic | Kevin Hull |
25.6% | 3,218 | |
| Republican | Don Wheat | 13.6% | 1,716 | |
| Republican | Gills Windham | 12.9% | 1,626 | |
| Republican | Laura O'Halloran | 6.8% | 851 | |
| Total Votes | 12,594 | |||
Campaign themes
2023
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Clay Schexnayder did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.
2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Clay Schexnayder did not complete Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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Committee assignments
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2023-2024
Schexnayder was assigned to the following committees:
- Administration of Criminal Justice Committee
- Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture and Rural Development Committee
- Appropriations Committee
- Civil Law and Procedure Committee
- Commerce Committee
- House Education Committee
- Health and Welfare Committee
- House and Governmental Affairs Committee
- House Insurance Committee
- Judiciary Committee
- Labor and Industrial Relations Committee
- Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs Committee
- Natural Resources and Environment Committee
- House Retirement Committee
- Transportation, Highways and Public Works Committee
- Ways and Means Committee
- Joint Legislative Budget Committee
- Technology and Cybersecurity Committee
- Select Committee on Louisiana Economic Recovery
2021-2022
Schexnayder was assigned to the following committees:
2019-2020
Schexnayder was assigned to the following committees:
- Joint Capital Outlay Committee
- Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture and Rural Development Committee, Chairman
- Ways and Means Committee
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Schexnayder served on the following committees:
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| • Natural Resources and Environment |
2012-2013
In the 2012-2013 legislative session, Schexnayder served on the following committees:
Sponsored legislation
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2023
In 2023, the Louisiana State Legislature was in session from April 10 to June 8.
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2022
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In 2022, the Louisiana State Legislature was in session from March 14 to June 6.
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2021
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In 2021, the Louisiana State Legislature was in session from April 12 to June 10.
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2020
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In 2020, the Louisiana State Legislature was in session from March 9 to June 1. The session was suspended from March 31 through May 4. A special session convened from June 1 to June 30 and from September 28 to October 23.
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2019
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In 2019, the Louisiana State Legislature was in session from April 8 through June 6.
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2018
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In 2018, the Louisiana State Legislature was in session from March 12 through May 18.
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2017
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In 2017, the Louisiana State Legislature was in session from April 10 through June 8. The legislature held its first special session from February 13 to February 22. The legislature held its second special session from June 8 to June 16.
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2016
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In 2016, the Louisiana State Legislature was in session from March 14 through June 6. A special session was held from February 14 to March 9 to address the state's budget gap. A second special session was held from June 6 to June 23.
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2015
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In 2015, the Louisiana State Legislature was in session from April 13 through June 11.
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2014
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In 2014, the Louisiana State Legislature was in session from March 10 through June 3.
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2013
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In 2013, the Louisiana State Legislature was in session from April 8 to June 6.
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2012
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In 2012, the Louisiana State Legislature was in session from March 12 through June 4.
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See also
2023 Elections
External links
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Candidate Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana Louisiana Secretary of State |
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Footnotes
- ↑ The Advocate, Clay Schexnayder wins Louisiana House Speaker after push from Democrats," January 13, 2020
- ↑ Baton Rouge Business Insider, "House Speaker Clay Schexnayder confirms he will run for lieutenant governor," June 27, 2022
- ↑ Clay Schexnayder for Secretary of State, "About," accessed August 22, 2023
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "2015 Elections," accessed January 2, 2015
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Candidate Inquiry," accessed October 13, 2015
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Official Election Results," accessed November 1, 2015
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Unofficial Election Results," October 22, 2011
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Official election results for November 19, 2011," accessed December 6, 2011
- ↑ Louisiana Family Forum, "2014 Senate Scorecard," accessed July 11, 2017
- ↑ Louisiana Family Forum, "2013 Senate Scorecard," accessed July 11, 2017
- ↑ Louisiana Family Forum, "2012 Senate Scorecard," accessed July 11, 2017
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| Preceded by - |
Louisiana House of Representatives District 81 2012-2024 |
Succeeded by Jeffrey Wiley (R) |
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