Biography
Political Highlights: Democratic candidate for La. attorney general, 1991; La. secretary of revenue and taxation, 1996-99; La. treasurer, 2000-2017; Democratic candidate for governor, 2003; Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, 2004; Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, 2008
Born: November 21, 1951; Centreville, Miss.
Residence: Madisonville
Religion: United Methodist
Family: Wife, Becky Kennedy; one child
Education: Vanderbilt U., B.A. 1973; U. of Virginia, J.D. 1977; Oxford U., B.C.L. 1979
Elected: 2016
Committee Assignments: Appropriations (Commerce-Justice-Science; Energy-Water - Ranking Member; Financial Services; Homeland Security; Labor-HHS-Education; Transportation-HUD); Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs (Economic Policy - Ranking Member; National Security & International Trade and Finance; Securities, Insurance & Investment); Budget; Judiciary (Criminal Justice & Counterterrorism; Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, & Federal Rights - Ranking Member; Human Rights & the Law; Immigration, Citizenship, & Border Safety; Privacy, Technology, & the Law); Small Business & Entrepreneurship
Social Media:
Roll Call Vitals
Twitter: 355,002 followers
Election History
Margin of Victory (% pts.)
2004 Election Results
Candidate
David Vitter (R)
Chris John (D)
John Kennedy (D)
Arthur Morrell (D)
Richard Fontanesi (LIBERT)
R.A. Galan (X)
Sam Melton (D)
Votes
943,014
542,150
275,821
47,222
15,097
12,463
12,289
%
51.0%
29.3%
14.9%
2.6%
0.8%
0.7%
0.7%
2008 Election Results
Candidate
Mary Landrieu (D)
John Kennedy (R)
Richard Fontanesi (LIBERT)
Jay Patel (X)
Robert Stewart (X)
Votes
988,298
867,177
18,590
13,729
8,780
%
52.1%
45.7%
1.0%
0.7%
0.5%