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
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Election History

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