Chad Conerly
Chad Conerly (Republican Party) ran in a special election to the U.S. House to represent Louisiana's 5th Congressional District. He lost in the special primary on March 20, 2021.
Conerly completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Conerly was born in Alexandria, LA. He earned a bachelor's degree from Louisiana State University in 1992, a master's degree from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in 2001, and a master's degree from the U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology in 2006. His career experience includes working as a dairy, beef, and tree farmer in the northern Tangipahoa Parish. Conerly is an Iraq war veteran and served in the U.S. Air Force from 1986 to 2014. While in the Air Force, he commanded two squadrons. He also served as the Director of Resource Management for the White House Communications Agency in Washington D.C. from 2009 to 2012.[1]
Elections
2021
See also: Louisiana's 5th Congressional District special election, 2021
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
Special nonpartisan primary for U.S. House Louisiana District 5
The following candidates ran in the special primary for U.S. House Louisiana District 5 on March 20, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Julia Letlow (R) | 64.9 | 67,203 |
 | Candy Christophe (D) | 27.3 | 28,255 | |
 | Chad Conerly (R)  | 5.3 | 5,497 | |
 | Robert Lansden (R) | 0.9 | 929 | |
 | Allen Guillory Sr. (R) | 0.4 | 464 | |
| Jim Davis (Independent) | 0.4 | 402 | ||
| Sancha Smith (R) | 0.3 | 334 | ||
 | M.V. Mendoza (Independent) | 0.2 | 236 | |
 | Jaycee Magnuson (R) | 0.1 | 131 | |
| Richard Pannell (R) | 0.1 | 67 | ||
 | Horace Melton (R) | 0.1 | 62 | |
| Errol Victor (R) | 0.0 | 36 | ||
| Total votes: 103,616 | |||
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Campaign themes
2021
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Chad Conerly completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Conerly's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Over my long career, I progressed from Airman Basic to the rank of Colonel, and held a wide variety of leadership positions at local, regional, and national levels of Air Force Financial Management. From 2009 to 2012, I served as the Director, Resource Management, White House Communications Agency, Washington DC.
I've commanded two Air Force Squadrons and deployed multiple times, including tours in Kuwait and Iraq. I've led complex cost analysis and contracting organizations, managed weapon system acquisition programs, and am well versed in all aspects of the US federal budget. I retired in 2014 as Chief, Financial Management Analysis, Air Force Global Strike Command, Barksdale Air Force Base, Bossier City LA.
I'm a proud graduate of LSU with a Bachelor of Science degree in Agricultural Business. Additionally, I've earned a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) degree from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, and a Masters of Science in Strategic Leadership degree from the Air Force Institute of Technology.
For the last 6 years, I've helped manage my family's farm while reestablishing my deep roots in the 5th Congressional District. I'm married to the former Candice King of New Roads LA and we have two sons, Tyler and Brandon.- "...The right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed", period!
- Big Tech must allow conservative thought to flow freely in America.
- Open the economy safely, but immediately; small businesses are dying.
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Campaign website
Conerly’s campaign website stated the following:
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Chad is 100% pro-life, and will work tirelessly to protect the unborn.
Chad backs the Blue. Law and order is key to a functioning democracy.
"The right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed," period!
Being a farmer himself, being pro agriculture isn't just a talking point ... Chad lives it.
Chad will always fight to protect the sanctity and security of our elections.
Conservative thought must be allowed to flow freely in America.
Chad is running his campaign from a mobile hotspot, and understands the challenges facing unconnected communities and how this makes it difficult to attract business and industry to rural areas.
The 5th Congressional District is one of the poorest districts in the country, with incredible natural resources. Chad will work to lift the hard working people of the 5th. [2] |
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| —Chad Conerly’s campaign website (2021)[3] | ||
See also
2021 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on January 29, 2021.
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Chad Conerly’s campaign website, “Issues,” accessed March 17, 2021
