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Clay Schexnayder recall, Louisiana House of Representatives (2020-2021)
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An effort to recall Clay Schexnayder, a member of the Republican Party, from his elected position representing District 81 in the Louisiana House of Representatives was launched on September 18, 2020. Supporters of the recall had until March 17, 2021, to collect signatures from 25% of voters in state House District 81 to require a recall election. No signatures were turned in by the deadline.[1]
Schexnayder was elected to the state House in 2011. He was unopposed in his re-election bids in 2015 and 2019.
Recall supporters
The recall effort was filed by Blaine Thomas LeMaire and Larry Jean LeMaire Jr. on September 18, 2020. The recall petition cited "failure to support constituents" and "failure of elected duties" as the reasons for the recall of state Rep. Schexnayder.[2]
Path to the ballot
- See also: Laws governing recall in Louisiana
The information here is taken from the Louisiana Secretary of State's recall and is a guide to the recall process in Louisiana
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1. Copy of recall petition is filed with SOS by the chairman of the recall committee, and it must "contain a clear statement of the reason or reasons for the recall." 2. The completed petition is submitted to the Registrar(s) of Voters:
3. The Registrar of Voters shall certify the recall petition:
4. The petition is forwarded to the Governor if the required number of signatures are certified by the Registrar of Voters. 5. The Governor issues an election proclamation within 15 days after he receives the certified petition from the Registrar of Voters.
6. Immediately after the issuance of the proclamation, the Governor shall publish the proclamation in the official journal of each parish where the recall election is to be held. 7. Within 24 hours after issuing the proclamation, the Governor shall send a copy of the petition and proclamation, by registered or certified mail, to the clerk of the district court for each parish in which the recall election will be held. 8. A copy of the petition and proclamation also shall be sent to the Secretary of State. (by the Governor) 9. Within 24 hours after receiving the copies, the Secretary of State shall notify all other election officials in the parish(es) where the recall election is to be held. 10. If the recall passes, the public officer is recalled and removed from office and the office is declared vacant when the election returns are certified to the Secretary of State. The vacancy is then filled as usual. The recalled official cannot be appointed to fill the vacancy. 11. If the recall fails, no recall election for the same official shall be held within 18 months from the date of the failed recall election.[3] |
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Election history
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.
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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 | |||
Historical state legislative recalls
Ballotpedia tracked 145 recall efforts against 138 state lawmakers from 1913 to 2020. During that time, 39 recalls made the ballot and 22 state legislators were successfully recalled.[9]
Michigan led the way with 37 state legislative recall efforts from 1913 to 2020. Of those 37 recall efforts, three were successful. Wisconsin followed with 30 state legislative recall efforts. Six of those recalls were successful.
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Footnotes
- ↑ AP, "Recall against Louisiana House speaker doesn’t gain traction," April 12, 2021
- ↑ Facebook, "Recall Clay Schexnayder," September 18, 2020
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "Recall of State Officials," accessed August 13, 2021
