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JOHN KENNEDY, Republican, of Madisonville, LA; born in Centreville, MS, November 21, 1951; education: B.A., magna cum laude, political science / philosophy / economics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 1973; J.D., University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 1977; BCL, Magdalen College, Oxford University, Oxford, England, 1979; professional history: special counsel, Governor Buddy Roemer, 1988-92 (secretary in the governor's cabinet, 1990-92); secretary, Louisiana Department of Revenue, 1996-99; treasurer, State of Louisiana, 2000-17; election history: elected to the U.S. Senate, on December 10, 2016; reelected to the U.S. Senate on November 8, 2022.

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