John Neely Kennedy

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John Neely Kennedy (2014)

John Neely Kennedy (born November 21, 1951 in Centerville , Amite County or Wilkinson County , Mississippi ) is a legal scholar and American politician . He has represented the state of Louisiana in the US Senate since January 3, 2017 .

Career

John Kennedy, who is not related to the well-known Massachusetts Kennedy family , was raised in the Zachary Ward in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. In 1969 he graduated from the local high school . Between 1970 and 1973 he studied political science at Vanderbilt University . After a subsequent law degree at the University of Virginia and his admission to the bar in 1977, he began to work as such in New Orleans and Baton Rouge . He continued to study at Oxford University in England until 1979 . In addition to his political activities, he still works part-time as a teacher at East Baton Rouge public schools and has been a law professor at Louisiana State University since 2005 .

Politically, he first joined the Democratic Party , which he belonged to until 2007. Between 1988 and 1992 he was one of the advisors to Governor Buddy Roemer . From 1990 to 1992 he was also a member of the governor's cabinet. From 1996 to 1999, Kennedy was the head of the Department of Revenue for the State of Louisiana. From 2000 he held the post of finance minister of his state. In the 2004 election he ran for the first time - still unsuccessfully - for the US Senate. In August 2007 he moved from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party . Despite the change of party, he was confirmed by the voters in the office of finance minister. In the 2008 election , another candidacy for the US Senate failed.

In the 2016 election , John Kennedy was elected as his party's candidate for the US Senate, where he succeeded his fellow party member David Vitter on January 3, 2017 . In the election there was a runoff against the Democrat Foster Campbell, which Kennedy won with 60.7 percent of the vote.

Kennedy is a member of the Judiciary Committee US Senate . As a result of his work, some candidates nominated by US President Trump for high judicial posts did not get into these offices in 2017.

Kennedy is a member of numerous Louisiana organizations and associations.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ sueddeutsche.de December 23, 2017: The stubborn Senator Kennedy
personal data
SURNAME Kennedy, John Neely
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH November 21, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Centerville, Mississippi