Scott Angelle

Scott Anthony Angelle (born November 20, 1961 in Breaux Bridge , Louisiana ) is an American politician . In 2010 he was lieutenant governor of the state of Louisiana.

Career

Scott Angelle graduated from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and then worked in geological research. He has also been involved in leases for oil and gas fields. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . He became a member of the District Council of St. Martin Parish . Between 2000 and 2004 he was the president of the district. He then became Secretary of the State Government's Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources . He held this post, with a six-month hiatus during his time as Lieutenant Governor, from 2004 to 2012. In 2010, he joined the Republicans .

After the resignation of Mitch Landrieu , who had been elected mayor of New Orleans , Scott Angelle was appointed by Governor Bobby Jindal to succeed Landrieu as lieutenant governor. He held this post between May 17 and November 22, 2010. Then he resumed his work as Minister of State. He has been a member of the Louisiana Public Service Commission since 2013 .

In 2015, Angelle was elected to succeed party friend Bobby Jindal in the governorship. In the first round (a so-called jungle primary, in which candidates from all parties compete together and the two with the strongest vote against each other regardless of their party affiliation) on October 24, 2015, after the Democrat John Bel Edwards (40 percent) and the Republican US Senator David Vitter (23 percent) achieved the third-best result with 19 percent of the vote, so he only just missed the second round. Although Vitter had long been considered the favorite, the narrow lead and good result showed Dardenne that he knew how to use an “Anybody-But-Vitter” mood after a prostitution affair had seriously damaged Vitter.

Angelle has five children with his wife Dianne.

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biography
Scott Angelle in the nndb (English)

Individual evidence

↑ WAFB.com: Jindal nominates Scott Angelle as lt. Gov.
^ Campbell Robertson: David Vitter Ekes Out a Place in a Runoff for Governor of Louisiana. In: The New York Times , October 25, 2015.

personal data
SURNAME	Angelle, Scott
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Angelle, Scott Anthony (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	November 20, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH	Breaux Bridge , Louisiana

[1] WAFB.com: Jindal nominates Scott Angelle as lt. Gov.

[2] Campbell Robertson: David Vitter Ekes Out a Place in a Runoff for Governor of Louisiana. In: The New York Times , October 25, 2015.