2012

Jay Dardenne endorsed Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election.

Louisiana Secretary of State (2006-2010)

Dardenne won the special election held on September 30, 2006, to complete the term following the death of former Secretary of State W. Fox McKeithen, a Republican. McKeithen had been temporarily succeeded by former Democratic state Representative Alan Ray Ater, at the time an assistant secretary of state under McKeithen. Ater chose not to run for the position in the special election.

Louisiana State Senate (1992-2006)

Dardenne served in the Louisiana State Senate from 1992 to 2006. In the wake of the election of Republican Murphy J. Foster as governor in 1995, Dardenne became floor leader. He also served as the chairman of the senate finance committee.

Dardenne was first elected as lieutenant governor of Louisiana in a 2010 special election to fill the vacancy created by Mitch Landrieu, who left the seat after winning election as mayor of New Orleans. Dardenne left office in 2016.

Presidential preference

2012

Jay Dardenne endorsed Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election.

Dardenne won the special election held on September 30, 2006, to complete the term following the death of former Secretary of State W. Fox McKeithen, a Republican. McKeithen had been temporarily succeeded by former Democratic state Representative Alan Ray Ater, at the time an assistant secretary of state under McKeithen. Ater chose not to run for the position in the special election.

Dardenne served in the Louisiana State Senate from 1992 to 2006. In the wake of the election of Republican Murphy J. Foster as governor in 1995, Dardenne became floor leader. He also served as the chairman of the senate finance committee.