John Kennedy (Louisiana politician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

John Kennedy (Louisiana politician)

United States Senator from Louisiana

Date of Birth: 21-Nov-1951

Place of Birth: Centreville, Mississippi, United States

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

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John Neely Kennedy (born November 21, 1951) is an American attorney and politician who has served as the junior United States Senator from Louisiana since 2017.
A Democrat-turned Republican, he previously served as the Louisiana State Treasurer from 2000 to 2017. Born in Centreville, Mississippi, Kennedy graduated from Vanderbilt University and the University of Virginia School of Law before attending Magdalen College at the University of Oxford in Oxford, England.
Kennedy was a member of the staff of Governor Buddy Roemer before unsuccessfully running as the Democratic candidate for state attorney general in 1991.
In 1999, he was elected Louisiana State Treasurer; he was re-elected to that position in 2003, 2007, 2011, and 2015.
Kennedy was an unsuccessful candidate for U.S.
Senate in 2004 and 2008.
In 2007, he became a Republican. In 2016, when U.S.
Senator David Vitter opted not to seek re-election, Kennedy once again ran for U.S.
Senate.
He finished in first place in the November nonpartisan blanket primary and went on to defeat Democrat Foster Campbell 61%-39% in the December runoff before being sworn in on January 3, 2017.