Jay Dardenne was sworn in as Secretary of State of Louisiana in November, 2006, filling the remaining year on an unexpired term and ending a 15-year career in the State Senate. He was reelected in the 2007 primary with 64% of the vote, receiving the largest number of votes cast for any candidate in the statewide election. Secretary Dardenne has championed increased early voting opportunities and helped win legislative approval of a pay raise for poll commissioners. sos.louisiana.gov
The definitive Wikipedia entry for Jay Dardenne. Wikipedia is the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Dardenne
