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Roger Francis Villere, Jr. (born August 16, 1949, pronounced Villeree), is a businessman from Metairie in Jefferson Parish in suburban New Orleans who on March 26, 2004, was elected state chairman of the Louisiana Republican Party by the 144-member GOP State Central Committee. He succeeded Pat Brister of St. Tammany Parish, the first woman to have been the state GOP chairman, her tenure having been from 2000 to 2004. Villere's tenure ended as party chairman ended in 2012. ==State legislative race, 1989== In 1988, Republican State Representative Charles Cusimano resigned his seat to become a state court judge, and a special election was called early in 1989 to find a successor. At thirty-nine, Villere entered the race in District 89. His opponents included two fellow Republicans, John Spier Treen, a brother of former Governor David C. Treen, and David Duke, a former associate of the Ku Klux Klan. Treen and Duke went into a runoff, from which Duke emerged victorious and served for three years in the state legislature.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2008 )〕 Duke used attention from his new position as a base from which to launch unsuccessful campaigns for the U.S. Senate in 1990, governor in 1991, and President in 1992. Villere did not again seek office but thereafter concentrated his political activity within the GOP organization.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Stephen Sabludowsky, "Jindal Has Mighty Duke in Louisiana GOP and Roger Villere" ) 〕 Political analyst Stephen Mark Sabludowsky (born 1950) of Metairie notes certain ironies in that 1989 special legislative race: "Duke won that legislative seat, became a political nightmare for Governor Buddy Roemer and Republican chairman William "Billy" Nungesser. Of course, Duke ran for a number of offices, doing well against two powerful Louisiana institutions in J. Bennett Johnston, Jr., and Edwin Edwards. Duke's fortunes soured as he attempted to run for President, later spent time in jail, then peddled his racism and Nazism and 'loony tunes' philosophies in the likes of Russia, Iran, and elsewhere. "Meanwhile, the young Roger Villere worked his way up the ladder of the Louisiana Republican Party, ultimately earning the position of chairman."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Roger F. Villere, Jr.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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