What is John Neely Kennedy?
{{Infobox officeholder |image = John Neely Kennedy, official portrait, 115th Congress 2.jpg |jr/sr = United States Senator |state = [[Louisiana]] |alongside = [[Bill Cassidy]] |term_start = January 3, 2017 |term_end = |predecessor = [[David Vitter]] |successor = |office1 = Treasurer of Louisiana |governor1 = [[Murphy J. Foster, Jr.|Mike Foster]]<br>[[Kathleen Blanco]]<br>[[Bobby Jindal]]<br>[[John Bel Edwards]] |term_start1 = January 10, 2000 |term_end1 = January 3, 2017 |predecessor1 = [[Ken Duncan (Louisiana politician)|Ken Duncan]] |successor1 = [[Ron Henson]] (acting) |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|11|21}} |birth_place = [[Centreville, Mississippi|Centreville]], [[Mississippi]], [[United States|U.S.]] |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] {{small|(Before 2007)}}<br>[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] {{small|(2007–present)}} |spouse = Rebecca Stulb |children = 1 |alma_mater = [[Vanderbilt University]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])}}<br>[[University of Virginia]] {{small|([[Juris Doctor|JD]])}}<br>[[Magdalen College, Oxford]]<br>{{small|([[Bachelor of Civil Law|BCL]])}} }} '''John Neely Kennedy''' (born November 21, 1951) is an [[Americans|American]] politician. He is the [[United States Senator]] from [[Louisiana]]. Before becoming a senator, he was the State Treasurer of Louisiana. He is a member of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]]. He served five terms as Treasurer of Louisiana. He took office in the United States Senate on January 3, 2017, after defeating [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic candidate]] [[Foster Campbell]] in the [[United States Senate election in Louisiana, 2016|Senate election runoff]] by over 21 percentage points.<ref>[http://www.theadvertiser.com/story/news/local/louisiana/2015/10/24/republican-john-kennedy-re-elected-fifth-term-louisianas-state-treasurer/74566690/ Republican John Kennedy re-elected t