- Royal Alexander
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name= Richard Royal Alexander
caption= Royal Alexander
birth_date= 1966
birth_place=Shreveport, Louisiana
death_date=
spouse=
children=
party= Republican candidate for Louisianaattorney general in 2007
occupation=Attorney ; former congressional staffer
religion=Richard Royal Alexander (born 1966) is an
attorney from Shreveport who was the Republican candidate forLouisiana attorney general in theNovember 17 ,2007 ,general election . He was defeated by a 2-1 margin by the Democratic candidate,District Attorney (Sixth Judicial District) James D. "Buddy" Caldwell, Jr., of Tallulah, the seat ofMadison Parish in far northeastern Louisiana.Caldwell received 477,574 votes (67 percent) to Alexander's 239,485 (33 percent). Alexander carried only two of the sixty-four parishes, Caddo and Bossier but by relatively narrow margins. He even lost often Republican leaning St. Tammany, Lafayette, and La Salle parishes. [ [http://www400.sos.louisiana.gov:8090/cgibin/?rqstyp=elcms2&rqsdta=111707 Louisiana Secretary of State-Multi-Parish Elections Inquiry] ]
The incumbent, Attorney General Charles C. Foti, Jr. of
New Orleans , ran a strong third in theOctober 20 primary but was eliminated from the second round of balloting.Caldwell had led in the primary with 434,111 (36 percent); Alexander received 395,649 votes (32 percent), and Foti finished with 389,658 (also 32 percent). Alexander hence gained only one percentage point in the low-turnout general election from his primary tally, as Foti backers flocked heavily to fellow Democrat Caldwell.
Alexander's primary strength had been limited largely to parishes about Shreveport, Monroe, and Alexandria, but he lost even Monroe and Alexandria in the general election. [ [http://www400.sos.louisiana.gov:8090/cgibin/?rqstyp=elcms2&rqsdta=102007 Louisiana Secretary of State-Multi-Parish Elections Inquiry] ]
Education, career
Alexander received his
bachelor of arts degree fromLouisiana State University at Shreveport . He obtained his legal credentials from the privateOklahoma City University School of Law . He was a law clerk toUnited States District Judge Rebecca F. Doherty, an appointee of formerU.S. President George H.W. Bush to the Western District of Louisiana based in Lafayette and Opelousas. A former administrative law judge, he has also been in private practice, handling both criminal and civil cases. [ [http://www.royalalexander.org/about.php Royal Alexander | Attorney General] ]Most recently, he was chief of staff to Fifth District Republican
U.S. Representative Rodney Alexander ofJackson Parish . The Alexanders are not related. Democrats have criticized Royal Alexander for having acted too slowly in regard to the disclosure of the 2006 congressional page scandal, provoked by former RepresentativeMark Foley who sent sexually suggestive email messages to a teenaged boy who lived in Rodney Alexander's House district. [ [http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/779512/foley_scandal_began_and_ended_with_alexander/index.html?source=r_technology Foley Scandal Began, and Ended, With Alexander] ]Royal Alexander is also a former staffer to former U.S. Representative
Clyde C. Holloway ofRapides Parish , a predecessor in the same seat now held by Rodney Alexander. Fact|date=April 2008exual harassment charge
In 2006, Royal Alexander was charged with
sexual harassment by Elizabeth Scott, Representative Alexander's former scheduler. Scott's attorney, Michael Hoare, claims that Royal Alexander"engaged in a course of misconduct" that included "inappropriate sex-based comments, ogling and touching" and "sexual advances" toward his office colleague. Scott allegedly told Rodney Alexander about Royal Alexander's behavior, but no corrective action was taken.Scott said that she was demoted from scheduler to staff assistant by Royal Alexander in May 2006 after she complained of "possible sex discrimination". She then left the office in June on the grounds that the work environment was "intolerable". A legislative investigation found Scott's allegations baseless. Further, Alexander's office maintains that Scott made her claims in retaliation for having been demoted for incompetence as a scheduler and cites an instance when Scott sent Representative Alexander to the wrong location for a major event. [ [http://www.americablog.com/2006/10/gop-congressman-rodney-alexanders-r-la.html GOP congressman Rodney Alexander's (R-LA) office sued for sexual harassment. Congressman allegedly was informed and did nothing. - AMERICAblog: A great nation deserves the truth ] ]
Alexander's platform
Royal Alexander has criticized Foti for the arrest of several health-care professionals charged in the deaths of nursing home patients during
Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Alexander's platform calls for (1) fighting corruption andcronyism , (2) elimination of politics from the office of the attorney general, (3) fighting for tougher sentences for sex offender and child predators, (4) strengthening state consumer protection laws, (5) assisting district attorneys in their prosecutions of drug crimes, particularly methamphetamines, (6) ensuring that the criminal justice system is sufficiently funded to keep repeat criminals off the streets, (7) fighting the problem of violentgang s. [ [http://www.royalalexander.org/priorities.php Royal Alexander biodata] ]References
External links
*http://www.royalalexander.org/about.php
*http://press.arrivenet.com/government/article.php/952572.html
*http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/779512/foley_scandal_began_and_ended_with_alexander/index.html?source=r_technology
*http://www.okcu.edu/law/
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