Rodney McKinnie Alexander (born December 5, 1946) is an American politician and member of the Republican Party who served as the Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs from September 30, 2013, until June 3, 2014.

He then attended Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, but he left college to work for his family construction company.

When the University of Louisiana at Monroe began to offer online courses, he enrolled for two years and graduated from ULM with a degree in general studies in 2009.

Alexander won his seat in 2002 as a Democrat, but ran in 2004 as a Republican, changing parties on 6 August 2004, only three months before the election and only 30 minutes before the filing deadline.

He faced Independent Tom Gibbs, Jr., of Ouachita Parish in the November 2 general election and won easily.

No Democratic candidate had filed for the position, once held by such long-serving party members as Jerry Huckaby and Otto Passman.

Many of Alexander's other speeches include warning against tax increases and supporting religious freedom and public prayer.

Cumulatively, Alexander missed 266 of 7521 (3.5%) roll call votes during his time in office, higher than the national median of 2.5%.

In addition, he had strong support from agricultural groups such as the American Farm Bureau Federation which gave him a 100 percent rating in 2011 and the Sportsman and Animal Owners Voting Alliance.