Louisiana Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell has indicated he plans to challenge Gov. Kathleen Blanco for the Democratic nomination for governor. Campbell is a farmer and businessman who served 27 years in the Louisiana Senate before being elected Public Service Commission in 2002 to represent the North Louisiana district of 24 parishes with over 1 million people. He has been a frequent critic of corporate power, corruption, and special interests and will run a populist style campaign in a state that has a long tradition of electing populist politicians.
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Campbell would be a Jon Tester type of candidate in Louisiana. I have not seen any polls yet on what chances he might have in the Democratic primary but I would think he should poll well in the general election.
I don’t know much about Foster, but conceptually I like this a lot. I want to see what a good populist can do in Louisiana given the opportunity. It could become a model to replicate elsewhere, if succcessful.