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Wooley said that he had planned to resign prior to the hurricanes, "[but] when Katrina hit, we decided we had to try to get through at least the crisis part of it". Wooley said that he had accomplished most of his goals as commissioner prior to the hurricanes, the most important of which was restoring the public image of the Department of Insurance. Wooley joined the department in 1999 as the chief deputy for then Insurance Commissioner [[James H. "Jim" Brown]]. In the fall of 2000, Brown, a Democrat, was convicted of lying to an FBI agent, and Wooley moved up to the commissioner's position. Wooley was the first commissioner to leave office without a streak of scandal. His predecessors went to prison. Brown served a six-month sentence in the facility in Oakdale in Allen Parish. Democrat Douglas D. "Doug" Green of Baton Rouge received twenty-five years for his part in the Champion Insurance scandal of the late 1980s but served eleven years. Sherman Albert Bernard, Sr., who is also remembered for having opposed the Democratic re-nomination of Senator Russell Long in 1974, served time for extorting bribes from insurance companies doing business with the state.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://capitolwatch.reallouisiana.com/html/CCC8AA07-9EDC-451E-93CC-BFC5D59A5CFC.shtml|title="Louisiana's seen several jailed state officials"|author=Jim Bradshaw|date=October 2002|publisher=Capitolwatch.reallouisiana.com|accessdate=June 15, 2013}}</ref><ref name=asayre/>

Wooley said that he had planned to resign prior to the hurricanes, "[but] when Katrina hit, we decided we had to try to get through at least the crisis part of it". Wooley said that he had accomplished most of his goals as commissioner prior to the hurricanes, the most important of which was restoring the public image of the Department of Insurance. Wooley joined the department in 1999 as the chief deputy for then Insurance Commissioner [[James H. "Jim" Brown]]. In the fall of 2000, Brown, a Democrat, was convicted of lying to an FBI agent, and Wooley moved up to the commissioner's position. Wooley was the first commissioner to leave office without a streak of scandal. His predecessors went to prison. Brown served a six-month sentence in the facility in Oakdale in Allen Parish. Democrat Douglas D. "Doug" Green of Baton Rouge received twenty-five years for his part in the Champion Insurance scandal of the late 1980s but served eleven years. Sherman Albert Bernard, Sr., who is also remembered for having opposed the Democratic re-nomination of Senator Russell Long in 1974, served time for extorting bribes from insurance companies doing business with the state.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://capitolwatch.reallouisiana.com/html/CCC8AA07-9EDC-451E-93CC-BFC5D59A5CFC.shtml|title="Louisiana's seen several jailed state officials"|author=Jim Bradshaw|date=October 2002|publisher=Capitolwatch.reallouisiana.com|accessdate=June 15, 2013}}</ref><ref name=asayre/>

Commissioner Donelon clashed with former Legislative Auditor Steve Theriot, one of Donelon's former legislative colleagues who had also obtained Tulane scholarships for a family member. As part of an investigation, Theriot demanded department records from Donelon regarding the Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corporation. Theriot's probe led to the indictment of the corporation's former president, Terry Lisotta.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/11/legislative_auditor_steve_ther_1.html|author==Jan Moller|title="Legislative auditor Steve Theriot to retire; assistant to handle duties temporarily"|date=November 3, 2009|publisher=''New Orleans Times-Picayune''|accessdate=November 21, 2009}}</ref> Ultimately, Theriot had to obtain a court order to inspect the records, which Donelon had tried to keep off limits.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/08/auditors_staff_begins_scrutiny.html|author=Ron Thibodeaux|title="Auditor's staff begins scrutiny of Insurance Department records"|date=August 17, 2009|publisher=''New Orleans Times-Picayune''|accessdate=November 21, 2009}}</ref>

Commissioner Donelon clashed with former Legislative Auditor Steve Theriot, one of Donelon's former legislative colleagues who had also obtained Tulane scholarships for a family member. As part of an investigation, Theriot demanded department records from Donelon regarding the Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corporation. Theriot's probe led to the indictment of the corporation's former president, Terry Lisotta.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/11/legislative_auditor_steve_ther_1.html|author=Jan Moller|title="Legislative auditor Steve Theriot to retire; assistant to handle duties temporarily"|date=November 3, 2009|publisher=''New Orleans Times-Picayune''|accessdate=November 21, 2009}}</ref> Ultimately, Theriot had to obtain a court order to inspect the records, which Donelon had tried to keep off limits.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/08/auditors_staff_begins_scrutiny.html|author=Ron Thibodeaux|title="Auditor's staff begins scrutiny of Insurance Department records"|date=August 17, 2009|publisher=''New Orleans Times-Picayune''|accessdate=November 21, 2009}}</ref>

==2006 special election==

==2006 special election==