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==Building the Louisiana GOP==
==Building the Louisiana GOP==
As Colten left the office of mayor, the city council presented him with a plaque, "Minden's Best Damn Yankee Republican Mayor."<ref>''Minden Press-Herald,'' January 2, 1975, p. 1.</ref> Colten was not the first Republican mayor in Louisiana. That designation went to [[Jack Breaux]], who was elected mayor of Zachary in East Baton Rouge Parish in the spring of 1966.<ref>''The Baton Rouge Advocate]],'' January 27, 1980.</ref>
As Colten left the office of mayor, the city council presented him with a plaque, "Minden's Best Damn Yankee Republican Mayor."<ref>''Minden Press-Herald,'' January 2, 1975, p. 1.</ref> Colten was not the first Republican mayor in Louisiana. That designation went to [[Jack Breaux]], who was elected mayor of Zachary in East Baton Rouge Parish in the spring of 1966.<ref>''The Baton Rouge Advocate,'' January 27, 1980.</ref>
Though his Minden newspapers had endorsed Charlton Lyons for governor in 1964,<ref>''Minden Press,'' January 11, 1964.</ref> He did little to encourage other Republicans to run for office and once opposed a Republican candidate for sheriff by convincing the Webster Parish Republican Executive Committee to set the filing fee so high that it would discourage the candidate from running — it did not, however, in that case. Colten hence favored offering only serious candidates, not obscure placeholders to fill a ballot.
Though his Minden newspapers had endorsed Charlton Lyons for governor in 1964,<ref>''Minden Press,'' January 11, 1964.</ref> He did little to encourage other Republicans to run for office and once opposed a Republican candidate for sheriff by convincing the Webster Parish Republican Executive Committee to set the filing fee so high that it would discourage the candidate from running — it did not, however, in that case. Colten hence favored offering only serious candidates, not obscure placeholders to fill a ballot.