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'''Murphy James Foster, Jr.''', known as '''Mike Foster''' (July 11, 1930 – October 4, 2020), served as the 53rd [[governor]] of [[Louisiana]] from 1996 to 2004. Previously a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], Foster switched to [[Republican Party|Republican]] affiliation in his 1995 campaign for the state's highest office. He was considered a [[conservative]] but "not an ideologue."<ref name=fosterdies>{{cite web|url= https://www.thenewsstar.com/story/news/2020/10/04/mike-foster-former-louisiana-governor-dies-age-90/3566420001/|author=[[Greg Hilburn]]|title=Mike Foster, former Louisiana Governor diesx at 90|publiser=''The Monroe News-Star''|date=October 4, 2020|accessdate=October 5, 2020}}</ref>
'''Murphy James Foster, Jr.''', known as '''Mike Foster''' (July 11, 1930 – October 4, 2020), served as the 53rd [[governor]] of [[Louisiana]] from 1996 to 2004. Previously a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], Foster switched to [[Republican Party|Republican]] affiliation in his 1995 campaign for the state's highest office. He was considered a [[conservative]] but "not an ideologue."<ref name=fosterdies>{{cite web|url= https://www.thenewsstar.com/story/news/2020/10/04/mike-foster-former-louisiana-governor-dies-age-90/3566420001/|author=[[Greg Hilburn]]|title=Mike Foster, former Louisiana Governor diesx at 90|publiser=''The Monroe News-Star''|date=October 4, 2020|accessdate=October 5, 2020}}</ref>
Foster resided at his family's Oaklawn Manor sugar plantation near Franklin in St. Mary Parish in the southern portion of his state. Foster's grandfather, Murphy, Sr. (1849-1921), was a Louisiana governor and [[U.S. Senator]] from Louisiana; Foster is technically Murphy Foster, III, but he uses the Roman numeral "II" because his grandfather died nine years before Foster's birth.
Foster resided at his family's Oaklawn Manor sugar plantation near Franklin in St. Mary Parish in the southern portion of his state. Foster's grandfather, Murphy, Sr. (1849-1921), was a Louisiana governor and [[U.S. Senator]] from Louisiana; technically Murphy Foster, III, he used the Roman numeral "II" because his grandfather died nine years before Foster was born.
Though he was unknown statewide at the beginning of the gubernatorial race, Foster prevailed to become the final successor to Democrat [[Edwin Edwards]] by defeating an array of opponents, including future U.s. Senator [[Mary Landrieu]], former Governor [[Buddy Roemer]], and [[African-American]] [[U.S. Representative]] Cleo Field. [[David Duke]], the former [[Ku Klux Klan]]sman, endorsed Foster in the gubernatorial race; as it turned out Foster had paid from his personal funds $150,000 to Duke for the use of Duke's mailing list.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://domino.ethics.state.la.us/campopn.nsf/999d109733135c25862567f8006847bf/8f58d9e4d672366e86256848006b83df?OpenDocument&Highlight=0|title=Foster, Duke La. Campaign Finance Opinion No. 99-360|publisher=domino.ethics.state.la.us|accessdate=October 4, 2017}}</ref> Term-limited in 2004, he was succeeded by the Democrat [[Kathleen Blanco]] of [[Lafayette]], who defeated Foster's preferred successor, Republican [[Bobby Jindal]], who subsequently won the 2007 nonpartisan blanket primary to succeed Blanco.
Though he was unknown statewide at the beginning of the gubernatorial race, Foster prevailed to become the final successor to Democrat [[Edwin Edwards]] by defeating an array of opponents, including future U.s. Senator [[Mary Landrieu]], former Governor [[Buddy Roemer]], and [[African-American]] [[U.S. Representative]] Cleo Field. [[David Duke]], the former [[Ku Klux Klan]]sman, endorsed Foster in the gubernatorial race; as it turned out Foster had paid from his personal funds $150,000 to Duke for the use of Duke's mailing list.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://domino.ethics.state.la.us/campopn.nsf/999d109733135c25862567f8006847bf/8f58d9e4d672366e86256848006b83df?OpenDocument&Highlight=0|title=Foster, Duke La. Campaign Finance Opinion No. 99-360|publisher=domino.ethics.state.la.us|accessdate=October 4, 2017}}</ref> Term-limited in 2004, he was succeeded by the Democrat [[Kathleen Blanco]] of [[Lafayette]], who defeated Foster's preferred successor, Republican [[Bobby Jindal]], who subsequently won the 2007 nonpartisan blanket primary to succeed Blanco.