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'''Anthony Claude Leach, Jr.''', known as '''Buddy Leach''' (March 30, 1934 – August 6, 2022), was a wealthy [[business]]man and [[politician]] who represented [[Louisiana]]'s 4th congressional district for a single term from 1979 to 1981. Earlier, he was a four-term state representative from his native Leesville in Vernon Parish. He was also the chairman for two years of the Louisiana [[Democratic Party]] until he was ousted in 2012 by the [[African-American]] then state Senator [[Karen Carter Peterson]] of [[New Orleans]].<ref name=Biography>{{cite web|title=Leach, Anthony Claude, Jr.|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000167|work=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|accessdate=6 February 2013}}</ref><ref name=Anderson>{{cite news
'''Anthony Claude Leach, Jr.''', known as '''Buddy Leach''' (March 30, 1934 – August 6, 2022), was a wealthy [[business]]man and [[politician]] who represented [[Louisiana]]'s 4th congressional district for a single term from 1979 to 1981. Earlier, he was a four-term state representative from his native Leesville in Vernon Parish. He was also the chairman for two years of the Louisiana [[Democratic Party]] until he was ousted in 2012 by the [[African-American]] then state Senator [[Karen Carter Peterson]] of [[New Orleans]].<ref name=Biography>{{cite web|title=Leach, Anthony Claude, Jr.|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000167|work=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|accessdate=6 February 2013}}</ref><ref name=Anderson>{{cite web
|url = http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/04/karen_carter_peterson_ousts_bu.html
|url=http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/04/karen_carter_peterson_ousts_bu.html
|name=Ed Anderson
|name=Ed Anderson
|date = 2012-04-29
|date=April 29, 2012
|newspaper =New Orleans Times-Picayune
|newspaper =New Orleans Times-Picayune
|issue = Saint Tammany Edition
|issue = Saint Tammany Edition
|accessdate = 2012-04-30
|accessdate=April 30, 2012
|page = A1
|page=A1
|title = Karen Carter Peterson ousts Buddy Leach as leader of Louisiana Democratic Party
|title=Karen Carter Peterson ousts Buddy Leach as leader of Louisiana Democratic Party
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