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Rob Couhig's brother, Kevin Hearsey Couhig (1951-2025), was the CEO of Source Capital Corp. He was elected in 2013 and reelected in 2017 as the first parish president of West Feliciana Parish. He died at his vacation home in Cashiers, [[North Carolina]].<ref>{{cite web|url=

Rob Couhig's brother, Kevin Hearsey Couhig (1951-2025), was the CEO of Source Capital Corp. He was elected in 2013 and reelected in 2017 as the first parish president of West Feliciana Parish. He died at his vacation home in Cashiers, [[North Carolina]].<ref>{{cite web|url=

https://obituaries.theadvocate.com/obituary/kevin-couhig-1092969617|title=Kevin Couhig obituary|publisher=''Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=July 3, 2025}}</ref> He defeated fellow Republican Thomas Houston McVea, the former District 62 state representative and a one-time police juror, to claim the new position. Under the new West Feliciana Parish charter, four single-member council districts and one at-large council member superseded the former seven police jurors, whose offices were phased out of existence. Kevin Couhig advocated "smart growth" so that economic development will expand with the parish maintaining its scenic beauty.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theadvocate.com/home/7593402-125/couhig-leading-among-early-voters|author=Steven Ward|title=​Couhig becomes first West Feliciana Parish president|date=November 18, 2013|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|accessdate=May 30, 2014}}</ref><ref>Rob Couhig's sister, Owen Couhig Kemp (born May 1950), lives in St. Francisville. Another brother, Mark Couhig (born c. 1953) and wife Linda, resided at the time of their father's death in Sequim in Clallam County in western [[Washington]].</ref>​

https://obituaries.theadvocate.com/obituary/kevin-couhig-1092969617|title=Kevin Couhig obituary|publisher=''Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=July 3, 2025}}</ref> Kevin Couhig defeated fellow Republican [[Tom McVea|Thomas Houston McVea]], the former District 62 state representative and a one-time police juror, to claim the new position. Under the new West Feliciana Parish charter, four single-member council districts and one at-large council member superseded the former seven police jurors, whose offices were phased out of existence. Kevin Couhig advocated "smart growth" so that economic development will expand with the parish maintaining its scenic beauty.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theadvocate.com/home/7593402-125/couhig-leading-among-early-voters|author=Steven Ward|title=​Couhig becomes first West Feliciana Parish president|date=November 18, 2013|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|accessdate=May 30, 2014}}</ref><ref>Rob Couhig's sister, Owen Couhig Kemp (born May 1950), lives in St. Francisville. Another brother, Mark Couhig (born c. 1953) and wife Linda, resided at the time of their father's death in Sequim in Clallam County in western [[Washington]].</ref>​

In 1976, Couhig changed his registration to the Republican Party. In 1977, he became the campaign coordinator for Republican [[Bob Livingston]], who for the second time sought to represent Louisiana's 1st congressional district in the [[United States House of Representatives]]. Livingston had lost in the 1976 general election to Democrat Richard Alvin Tonry. When Tonry was forced to resign because of campaign finance violations in 1977, Livingston won the seat in a [[special election]], with Couhig's backing, and served until 1999.<ref name=couhigpartners/>​

In 1976, Couhig changed his registration to the Republican Party. In 1977, he became the campaign coordinator for Republican [[Bob Livingston]], who for the second time sought to represent Louisiana's 1st congressional district in the [[United States House of Representatives]]. Livingston had lost in the 1976 general election to Democrat Richard Alvin Tonry. When Tonry was forced to resign because of campaign finance violations in 1977, Livingston won the seat in a [[special election]], with Couhig's backing, and served until 1999.<ref name=couhigpartners/>​