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'''Democratic campaign for auditor, 1955-1956'''Kolb was a native of Colfax, the seat of Grant Parish in north central Louisiana. He was a Baton Rouge attorney, banker, and businessman whom voters nominated for auditor in the 1952 Democratic primary and was unopposed in the general election. He served under a fellow Democrat, Governor Robert F. Kennon. In 1955, Bill Dodd announced that he would attempt to unseat Kolb in the primary held in January 1956.

'''Democratic campaign for auditor, 1955-1956'''

 

Kolb was a native of Colfax, the seat of Grant Parish in north central Louisiana. He was a Baton Rouge attorney, banker, and businessman whom voters nominated for auditor in the 1952 Democratic primary and was unopposed in the general election. He served under a fellow Democrat, Governor Robert F. Kennon. In 1955, Bill Dodd announced that he would attempt to unseat Kolb in the primary held in January 1956.

In his memoirs, Dodd claimed that Kolb "would be a sitting duck for anyone who ran against him. He had alienated every local official and professional politician in Louisiana. He did it by publicizing nitpiking mistakes and suggesting that each and every sheriff, clerk of court, tax assessor, parish school superintendent, police juror (equivalent of county commissioner in other states), and school board member was a crook. The news media had bragged on Allison [Kolb] while criticizing all those local officials. Allison could not have defeated Hitler, had the fuhrer been alive and running against him."[2]

In his memoirs, Dodd claimed that Kolb "would be a sitting duck for anyone who ran against him. He had alienated every local official and professional politician in Louisiana. He did it by publicizing nitpiking mistakes and suggesting that each and every sheriff, clerk of court, tax assessor, parish school superintendent, police juror (equivalent of county commissioner in other states), and school board member was a crook. The news media had bragged on Allison [Kolb] while criticizing all those local officials. Allison could not have defeated Hitler, had the fuhrer been alive and running against him."[2]

^ http://ssdi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi  

^ http://ssdi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi  

^ William J. "Bill" Dodd, Peapatch Politics: The Earl Long Era in Louisiana Politics Baton Rouge: Claitor's Publishers, 1991  

^ William J. "Bill" Dodd, ''Peapatch Politics: The Earl Long Era in Louisiana Politics'' Baton Rouge: Claitor's Publishers, 1991  

^ William J. "Bill" Dodd, Peapatch Politics: The Earl Long Era in Louisiana Politics Baton Rouge: Claitor's Publishers, 1991  

^ William J. "Bill" Dodd, ''Peapatch Politics: The Earl Long Era in Louisiana Politics'' Baton Rouge: Claitor's Publishers, 1991  

^ William J. "Bill" Dodd, Peapatch Politics: The Earl Long Era in Louisiana Politics Baton Rouge: Claitor's Publishers, 1991  

^ William J. "Bill" Dodd, ''Peapatch Politics: The Earl Long Era in Louisiana Politics'' Baton Rouge: Claitor's Publishers, 1991  

^ William J. "Bill" Dodd, Peapatch Politics: The Earl Long Era in Louisiana Politics Baton Rouge: Claitor's Publishers, 1991  

^ William J. "Bill" Dodd, ''Peapatch Politics: The Earl Long Era in Louisiana Politics'' Baton Rouge: Claitor's Publishers, 1991  

^ William J. "Bill" Dodd, Peapatch Politics: The Earl Long Era in Louisiana Politics Baton Rouge: Claitor's Publishers, 1991  

^ William J. "Bill" Dodd, ''Peapatch Politics: The Earl Long Era in Louisiana Politics'' Baton Rouge: Claitor's Publishers, 1991  

^ William J. "Bill" Dodd, Peapatch Politics: The Earl Long Era in Louisiana Politics Baton Rouge: Claitor's Publishers, 1991  

^ William J. "Bill" Dodd, ''Peapatch Politics: The Earl Long Era in Louisiana Politics'' Baton Rouge: Claitor's Publishers, 1991  

^ William J. "Bill" Dodd, Peapatch Politics: The Earl Long Era in Louisiana Politics Baton Rouge: Claitor's Publishers, 1991  

^ William J. "Bill" Dodd, ''Peapatch Politics: The Earl Long Era in Louisiana Politics'' Baton Rouge: Claitor's Publishers, 1991  

^ William J. "Bill" Dodd, Peapatch Politics: The Earl Long Era in Louisiana Politics Baton Rouge: Claitor's Publishers, 1991  

^ William J. "Bill" Dodd, ''Peapatch Politics: The Earl Long Era in Louisiana Politics'' Baton Rouge: Claitor's Publishers, 1991  

^ Election Statistics, 1968, Baton Rouge: Secretary of State  

^ ''Election Statistics, 1968'', Baton Rouge: Secretary of State  

^ http://www.cawp.rutgers.edu/Facts/StbySt/LA.html  

^ http://www.cawp.rutgers.edu/Facts/StbySt/LA.html  

^ ''Shreveport Journal'', February 7, 1968  

^ ''Shreveport Journal'', February 7, 1968