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Toledano's performance was extremely weak. His best showing was a meager 30 percent in Jefferson Parish, which supported Treen for Congress and Nixon for president. In previously inclined Republican parishes Iberia and Caddo, for instance, Toledano failed to win even a fourth of the vote.
Toledano's performance was extremely weak. His best showing was a meager 30 percent in Jefferson Parish, which supported Treen for Congress and Nixon for president. In previously inclined Republican parishes Iberia and Caddo, for instance, Toledano failed to win even a fourth of the vote.
'''Judicial consideration'''
'''Judicial consideration'''
In 1982, President Ronald W. Reagan considered nominating Toledano to a vacancy on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, based in New Orleans. The civil rights lobby objected to Toledano's previous affiliation with the States' Rights Party, the Republican-majority Senate showed no enthusiasm for the choice, and Reagan never made the nomination. Ironically, in 1987, Reagan tried to place former Governor Treen on the same court, and the then Democratic Senate majority refused to consider his nomination. Toledano and Treen both had past ties to the States' Rights Party which sunk attempts to place them into federal judicial positions.
In 1982, President Ronald W. Reagan considered nominating Toledano to a vacancy on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, based in New Orleans. The civil rights lobby objected to Toledano's previous affiliation with the States' Rights Party, the Republican-majority Senate showed no enthusiasm for the choice, and Reagan never made the nomination. Ironically, in 1987, Reagan tried to place former Governor Treen on the same court, and the then Democratic Senate majority refused to consider his nomination. Toledano and Treen both had past ties to the States' Rights Party which sunk attempts to place them into federal judicial positions.
'''Moving temporarily to Virginia'''
'''Moving temporarily to Virginia'''
By the 1990s, however, the Toledanos had returned to the New Orleans area, where Ben continued his career as a lawyer, columnist, and man of letters.
By the 1990s, however, the Toledanos had returned to the New Orleans area, where Ben continued his career as a lawyer, columnist, and man of letters.
'''Paleoconservative columnist'''
'''Paleoconservative columnist'''