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==Political activities==
==Political activities==
Couhig has been active in Louisiana politics since 1971, when at twenty-two, he served as the campaign manager<ref name=couhigpartners/> in the election of his half-brother, Sam A. LeBlanc, III, to the Louisiana House of Representatives.<ref name=couhigsrobit/> Couhig also managed LeBlanc's re-election campaign in 1975. A Democrat, LeBlanc left the legislature in 1980, when he was succeeded in House District 86 (Orleans and Jefferson parishes) by the Republican Terry W. Gee. Sam LeBlanc resides in St. Francisville with his wife, Noelle E. LeBlanc (born May 1942), a ballerina and a one-time secretary of the Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation & Tourism.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.myneworleans.com/Louisiana-Life/May-June-2012/Home-West-Feliciana-Whimsy/|author=Bonnie Warren|title=Home: West Feliciana Whimsy: Sam and Noelle LeBlanc’s touch of the French countryside|publisher=Myneworleans.com|accessdate=May 31, 2014}}</ref>Couhig's mother, Marcelle, was first married to Sam A. LeBlanc, Jr., by whom she also bore a daughter, Marcelle L. Hickey (born August 1940) of New Orleans, Rob Couhig's half-sister.<ref name=couhigsrobit/>Marcelle, then living in Donaldsonville in Ascension Parish, married the senior Robert Couhig, after the death in World War II of her first husband, Samuel LeBlanc, II.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.accessgenealogy.com/louisiana/louisiana-ww2-nmcg-casualty-list-l-surnames.htm|title=Louisiana WW2 NMCG Casualty List – L Surnames|publisher=accessgenealogy.com|accessdate=May 31, 2014}}</ref>From Marcelle's second marriage were born three more sons and another daughter.<ref name=couhigsrobit/>
Couhig has been active in Louisiana politics since 1971, when at twenty-two, he served as the campaign manager<ref name=couhigpartners/> in the election of his half-brother, Sam A. LeBlanc, III, to the Louisiana House of Representatives.<ref name=couhigsrobit/> Couhig also managed LeBlanc's re-election campaign in 1975. A Democrat, LeBlanc left the legislature in 1980, when he was succeeded in House District 86 (Orleans and Jefferson parishes) by the Republican Terry W. Gee. Sam LeBlanc resides in St. Francisville with his wife, Noelle E. LeBlanc (born May 1942), a ballerina and a one-time secretary of the Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation & Tourism.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.myneworleans.com/Louisiana-Life/May-June-2012/Home-West-Feliciana-Whimsy/|author=Bonnie Warren|title=Home: West Feliciana Whimsy: Sam and Noelle LeBlanc’s touch of the French countryside|publisher=Myneworleans.com|accessdate=May 31, 2014}}</ref>Couhig's mother, Marcelle, was first married to Sam A. LeBlanc, Jr., by whom she also bore a daughter, Marcelle L. Hickey (born August 1940) of New Orleans, Rob Couhig's half-sister.<ref name=couhigsrobit/>Marcelle, then living in Donaldsonville in Ascension Parish, married the senior Robert Couhig, after the death in World War II of her first husband, Samuel LeBlanc, II.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.accessgenealogy.com/louisiana/louisiana-ww2-nmcg-casualty-list-l-surnames.htm|title=Louisiana WW2 NMCG Casualty List – L Surnames|publisher=accessgenealogy.com|accessdate=May 31, 2014}}</ref>From Marcelle's second marriage were born three more sons and another daughter.<ref name=couhigsrobit/>
Rob Couhig's brother, Kevin H. Couhig (born October 15, 1951), the CEO of Source Capital Corp., was elected in 2013 as the first parish president of West Feliciana Parish. He defeated fellow Republican Tom 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 is an advocate of what he calls "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=
Rob Couhig's brother, Kevin H. Couhig (born October 15, 1951), the CEO of Source Capital Corp., was elected in 2013 as the first parish president of West Feliciana Parish. He defeated fellow Republican Tom 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 is an advocate of what he calls "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>
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>
Not long after his first congressional race, Couhig was the campaign manager for Republican State Representative Garey Forster, who represented the New Orleans French Quarter district from 1982 to 1997.<ref name=couhigpartners/>
Not long after his first congressional race, Couhig was the campaign manager for Republican State Representative Garey Forster, who represented the New Orleans French Quarter district from 1982 to 1997.<ref name=couhigpartners/>
===Second run for Congress, 1999===
===Second run for Congress, 1999===
Couhig ran for Congress again in the special election held on May 1, 1999, in the 1st congressional district to choose the successor to Bob Livingston, who resigned amid a sex scandal revealed when Livingston was slated to become [[Speaker]] of the House. He finished in fifth place with 5,149 votes (8 percent). Former Republican Governor [[David C. Treen]] was forced into a runoff for the seat with state Representative [[David Vitter]] who narrowly won the second round of balloting and held the seat from 1999 to 2005, when he became the state's first Republican U.S. senator since [[Reconstruction]]. Couhig was even overshadowed in the House race by the controversial Republican convert, [[David Duke]].
Couhig ran for Congress again in the special election held on May 1, 1999, in the 1st congressional district to choose the successor to Bob Livingston, who resigned amid a sex scandal revealed when Livingston was slated to become [[Speaker]] of the House. He finished in fifth place with 5,149 votes (8 percent). Former Republican Governor [[David C. Treen]] was forced into a runoff for the seat with state Representative [[David Vitter]] who narrowly won the second round of balloting and held the seat from 1999 to 2005, when he became the state's first Republican U.S. senator since [[Reconstruction]]. Couhig was even overshadowed in the House race by the controversial Republican convert, [[David Duke]].