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| − | |name=Kathleen Babineaux Blanco | + | |name=Kathleen Marie Babineaux Blanco |
|image=Kathleen Blanco.jpg | |image=Kathleen Blanco.jpg | ||
|office=54th [[Governor]] of [[Louisiana]] | |office=54th [[Governor]] of [[Louisiana]] | ||
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|term_start2=January 8, 1996 | |term_start2=January 8, 1996 | ||
|term_end2=January 12, 2004 | |term_end2=January 12, 2004 | ||
| − | |predecessor2=Melinda Schwegmann | + | |predecessor2=[[Melinda Schwegmann]] |
|successor2=[[Mitch Landrieu]] | |successor2=[[Mitch Landrieu]] | ||
|office3=Louisiana Public Service Commissioner for the 2nd district | |office3=Louisiana Public Service Commissioner for the 2nd district | ||
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|term_end4=1989 | |term_end4=1989 | ||
|predecessor4=J. Luke LeBlanc | |predecessor4=J. Luke LeBlanc | ||
| − | |successor4=Jerry Luke LeBlanc | + | |successor4=[[Jerry Luke LeBlanc]] |
|birth_date=December 15, 1942 | |birth_date=December 15, 1942 | ||
|birth_place=New Iberia, Louisiana | |birth_place=New Iberia, Louisiana | ||
|death_date=August 18, 2019 (aged 76) | |death_date=August 18, 2019 (aged 76) | ||
|death_place=[[Lafayette]], Louisiana | |death_place=[[Lafayette]], Louisiana | ||
| − | |resting_place= | + | |resting_place=Saint Charles Borromeo Cemetery in Grand Coteau in St. Landry Parish |
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]] | |party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]] | ||
|religion=[[Roman Catholic]] | |religion=[[Roman Catholic]] | ||
| − | |spouse=Raymond Blanco | + | |spouse=Raymond Blanco (married 1964-2019, her death) |
| − | |children=Six children | + | |children=Six children<br> |
| + | '''Parents''':<br> | ||
| + | Leopold Louis, Sr. (1917-2001), and Lucille Fremin Babineaux (1919-2022) | ||
|alma_mater=Mount Carmel Academy (defunct)<br>University of Louisiana at Lafayette | |alma_mater=Mount Carmel Academy (defunct)<br>University of Louisiana at Lafayette | ||
}} | }} | ||
| − | '''Kathleen Babineaux Blanco''' (December 15, 1942 – August 18, 2019) was a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[politician]] from her native [[Louisiana]], who holds four first designations for women in her state. Not only was she the state's first woman [[governor]], with service from 2004 to 2008, but the first woman lieutenant governor, the first woman public service commissioner and the first woman PSC chairman, and the first woman from [[Lafayette]] elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives. She never lost an election. | + | '''Kathleen Marie Babineaux Blanco''' (December 15, 1942 – August 18, 2019)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/202265090/kathleen-blanco|title=Kathleen Blanco|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=May 20, 2020}}</ref> was a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[politician]] from her native [[Louisiana]], who holds four first designations for women in her state. Not only was she the state's first woman [[governor]], with service from 2004 to 2008, but the first woman lieutenant governor, the first woman public service commissioner and the first woman PSC chairman, and the first woman from [[Lafayette]] elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives. She never lost an election. |
| − | Her one term as governor is remembered largely for criticism that she and her fellow Democrat, [[Mayor]] [[Ray Nagin]] of [[New Orleans]] received about the relief efforts following [[Hurricane Katrina]] in August 2005. In the 2003, general election, she defeated [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[U.S. Representative]] [[Bobby Jindal]]. In 2007, Blanco declined to seek reelection, and Jindal easily won the governorship over the Democrat Foster Campbell, a member of the same regulatory agency, the Louisiana Public Service Commission, on which Blanco served from 1989 to 1996. | + | To win her seat on the Public Service Commission in 1988, Blanco handily defeated a [[Republican Party|Republican]], [[Kernan "Skip" Hand]] of Kenner in Jefferson Parish. She similarly crushed Republican state Representative [[Suzanne Mayfield Krieger]] in the race for lieutenant governor in 1995. Her one term as governor is remembered largely for criticism that she and her fellow Democrat, [[Mayor]] [[Ray Nagin]] of [[New Orleans]] received about the relief efforts following [[Hurricane Katrina]] in August 2005. In the 2003, general election, she defeated [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[U.S. Representative]] [[Bobby Jindal]]. In 2007, Blanco declined to seek reelection, and Jindal easily won the governorship over the Democrat Foster Campbell, a member of the same regulatory agency, the Louisiana Public Service Commission, on which Blanco served from 1989 to 1996. |
As lieutenant governor, Blanco did not preside over the state Senate, as is the practice in many other states but instead directed activities of the state's tourism office. | As lieutenant governor, Blanco did not preside over the state Senate, as is the practice in many other states but instead directed activities of the state's tourism office. | ||
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A native of New Iberia in Iberia Parish, Blanco lived in [[Lafayette]] with her husband, Raymond, a former footvball coach and educator. After attending the defunct Mount Carmel Academy, a [[Roman Catholic]] girls' school in Iberia Parish, she graduated with a degree in business education from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and taught briefly at Breaux Bridge High School. She had six children. | A native of New Iberia in Iberia Parish, Blanco lived in [[Lafayette]] with her husband, Raymond, a former footvball coach and educator. After attending the defunct Mount Carmel Academy, a [[Roman Catholic]] girls' school in Iberia Parish, she graduated with a degree in business education from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and taught briefly at Breaux Bridge High School. She had six children. | ||
| − | On December 10, 2017, Blanco confirmed that she is gravely ill from ocular melanoma, a rare form of [[cancer]], first treated in 2011, but which has metastasized to her liver. "I am in a fight for my own life, one that will be difficult to win," she said in a statement to Louisiana newspapers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/story/news/2017/12/10/former-gov-blanco-gravely-ill-fighting-life/934325001/|title=Former Gov. Blanco gravely ill, fighting for life|author=[[Greg Hilburn]]|publisher='' | + | On December 10, 2017, Blanco confirmed that she is gravely ill from ocular melanoma, a rare form of [[cancer]], first treated in 2011, but which has metastasized to her liver. "I am in a fight for my own life, one that will be difficult to win," she said in a statement to Louisiana newspapers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/story/news/2017/12/10/former-gov-blanco-gravely-ill-fighting-life/934325001/|title=Former Gov. Blanco gravely ill, fighting for life|author=[[Greg Hilburn]]|publisher=''[[Alexandria Town Talk]]''|date=December 10, 2017}}</ref> |
In April 2019, Blanco entered [[hospice]] care.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/2019/04/17/breaking-gov-blanco-enters-hospice-care/3495231002/ | In April 2019, Blanco entered [[hospice]] care.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/2019/04/17/breaking-gov-blanco-enters-hospice-care/3495231002/ | ||
| − | |title=Gov. Kathleen Blanco enters hospice care|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|author=Greg Hilburn|date=April 17, 2019|accessdate=April 18, 2019}}</ref> She died four months later. | + | |title=Gov. Kathleen Blanco enters hospice care|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|author=Greg Hilburn|date=April 17, 2019|accessdate=April 18, 2019}}</ref> She died four months later. Her husband, Raymondo Blanco (1935-2022), was a long-time coach and administrator at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/raymond-blanco-husband-of-former-gov-kathleen-blanco-dies/article_28d5778c-3e38-5b6b-969d-793a16188b40.html|title= Raymond Blanco, former coach, dean of students, husband of Gov. Kathleen Blanco, dies at 87|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=November 20, 2022}}</ref> |
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:16, November 20, 2022
| Kathleen Marie Babineaux Blanco | |
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| In office January 12, 2004 – January 14, 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Murphy J. "Mike" Foster, Jr. |
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| Succeeded by | Bobby Jindal |
50th Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana
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| In office January 8, 1996 – January 12, 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Melinda Schwegmann |
| Succeeded by | Mitch Landrieu |
Louisiana Public Service Commissioner for the 2nd district
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| In office 1989–1996 | |
| Succeeded by | Jimmy Field |
Louisiana State Representative for District 45 (Lafayette Parish)
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| In office 1984–1989 | |
| Preceded by | J. Luke LeBlanc |
| Succeeded by | Jerry Luke LeBlanc |
| Born | December 15, 1942 New Iberia, Louisiana |
| Died | August 18, 2019 (aged 76) Lafayette, Louisiana |
| Resting place | Saint Charles Borromeo Cemetery in Grand Coteau in St. Landry Parish |
| Political party | Democrat |
| Spouse(s) | Raymond Blanco (married 1964-2019, her death) |
| Children | Six children Parents: |
| Alma mater | Mount Carmel Academy (defunct) University of Louisiana at Lafayette |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Kathleen Marie Babineaux Blanco (December 15, 1942 – August 18, 2019)[1] was a Democratic politician from her native Louisiana, who holds four first designations for women in her state. Not only was she the state's first woman governor, with service from 2004 to 2008, but the first woman lieutenant governor, the first woman public service commissioner and the first woman PSC chairman, and the first woman from Lafayette elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives. She never lost an election.
To win her seat on the Public Service Commission in 1988, Blanco handily defeated a Republican, Kernan "Skip" Hand of Kenner in Jefferson Parish. She similarly crushed Republican state Representative Suzanne Mayfield Krieger in the race for lieutenant governor in 1995. Her one term as governor is remembered largely for criticism that she and her fellow Democrat, Mayor Ray Nagin of New Orleans received about the relief efforts following Hurricane Katrina in August 2005. In the 2003, general election, she defeated Republican U.S. Representative Bobby Jindal. In 2007, Blanco declined to seek reelection, and Jindal easily won the governorship over the Democrat Foster Campbell, a member of the same regulatory agency, the Louisiana Public Service Commission, on which Blanco served from 1989 to 1996.
As lieutenant governor, Blanco did not preside over the state Senate, as is the practice in many other states but instead directed activities of the state's tourism office.
A native of New Iberia in Iberia Parish, Blanco lived in Lafayette with her husband, Raymond, a former footvball coach and educator. After attending the defunct Mount Carmel Academy, a Roman Catholic girls' school in Iberia Parish, she graduated with a degree in business education from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and taught briefly at Breaux Bridge High School. She had six children.
On December 10, 2017, Blanco confirmed that she is gravely ill from ocular melanoma, a rare form of cancer, first treated in 2011, but which has metastasized to her liver. "I am in a fight for my own life, one that will be difficult to win," she said in a statement to Louisiana newspapers.[2]
In April 2019, Blanco entered hospice care.[3] She died four months later. Her husband, Raymondo Blanco (1935-2022), was a long-time coach and administrator at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.[4]
See also
- Bob Mann, Blanco's former press secretary
References
- ↑ Kathleen Blanco. Findagrave.com. Retrieved on May 20, 2020.
- ↑ Greg Hilburn (December 10, 2017). Former Gov. Blanco gravely ill, fighting for life. Alexandria Town Talk.
- ↑ Greg Hilburn (April 17, 2019). Gov. Kathleen Blanco enters hospice care. The Shreveport Times. Retrieved on April 18, 2019.
- ↑ Raymond Blanco, former coach, dean of students, husband of Gov. Kathleen Blanco, dies at 87. The Baton Rouge Advocate (November 20, 2022).
