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==Running for state auditor, 1952==
==Running for state auditor, 1952==
In 1952, Fowler ran unsuccessfully for state auditor on the intra-party [[Governor|gubernatorial]] ticket headed by [[U.S. Representative]] Thomas Hale Boggs, Sr., of New Orleans.<ref>''Minden Press,'' December 28, 1951, p. 1.</ref> The incumbent L. B. Baynard in turn lost the runoff election to [[Allison Kolb]], the choice of the successful candidate for governor, [[Robert F. Kennon]] of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]].
In 1952, Fowler ran unsuccessfully for state auditor on the intra-party [[Governor|gubernatorial]] ticket headed by [[U.S. Representative]] [[Hale Boggs]] of New Orleans.<ref>''Minden Press,'' December 28, 1951, p. 1.</ref> The incumbent L. B. Baynard in turn lost the runoff election to [[Allison Kolb]], the choice of the successful candidate for governor, [[Robert F. Kennon]] of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]].
In 1956, Fowler, a particular favorite of Earl Long's wife, Blanche Revere Long, ran again for state auditor but was defeated in the primary by [[Bill Dodd]], who had served as lieutenant governor under Earl Long from 1948 to 1952. Also in that race was the incumbent [[Allison Kolb]], who in 1967 defected to the [[Republican Party]] and ran unsuccessfully for state treasurer on February 6, 1968. The Long faction was divided over whether to back Fowler or Dodd for auditor.
In 1956, Fowler, a particular favorite of Earl Long's wife, Blanche Revere Long, ran again for state auditor but was defeated in the primary by [[Bill Dodd]], who had served as lieutenant governor under Earl Long from 1948 to 1952. Also in that race was the incumbent [[Allison Kolb]], who in 1967 defected to the [[Republican Party]] and ran unsuccessfully for state treasurer on February 6, 1968. The Long faction was divided over whether to back Fowler or Dodd for auditor.