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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, a retired attorney, 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. 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/>Then living in Donaldsonville in Ascension Parish, Marcelle 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, a retired attorney, 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. 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/>Then living in Donaldsonville in Ascension Parish, Marcelle 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 Hearsey Couhig (1951-2025), was the CEO of Source Capital Corp. He was elected in 2013 and reelected in 2017 as the first parish president of West Feliciana Parish. He died at his vacation home in Cashiers, [[North Carolina]].<ref>{{cite web|url=

Rob Couhig's brother, Kevin Hearsey Couhig (1951-2025), was the CEO of Source Capital Corp. and a former assistant secretary of commerce who led the state's economic development programs. He was elected in 2013 and reelected in 2017 as the first parish president of West Feliciana Parish. He died at his vacation home in Cashiers, [[North Carolina]].<ref>{{cite web|url=

https://obituaries.theadvocate.com/obituary/kevin-couhig-1092969617|title=Kevin Couhig obituary|publisher=''Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=July 3, 2025}}</ref> Kevin Couhig defeated fellow Republican [[Tom McVea|Thomas Houston 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 advocated "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>​

https://obituaries.theadvocate.com/obituary/kevin-couhig-1092969617|title=Kevin Couhig obituary|publisher=''Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=July 3, 2025}}</ref> Kevin Couhig defeated fellow Republican [[Tom McVea|Thomas Houston 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 advocated "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>​