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'''Robert Emmet Couhig, Jr.''', known as '''Rob Couhig''' (born April 20, 1949), is an [[attorney]], [[business]]man, entrepreneur, [[Republican Party|Republican]] political activist, and a former radio [[talk show]] host from his native [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]]. His last political foray was into the 2010 [[mayor]]al election in New Orleans.
'''Robert Emmet Couhig, Jr.''', known as '''Rob Couhig''' (born April 20, 1949), is an [[attorney]], [[business]]man, entrepreneur, [[Republican Party|Republican]] political activist, and a former [[radio]] talk show host from his native [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]]. His last political foray was into the 2010 [[mayor]]al election in New Orleans.
A former partner of the Adams and Reese law firm, Couhig now leads Couhig Partners. He has twice been a candidate for the [[United States House of Representatives]]. A persistent Republican in a heavily [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] city, he was defeated in a race for mayor of New Orleans in the spring of 2006 by the incumbent, [[C. Ray Nagin]]. He is also known for bringing to the city the [[minor league baseball]] team, the New Orleans Zephyrs.
A former partner of the Adams and Reese law firm, Couhig now leads Couhig Partners. He has twice been a candidate for the [[United States House of Representatives]]. A persistent Republican in a heavily [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] city, he was defeated in a race for mayor of New Orleans in the spring of 2006 by the incumbent, [[C. Ray Nagin]]. He is also known for bringing to the city the [[minor league baseball]] team, the New Orleans Zephyrs.
==Background==
==Background==
Couhig was born at [[John Ochsner|Ochsner Baptist Medical Center]] to Robert Emmet "Bob" Couhig, Sr. (1916-2014), and the former Marcelle "Nootsie" Reese (1916-1985). His mother's brother, Couhig's uncle, was [[George Reese]], a pioneer in the establishment of a viable Republican Party in Louisiana. The senior Couhig after [[World War II]] came to New Orleans from [[Massachusetts]]. He was hired by the Orkin Company to manage two area pest-control offices and became the top executive of a four-state territory. In that position, he moved the Orkin central office from New Orleans to [[Baton Rouge]]. In the mid-1960s, Rollins Environmental Services, Inc., bought Orkin and transferred Couhig to its office in [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia]]. After a year-long relocation to Georgia, Couhig left the company and moved his family to St. Francisville in West Feliciana Parish north of [[Baton Rouge]]. Bob and Marcelle Couhig were pioneers in the promotion of [[tourism]] in both West and East Feliciana parishes. In 1962, they opened Fairview Plantation, a restaurant and gift shop in an historic home in West Feliciana Parish. After Fairview burned, they established in 1966 in Jackson, Louisiana, the Asphodel Village, one of the first bed and breakfasts in the state. The Couhigs lived in one part of Asphodel Plantation and until the later 1980s operated a restaurant and gift shop in the other part of the house. Marcelle in 1980 published the popular ''Asphodel Plantation Cookbook'' with regional specialties. In 1967, the senior Couhig formed his own Couhig Pestaway Company, based in Baton Rouge, which he operated until he was in his middle eighties.<ref name=couhigsrobit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=robert-e-couhig-bob&pid=171165165#sthash.TKjpLoSb.dpuf|title=Robert E. "Bob" Couhig, Sr. obituary|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|accessdate=May 30, 2014}}</ref>
Couhig was born at [[John Ochsner|Ochsner Baptist Medical Center]] to Robert Emmet "Bob" Couhig, Sr. (1916-2014), and the former Marcelle "Nootsie" Reese (1916-1985). His mother's brother, Couhig's uncle, was [[George Reese]], a pioneer in the establishment of a viable Republican Party in Louisiana. The senior Couhig after [[World War II]] came to New Orleans from [[Massachusetts]]. He was hired by the Orkin Company to manage two area pest-control offices and became the top executive of a four-state territory. In that position, he moved the Orkin central office from New Orleans to [[Baton Rouge]]. In the mid-1960s, Rollins Environmental Services, Inc., bought Orkin and transferred Couhig to its office in [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia]]. After a year-long relocation to Georgia, Couhig left the company and moved his family to St. Francisville in West Feliciana Parish north of [[Baton Rouge]]. Bob and Marcelle Couhig were pioneers in the promotion of [[tourism]] in both West and East Feliciana parishes. In 1962, they opened Fairview Plantation, a restaurant and gift shop in an historic home in West Feliciana Parish. After Fairview burned, they established in 1966 in Jackson, Louisiana, the Asphodel Village, one of the first bed and breakfasts in the state. The Couhigs lived in one part of Asphodel Plantation and until the later 1980s operated a restaurant and gift shop in the other part of the house. Marcelle in 1980 published the popular ''Asphodel Plantation Cookbook'' with regional specialties. In 1967, the senior Couhig formed his own Couhig Pestaway Company, based in Baton Rouge, which he operated until he was in his middle eighties.<ref name=couhigsrobit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=robert-e-couhig-bob&pid=171165165#sthash.TKjpLoSb.dpuf|title=Robert E. "Bob" Couhig, Sr. obituary|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|accessdate=May 30, 2014}}</ref>
===Run for mayor, 2010===
===Run for mayor, 2010===
In December 2009, Couhig announced his candidacy in the 2010 New Orleans mayoral election.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fox8live.com/news/local/story/Couhig-enters-mayors-race-through-cyber-gateway/-7dk4dVf7Emyw6NFkgq1WQ.cspx|title=. He finished fourth, with 5 percent of vote. The race was won by the Democrat Mitch Landrieu, who received 65 percent of the vote. Couhig's half-brother, Sam LeBlanc, had run for mayor in 1986 and finished with 25 percent of the vote, a strong third-place showing in a multi-candidate primary field,<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, February 1, 1986.</ref> but victory in the runoff that year went to the African-American Democrat Sidney Barthelemy.
In December 2009, Couhig announced his candidacy in the 2010 New Orleans mayoral election.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fox8live.com/news/local/story/Couhig-enters-mayors-race-through-cyber-gateway/-7dk4dVf7Emyw6NFkgq1WQ.cspx|title=. He finished fourth, with 5 percent of vote. The race was won by the Democrat Mitch Landrieu, who received 65 percent of the vote. Couhig's half-brother, Sam LeBlanc, had run for mayor in 1986 and finished with 25 percent of the vote, a strong third-place showing in a multi-candidate primary field,<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, February 1, 1986.</ref> but victory in the runoff that year went to the African-American Democrat Sidney Barthelemy.
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