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Couhig sold his pest-control company in 2001 and enrolled in the executive MBA course at Tulane in 2002.
Couhig sold his pest-control company in 2001 and enrolled in the executive MBA course at Tulane in 2002.
==Political career==
==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/>
In 1976, Couhig defected to the Republican Party. In 1977, he became the campaign coordinator for Republican [[Bob Livingston]], who for the second time sought to represent Louisiana's 1st congressional district in the [[United States House of Representatives]]. Livingston had lost in the 1976 general election to Democrat Richard Alvin Tonry. When Tonry was forced to resign because of campaign finance violations in 1977, Livingston won the seat in a [[special election]], with Couhig's backing, and served until 1999.<ref name=couhigpartners/>
In 1976, Couhig defected to the Republican Party. In 1977, he became the campaign coordinator for Republican [[Bob Livingston]], who for the second time sought to represent Louisiana's 1st congressional district in the [[United States House of Representatives]]. Livingston had lost in the 1976 general election to Democrat Richard Alvin Tonry. When Tonry was forced to resign because of campaign finance violations in 1977, Livingston won the seat in a [[special election]], with Couhig's backing, and served until 1999.<ref name=couhigpartners/>
===First run for Congress, 1980==
===First run for Congress, 1980===
In 1980, Couhig waged a failed challenge to Democratic U.S. Representative Corrine Claiborne "Lindy" Boggs of Louisiana's 2nd congressional district, popular widow of former House Majority Leader Thomas Hale Boggs, Sr. (1914-1972), of New Orleans.
In 1980, Couhig waged a failed challenge to Democratic U.S. Representative Corrine Claiborne "Lindy" Boggs of Louisiana's 2nd congressional district, popular widow of former House Majority Leader Thomas Hale Boggs, Sr. (1914-1972), of New Orleans.
===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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