'''Benjamin Casanas Toledano''', known as '''Ben C. Toledano''' (born September 17, 1932 – November 6, 2021), was a [[paleoconservative]] [[author]], activist, and [[attorney]] who was the unsuccessful [[Republican Party|Republican]] nominee for [[mayor]] of his native [[New Orleans]] in 1970 and for the U.S. Senate seat from [[Louisiana]] in 1972, a post now filled by [[Moderate Republican]] [[Bill Cassidy]]. | '''Benjamin Casanas Toledano''', known as '''Ben C. Toledano''' (born September 17, 1932 – November 6, 2021), was a [[paleoconservative]] [[author]], activist, and [[attorney]] who was the unsuccessful [[Republican Party|Republican]] nominee for [[mayor]] of his native [[New Orleans]] in 1970 and for the U.S. Senate seat from [[Louisiana]] in 1972, a post now filled by [[Moderate Republican]] [[Bill Cassidy]]. |