Trailblazing former Louisiana Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco, whose tenure w...
FILE PHOTO: Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco speaks during an inauguration ceremony for Mayor Ray Nagin in New Orleans June 1, 2006. REUTERS/Lee Celano
Blanco, a Democrat, was the first woman elected to lead the state, serving as governor from 2004 to 2008. Blanco entered public office in 1984 as the first woman elected to represent the city of Lafayette in the state legislature, according to her official state biography. But the disastrous failure of the levees surrounding New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina and criticism of the state’s response derailed a promising political career. Deaths blamed on Katrina range from about 1,200 to more than 1,800, most along the Gulf Coast of Louisiana and Mississippi.
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