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Secretary of State Fox McKeithen dies Longtime official resigned Friday By MARK F. BONNER mbonner@theadvocate.com Advocate staff writer Walter Fox McKeithen, longtime secretary of state and son of former Gov. John McKeithen, died Saturday morning at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center in Baton Rouge. He died from complications of an infection following a paralyzing accident earlier this year. He was 58. Friday, hours before his death, McKeithen resigned as secretary of state from his hospital bed. The resignation was not announced Friday. "It has been the honor of a lifetime to have served Louisiana and the great...

Secretary McKeithen Has Regained Some Feeling Feb 21, 2005, 04:26 PM CST Email to a Friend Printer Friendly Version People across the state have been praying for Secretary of State Fox McKeithen after 9 News brok the story that he was paralyzed after a fall at his home. At a news conference held in front of the State Archives building Monday afternoon, McKeithen's daughter, Marjorie McKeithen, announced that Secretary McKeithen has had some movement and feeling return to his upper body. He had surgery to stabilize his neck and doctors say it was successful. The circumstances surrounding McKeithen's injurious fall...

<p>BATON ROUGE - Just because the Republican Party has lost some hard-fought ground in recent elections is no reason to nail shut the coffin on the current state leadership, says Pat Brister, the state GOP chairman.</p> <p>But that's what a member of the opposition branch of the party wants.</p>

<p>BATON ROUGE - Republican Bobby Jindal, R-Baton Rouge, increases his lead, and there's a statistical tie for second place between Democrats Kathleen Blanco of Lafayette and Richard Ieyoub of Lake Charles in the Louisiana gubernatorial race, according to The Times/Louisiana Gannett poll.</p>

<p>BATON ROUGE - Not since 1971 have we had such a long list of gubernatorial candidates.</p> <p>That was the year there were 17 candidates on the Democratic Party primary ballot and two on the Republican primary ballot. Conducted in the same polls at the same time, one had to be a Republican to vote in the Republican primary and vice versa.</p>

La. AFL-CIO endorses Ieyoub, Landrieu, Foti John Hill Posted on July 22, 2003 BATON ROUGE - The Louisiana AFL-CIO endorses Attorney General Richard Ieyoub's bid this fall to succeed Gov. Mike Foster. Union officials announced the endorsement Monday following a closed convention Saturday during which some 200 leaders from throughout the state heard sales pitches from Ieyoub, a former Lake Charles district attorney, Lt. Gov. Kathleen Blanco of Lafayette, former Senate President Randy Ewing of Quitman and former state Rep. Claude "Buddy" Leach of Lake Charles. State AFL-CIO President Red Bourg said those four candidates for governor in the Oct....