Foster Campbell
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| Member of the Louisiana Public Service Commission from the 5th district |
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Assumed office January 2003 |
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| Preceded by | Don Owen |
| Member of the Louisiana Senate from the 36th district |
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In office December 1976 – December 2002 |
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| Preceded by | Harold Montgomery |
| Succeeded by | Robert Adley |
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Foster Lonnie Campbell, Jr. January 6, 1947 Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Paula Wright (divorced) Gwen Wilhite |
| Children | 6 (1 stepchild) |
| Alma mater |
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge Northwestern State University (BA) |
Foster Lonnie Campbell, Jr. (born January 6, 1947) is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party from the U.S. state of Louisiana. Since 2003, he has been a member of the Louisiana Public Service Commission. He served in the Louisiana State Senate from 1976 to 2002 and was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Louisiana in the 2007 election against the Republican Bobby Jindal. He has also run unsuccessfully for the United States House of Representatives for Louisiana's 4th congressional district three times: in 1980, 1988, and 1990, and in 2016, was an unsuccessful candidate for the open U.S. Senate seat being vacated by incumbent David Vitter.
In 2012, Campbell became chairman of the five-member Public Service Commission. He was re-elected to a third term on the Commission in 2014.
In 2009, Campbell was inducted into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame in Winnfield.
Campbell was born in Shreveport, the son of Foster Campbell, Sr., and the former Rubye Grigsby of Bossier City, both deceased. He attended Bossier High School in Bossier City. Later, he graduated from Northwestern State University in . He also attended Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. From 1972 to 1975, he was a school teacher and agricultural products salesman. Campbell owns two insurance agencies, both of which are located in Bossier City.
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