Charles Foti
Charles Carmen Foti, Jr. (born November 30, 1937), is a former Democratic Attorney General of the U.S. state of Louisiana, United States. He served as his state's chief legal officer for a single term from 2004 to 2008.
Prior to becoming attorney general, Foti served for 30 years as Orleans Parish criminal sheriff. Foti secured the attorney general's office when the incumbent Democrat Richard Ieyoub of Lake Charles, ran unsuccessfully for Governor of Louisiana in the 2003 primary. Foti defeated the Republican candidate, Suzanne Haik Terrell, also of New Orleans, 689,179 votes (54 percent) to 597,917 (46 percent).
Foti finished last in the three-way nonpartisan blanket primary on October 20, 2007, after Republican lawyer, Royal Alexander of Shreveport, and the Democratic District Attorney, James D. "Buddy" Caldwell, Jr., of Tallulah. Caldwell won the general election and was sworn in to replace Foti on January 14, 2008.
Read more about Charles Foti: Education, Personal, Criticism, Electoral History
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