Public Service Commissioner
In 2002, Campbell was elected to the Public Service Commission (District 5), the statewide regulatory agency in charge of public utilities and the oil industry. He unseated popular incumbent Donald Lynn "Don" Owen, a native of Oklahoma and a former news anchorman for KSLA-TV, the CBS affiliate in Shreveport.
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