What is Buddy Leach?
{{Infobox officeholder | image name =Buddy Leach.png | image_size=180px | birth_name =Anthony Claude Leach, Jr. | birth_date={{Birth date|1934|03|30|mf=y}} | birth_place =[[Leesville, Louisiana]], U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|2022|8|6|1934|3|30}} |death_place = [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana]], U.S. | state = [[Louisiana]] | district = [[Louisiana's 4th congressional district|4th]] | term =January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1981 | preceded = [[Joe D. Waggonner]] | succeeded = [[Buddy Roemer]] | office2=Chair of the [[Louisiana Democratic Party]] | term_start2=January 31, 2010 | term_end2=April 28, 2012 | preceded2=Chris Whittington | succeeded2=[[Karen Carter Peterson]] | office3=[[Louisiana State Legislature|Louisiana State Representative from Allen, Beauregard, and Vernon parishes]] | term_start3=1968 | term_end3=1979 | term_start4=1984 | term_end4=1988 | preceded3=[[Bert Adams (Louisiana politician)|Bert A. Adams]] | succeeded3=William H. West | preceded4=William H. West | succeeded4=[[John R. Smith (politician, born 1945)|John R. Smith]] | party =[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] | religion = | occupation= Businessman; attorney | alma_mater=[[Louisiana State University]] (BA, JD) | branch=[[United States Army]] }} '''Anthony Claude Leach, Jr.''', known as '''Buddy Leach''' (March 30, 1934 &ndash; August 6, 2022) was an American businessman and Democratic politician. For one term, he was a [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] for [[Louisiana's 4th congressional district]]. He also was a member of the [[Louisiana House of Representatives]] and as chairman of the [[Louisiana Democratic Party]]. In [[2003 Louisiana gubernatorial election|2003]], he was a candidate for [[governor of Louisiana]].<ref name=Biography>{{cite web|title=Leach, Anthony Claude, Jr.|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000167|work=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=February 6, 2013}}</ref><ref name=Anderson>{{cite news |url = http://www.nola.co