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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Mike_Foster_(AmericanMike Foster (American politician) - Wikipedia

    Mike Foster (American politician) Murphy James Foster Jr. (July 11, 1930 – October 4, 2020) was an American businessman and politician who served as the 53rd governor of Louisiana from 1996 to 2004.

  2. www.cnn.com › 2020/10/04 › usMike Foster, former Louisiana governor, has died at 90 | CNN

    Oct 5, 2020 · He was 90. Bill Haber/AP. CNN — Murphy James “Mike” Foster, a former two-term governor of Louisiana, died Sunday, according to a statement from Gov. John Bel Edwards. He was 90. Foster, who...

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  4. www.nytimes.com › 2020/10/05 › usMike Foster, Louisiana Governor During a Lull, Dies at 90

    Oct 5, 2020 · Mike Foster, a former two-term Republican governor of Louisiana who shepherded the state through a period of relative calm — in the wake of the corruption scandals of his flamboyant...

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  5. www.wwltv.com › article › newsFormer La. Gov. Mike Foster dies at 90 | wwltv.com

    Oct 4, 2020 · NEW ORLEANS — Mike Foster, who rode a wave of popularity as a plain-speaking conservative businessman into two terms as Louisiana governor, has died. He was 90. His former spokeswoman, Marsanne ...

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  6. apnews.com › general-news-domestic-news-domestic2-term Louisiana governor Mike Foster dies at 90 | AP News

    Oct 4, 2020 · Foster was a political late-bloomer, first elected to the state Senate from south Louisiana’s St. Mary Parish as a Democrat at age 57 in 1987. Eight years later he switched to the Republican Party before launching a longshot bid to succeed retiring Gov. Edwin Edwards, a Democrat who had dominated state politics for most of three decades.

  7. www.nola.com › news › politicsRemembering Mike Foster: a 2-term Louisiana governor with a ...

    Oct 4, 2020 · Mike Foster, a businessman whose plain-speaking style and no-nonsense emphasis on solving problems regardless of partisan politics won him two elections during the 1990s to become Louisiana’s ...

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  9. www.seattletimes.com › nation-world › nation2-term Louisiana governor Mike Foster dies at 90 | The ...

    Oct 4, 2020 · The Associated Press. NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Former Louisiana Gov. Murphy J. “Mike” Foster Jr., a folksy millionaire businessman who pushed major changes in education policy and lawsuit rules...