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Jeffrey Dennis Sadow is an associate professor of political science at Louisiana State University in Shreveport known for his Internet writings on behalf of political conservatism and the Republican Party in Louisiana.

Education

University of Oklahoma. Vanderbilt University.

Career

In 1991 Sadow joined the LSUS faculty in Shreveport. He currently serves in the rank of associate professor Sadow said that Mitch Landrieu "promotes partisanship over policy" and seeks to undermine the Jindal administration.

Sadow"s blog urges irate readers not to contact Louisiana State University-South officials to complain about his writings because the ideas presented are his own and reflect his First Amendment rights.

Sadow has endorsed term limits for all Louisiana elected officials. Now, only the legislature, the governor and some local officials are limited in the number of terms that they can hold office consecutively.

On October 21, 1995, Sadow ran for a Shreveport seat on the Caddo Parish Commission vacated by fellow conservative Lloyd East. Lenard. However, Sadow lost to another Republican, John P. Escude (born May 16, 1958), 4,697 votes (564 percent) to 3,628 (436 percent).

Sadow was born to Ronald Dennis Sadow, formerly of New New York and the former Helen Veronica Haddock.

His father was an engineering graduate of both the University of New Hampshire and the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. His mother, a registered nurse and a graduate of Boston College, was born in Wellesley, Massachusetts, and reared in Needham. Helen Sadow"s parents, Jeff Sadow"s maternal grandparents, were Francis Oliver Haddock and the former Helen Frances Callahan.

Francis Haddock, a police office in Needham was killed in the line of duty early in 1934 while he attempted to foil a bank robbery.

Sadow has a twin brother, Jonathan Carl Sadow, a call service representative in Austin, Texas. Sadow is married to the former Deshae Elizabeth Lott, who holds a Doctor of Philosophy in English and is a specialist in American literature.

The couple resides in Bossier City. Sadow"s work is currently found on the following:

FAXNet Update (), BayouBuzz (), and PoliticsLa ().

His work also is syndicated in a few Louisiana newspapers such as the Houma Courier ().

His daily commentary on Louisiana and local politics is available at. Sadow"s periodic reports on the Louisiana State Legislature may be accessed at. His academic work may be found in several journals.

Most recently and most relevant to Louisiana politics was a contribution to the online political science journal The Forum concerning the factors behind the 2003 governor"s contest.

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Sadow supported the reelection of Senator Vitter and has often defended the administration of Republican Governor Bobby Jindal, although has been critical of Jindal on matters such as education reform, corporate welfare, and spending.