Ron Faucheux

Faucheux holds a bachelor of science degree from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. He received his juris doctor degree from Louisiana State University Law Center and his Ph.D. in political science from the University of New Orleans.[3] After graduation from Georgetown in 1972, he managed John Breaux's first successful campaign for the United States House of Representatives for Louisiana's 7th congressional district.[4]

Faucheux and his former wife, Sally, have two sons.[5]

As a young state representative, in 1977, Faucheux was the unsuccessful Democratic nominee in the special election for Louisiana's 1st congressional district for the seat vacated by Democrat Richard Alvin Tonry. Victory instead went to the Republican candidate, Bob Livingston, who polled 56,121 votes (51.2 percent) to Faucheux's 40,862 (37.3 percent), and 12,665 (11.5 percent) for the Independent candidate, Sanford Krasnoff's 12,665 (11.5 percent)[6]

In March 1982, Faucheux was the unsuccessful runoff opponent to the New Orleans mayor, Ernest Nathan Morial. In that contest, Faucheux carried the backing of Morial's predecessor, Moon Landrieu. Faucheux and another challenger, William J. Jefferson, made opposition to Morial their main campaign issue. Faucheux claimed that under Morial the New Orleans Police Department had deteriorated and crime had sharply risen. He questioned Morial's poor relations with both the New Orleans City Council and the state legislature. Jefferson accused Morial of having neglected the black community and allowing the continuation of what he termed police brutality. Both challengers claimed that Morial's sharp personality undermined his municipal leadership.

Morial emphasized the economic growth that had occurred during his first term in office and cited the development of new structures in the central business district, the construction of the New Orleans Convention Center, and industrial development in New Orleans East. He claimed to have streamlined city government. He was backed by the political organizations, Black Organization for Leadership Development and the Old Regulars. Faucheux stressed his anti-crime credentials during his legislative service. He vowed to work to transfer sales tax revenues from the state to the city. He carried the backing of the Alliance for Good Government. With Jefferson eliminated in the nonpartisan blanket primary, Faucheux lost the second round of balloting to Morial, 100,703 (53.2 percent) to 88,583 (46.8 percent).[7]

After his legislative career ended in 1984, Faucheux became involved in political punditry and for a time was the editor and publisher of Campaigns and Elections magazine. He has also been the head of government affairs for the American Institute of Architects, the Louisiana Secretary of Commerce, and beginning in January 2006, a chief of staff to Democratic former U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu.[4] Faucheux has been a campaign strategist and media consultant for 116 campaigns in 11 states. As publisher of The Political Oddsmaker, Faucheux correctly predicted the winners in 98 percent of national political campaigns between 1995 and 2005.[3] He teaches at George Washington University's Graduate School of Political Management and Georgetown University's Public Policy Institute.[4] He is president of the Clarus Research Group in Washington, D.C.[8]

He is the author of Running for Office: The Strategies, Techniques and Messages Modern Political Candidates Need to Win Elections, Winning Elections: Political Campaign Management, Strategy & Tactics, and The Debate Book: Standards and Guidelines for Sponsoring Political Debates. He has written two chapters of books by Johnson Routledge: Running for Office: The Candidate's Job Gets Tougher, More Complex and Why Clinton Lost in the Routledge Handbook on Political Management (2008) and Campaigning for President, 2008 (2009), respectively.[3] Faucheux has appeared more than 350 times on national television and formerly, was the anchor of his own cable television program.[4] His network appearances have included The News Hour with Jim Lehrer, NBC's The Today Show, and ABC's Nightline and Good Morning America.[3]

Faucheux is the owner and publisher of Lunchtime Politics. It is a daily report on political trends and polling that is distributed via e-mail to subscribers and via certusinsights.com on the Internet.[9]

In 2015, Faucheux was listed as an Independent voter in the 4th Ward of New Orleans by the office of Louisiana Secretary of State Tom Schedler.[1]

• Appearances on C-SPAN