James buddy caldwell biography
James David Caldwell Sr., known as Buddy Caldwell, is an American attorney and politician from the state of Louisiana.
James David Caldwell Sr., known as Buddy Caldwell (born May 20, ), is an American attorney and politician from the state of Louisiana.!
Buddy Caldwell
American attorney and politician
James David Caldwell Sr., known as Buddy Caldwell (born May 20, 1946), is an American attorney and politician from the state of Louisiana.
He served as Attorney General of Louisiana from 2008 to 2015.
Career
Caldwelll was elected Attorney General of Louisiana elected as a Democrat in 2007, defeating Republican Royal Alexander.[1] He became a member of the Republican Party in 2011.[2][3] Prior to his party switch, he was the only Democratic state attorney general to challenge the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).[4]
Caldwell was reelected in the 2011 Attorney General election without opposition after his sole opponent, former U.S.
Representative Joseph Cao, dropped out of the race.[4]
Caldwell lost his 2015 reelection bid to Republican Jeff Landry.[5] In 2018, the interim mayor of Tallulah, Louisiana, appointed Caldwell as interim city attorney.