Jeffrey D. Sadow

Jeffrey Dennis Sadow
Personal details
Born	(1962-06-24) June 24, 1962 Place of birth missing
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Deshae Elizabeth Lott Sadow
Children	No children
Parent(s)	Ronald Dennis and Helen Veronica Haddock Sadow
Residence(s)	Bossier City, Bossier Parish, Louisiana, USA
Alma mater	University of Oklahoma Vanderbilt University University of New Orleans
Occupation	Political science professor at Louisiana State University in Shreveport

Jeffrey Dennis Sadow (born June 24, 1962) 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.

Academic background

Sadow holds degrees from the University of Oklahoma at Norman, Oklahoma, Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, and the University of New Orleans.

After a stint at the University of Illinois at Springfield, he joined the LSUS faculty in Shreveport in 1991.

Political writings

On October 21, 1995, Sadow ran for a Shreveport seat on the Caddo Parish Commission. Sadow lost to another Republican, John P. Escude, 4,697 votes (56.4 percent) to 3,628 (43.6 percent).

In 2009, Chris Cillizza of The Washington Post's "The Fix" blog described Sadow's blog as "one of the best state political blogs in the nation." Sadow has been particularly critical of Democrats, such as former President Barack Obama, former Senator Mary Landrieu, her brother, former Lieutenant Governor and now mayor of New Orleans Mitch Landrieu. Sadow said that Mitch Landrieu "promotes partisanship over policy" and seeks to undermine the Jindal administration.

Sadow supported the reelection of Senator David Vitter in 2010 and Vitter's unsuccessful gubernatorial candidacy in 2015. He has often defended the administration of Republican former Governor Bobby Jindal, although has been critical of Jindal on matters such as education reform, corporate welfare, and spending.

In June 2017, Sadow wrote an article critical of two Moderate Republicans in the state legislature: Rob Shadoin, a representative from Ruston, and John Alario of Westwego, the President of the Louisiana State Senate. Alario, he contends, sends conservative legislation, such as protection for Confederate monuments, to hostile committees with Democrat majorities. This works to the advantage of Democratic Governor John Bel Edwards, as he seeks a second term in 2019 because Edwards does not have to veto popular measures to please his liberal base.

In July 2017, Sadow questioned how Louisiana Secretary of State Tom Schedler maintains faith in the integrity of elections held outside of Louisiana because Scedler's role as chief election officer applies only in his own state. Sadow suggested that Schedler considers any challenge to election integrity, no matter how potentially valid, as ultimately a loss of faith in elections officials. He urged Schedler to cooperate with the federal voter integrity probe of the Trump administration because "ensuring untainted elections is too important to politicize."

Accessing Sadow's work

Sadow's work is currently found on the following:

FAXNet Update (http://www.faxnetupdate.com), BayouBuzz (http://www.bayoubuzz.com), and PoliticsLa (http://www.politicsla.com). His work also is syndicated in a few Louisiana newspapers such as the Houma Courier (http://www.houmacourier.com).

His daily commentary on Louisiana and local politics is available at http://www.between-lines.com . Sadow's periodic reports on the Louisiana State Legislature may be accessed at http://www.laleglog.com.

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.