Walter Boasso

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Full Name	Walter Boasso
Date Of Birth	May 10, 1960(1960-05-10)
Age	64
Birthplace	Arabi
Country	United States
Birth City	Louisiana
Horoscope	Taurus

Walter Boasso Biography

Walter Boasso is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on May 10, 1960 in Arabi, Louisiana, United States. Walter Joseph Boasso (born May 10 1960) is an American businessman and Democratic former state senator from Chalmette which is which is the capital for St. Bernard Parish in south Louisiana. The incumbent was defeated his bid for governor in the October 20 2007 non-partisan blanket primary, by Republican Bobby Jindal. Boasso got 47 percent of votes in his home state of St. Bernard Parish, the only plurality vote in any of the sixty-four parishes in the state. From 2004 until the year 2008 Boasso served in Senate District 1 that includes portions of Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard along with St. Tammany parishes, some of which had suffered destruction from Hurricane Katrina.

Boasso was praised by the media for his response tragedy which struck his community in the early first day of August the 29th of August, 2005. Katrina created a tidal flood of 25-30 feet high which flooded St. Bernard Parish in only a couple of minutes. Boasso was located in Baton Rouge at the time and upon being informed of the incident, he returned the parish before the wind were completely gone. He stayed for the next few weeks providing supplies, including energy, foods, medicine and even transport for the local parish. A lot of residents in the parish said the Boasso as well as Democratic at the time U.S. Representative Charlie Melancon of Louisiana’s 3rd congressional district were almost the sole source of assistance for the parish. The coverage of the media was towards New Orleans alone. Boasso said the fact that emergency responders from Canada were already in the parish long before any state response arrived. Boasso continues to press for help in support of St. Bernard Parish and has stated the parish that Boasso America will continue to be in operation there.

To that end, on April 26, 2007, Boasso formally switched parties again. In addition to Jindal, he was forced to contend with rival Democrat Foster Campbell, of Bossier City in Bossier Parish, a member of the Louisiana Public Service Commission. Campbell ran again for statewide office in 2016, when the lost a race for the United States Senate seat vacated by Republican David Vitter to another Republican, John Neely Kennedy, the former Louisiana state treasurer.

On February 6, 2007, Boasso announced his plans to run in the primary for the governor. He faced opposition from the Republican U.S. Representative Bobby Jindal, who then represented Louisiana’s 1st congressional district in suburban New Orleans. After the decision by Louisiana Republicans to endorse Jindal, Boasso was approached about running for governor as a Democrat.

The year 1996 was the one when Boasso was elected to succeed the Republican state senator Lynn Dean of Plaquemines Parish. After Boasso’s resignation the seat was returned to Republican control. In the primary election of 2007 state representative A. G. Crowe from Pearl River defeated the Democrat Kenneth L. Odinet Sr. 11 625 (52 percentage) against 10,811 (48 percent). After the year 2008 Odinet made the switch into his Republican Party in an unsuccessful run to run for Louisiana Public Service Commission.

Walter Boasso Net Worth

Walter Boasso is one of the richest Politician from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Walter Boasso 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

A long-time residents from St. Bernard Parish, Boasso graduated from Chalmette High School in 1978. He earned a Bachelor of Administration in Business Administration in the University of New Orleans. He started his own business cleaning storage tanks in the summer holidays. He soon established a large corporation, Boasso America. Boasso America is still headquartered at St. Bernard Parish and employs hundreds of employees across several states. He described the company as being founded “with a brush and a bucket of Tide.” Boasso America Corp., was transferred to an Florida company called Quality Distribution, Inc. with a 60 million profit. Boasso America Corp. is still present within South Louisiana.

As originally a Democrat, Boasso switched to the Republican Party in the mid 1990s. He was appointed Chairman of the Port of New Orleans Authority Board of Commissioners in 2001, and was elected for the State Senate at the end of 2003.

Seven weeks after Hurricane Katrina, Boasso proposed SB95 that would eliminate seven local levee boards in Greater New Orleans and replace them with one board. His bill was heavily backed by local business leaders. The bill failed, but a similar version passed in a special session in early 2006. Before Katrina, the Governor selected levee board commissioners. After Boasso’s bill passed, a local blue ribbon committee selects who serves.

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Walter Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Walter Boasso celebrates birthday on May 10 of every year.