Dale Sittig
| Clifton Dale Sittig | |
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| Louisiana State House from District 41 (St. Landry, Acadia and Evangeline parishes) | |
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In office 1983–1995 |
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| Preceded by | Louis Dischler, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Gregory L. Fruge |
| Louisiana Public Service Commissioner | |
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In office 1995 – September 15, 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Thomas E. "Tommy" Powell, Sr. |
| Succeeded by | Pat Manuel (interim), then Clyde C. Holloway |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
July 26, 1940 Louisiana, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Celine Evelyn Broussard Sittig |
| Children |
Mitchell D. Sittig |
| Residence |
Eunice St. Landry Parish, Louisiana |
| Alma mater | Eunice High School |
| Occupation | Businessman |
Mitchell D. Sittig
Clifton Dale Sittig (born July 26, 1940) is the director of the Louisiana Offshore Terminal Authority, who previously served from 1995-2008 as a Democratic member of his state’s Public Service Commission and from 1983-1995 as a state representative from Eunice in St. Landry Parish in south Louisiana.
Sittig graduated in 1959 from Eunice High School. He was elected to the House in a special election in 1983 created by the death of incumbent Democratic Representative Louis Dischler, Jr. (1927–1983). Sittig was elected to full terms thereafter in 1983, 1987, and 1991, having hence served from 1983-1995. In the fall of 1992, Sittig challenged fellow Democratic Public Safety Commissioner Thomas E. "Tommy" Powell, Sr. (1924–2005), of Eunice in the District IV race, but he but lost by 354 votes out of some 283,000 cast. Powell received 141,894 (50.06 percent) to Sittig’s 141,540 (49.94 percent). Powell, a Eunice petroleum dealer allied with the late U.S. Senator Russell B. Long, was one of the original PSC members elected when the membership was enlarged in 1975 from three to five members.
Powell resigned from the commission midway in his last term, and Sittig won the 1995 special election to succeed him. In that contest, Sittig defeated State Senator Joe McPherson of Rapides Parish in central Louisiana. Sittig led with 141,473 votes (52.8 percent) to McPherson’s 126,452 (47.2 percent). In making the PSC race, McPherson forfeited his Senate seat, but he reclaimed it in the 1999 election by defeating Republican State Representative Randy Wiggins of Rapides Parish. When Sittig joined the PSC, his House seat went Republican, with the election of Gregory L. Fruge, also of Eunice.
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