R-Gonzales; A.G. Crowe, R-Slidell; Dale Erdey, R-Livingston; Bob Kostelka, R-Monroe; Gerald Long, R-Winnfield; Jonathan Perry, R-Kaplan; Neil Riser, R-Columbia; John Smith, R-Leesville; Francis Thompson, R-Delhi; Mike Walsworth, R-West Monroe; Rick Ward, R-Port Allen; and Bodi White, R-Baton Rouge.
"He had a machine. Everybody wanted Bob Odom's support," said Sen. Francis Thompson, a long-time Odom ally and current chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee. "He had tentacles in every hamlet in Louisiana."
State Sen. Francis Thompson, D-Delhi, who helped recruit the plant, said he fears a unionized workforce would jeopardize further expansion in the region from both ConAgra and other potential companies.