B. L. Shaw

Bernice Lorene Shaw, known as B. L. "Buddy" Shaw (September 6, 1933 – January 18, 2018), was an educator from Shreveport, Louisiana, who served as a Republican member of the Louisiana State Senate for Caddo and Bossier parishes in the northwestern corner of the state. Shaw defeated fellow Republican Billy Montgomery in the general election held on November 17, 2007, to procure the District 37 Senate seat vacated by the term-limited Max T. Malone of Shreveport. Shaw received 7,157 votes (57 percent) to Montgomery's 5,317 (43 percent)