Businessman Jim Harlan is a rarity among Democratic congressional candidates: a successful businessman, a centrist and an experienced policy wonk all at once. A chemical engineer by training, he helped craft federal energy policy while working for Presidents Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter. He then made his fortune in the private sector. He has since sold his businesses and now offers himself for public service again " this time as a candidate for Congress.

We have the opportunity to send the right person to represent us in the United States Congress -- Jim Harlan, a successful, well-educated energy entrepreneur who is qualified to bring innovative common sense to Washington, and lead in the fight for affordable energy for America.

Harlan favors "onshore" drilling and the smart use of our abundance of energy resources, a program that has the added benefit of producing good Louisiana jobs.