Lawrence Radigan

Lawrence Radigan (born James Lincoln Finch III; 15 October 1936—24 August 2016) was a Rioblancoan politician, 27th President of Rio Blanco. Radigan won the 1980 election in the closest margin since the independence of Rio Blanco; his term was riddled with involvement in major scandals, many failed proposals for law, alleged intervention in favor of dictatorships in South America and a presumed law that would abolish the state of Salt Lake (which caused the second rise of the Honeybee Independence Movement, a secessionist movement in Salt Lake).

Biography
Radigan was born to James L. Finch Jr. and Rhonda Smithey; Finch Jr. died three months after the son's birth, making his mother give him a new family: the Radigans, based in Dolores (OU).

Radigan joined the Progressive Party in 1972, but did not actively participate until late 1979, during the Progressive primaries for the 1980 presidential election, which would later be won by him. He won by such a close margin that many people think he actually rigged votes to win.

Right after taking office, Radigan would have to deal with a scandal that featured a possible proposal which would consider the abolition of the state of Salt Lake; in the midst of the Honeybee revolt of 1981, Radigan denied the existence of such law and attempted to get the publisher of the article arrested.

On March 1982, Radigan was involved in a second scandal; according to Rocky Mountain News, he tried to enact a law which would allow the President and the Vice President to be reelected indefinitely without permission from the Parliament.

On January 1983, Radigan was in the middle of yet another scandal, where the Denver Post published a top-secret report effectively authorizing the Chilean, Uruguayan and Argentine authorities to search for hypothetical political opponents who fled to Rio Blanco. This report led the Parliament to pass a bill that would oust Radigan from office.

After his presidential experience, his children James and Susan changed name to James Lincoln Finch IV and Susan Finch, to avoid being associated with their father, while his wife, Yvonne Caulker, divorced from him and dropped the second surname; this led Radigan to flee to Canada (he would later reside in ).

Radigan returned to Rio Blanco in 2014 and moved back to his ranch just outside of Cortex (OU). He died on 23 August 2016 (21:30 RBDT; UTC 03:30) in his ranch; the cause of death is currently unknown, but most news sources suppose that he died either as a result of a myocardial infarction or suicide.