Duke loses Louisiana;
eves national agenda
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■ x hdansinan l)■!vui l )>iki• into
landslide victory and an un
prei edenled fourth term .1 p
pealed to his sk, pin s Sunday
lor the benefit nl .1 doubt Dirk,
meanwhile look, d to .1 ‘nation
al agenda
I hope this time people w ill
iluik a! lie- less with a ; cun■
diced eye and rei rigniZiV from
time to tune 1 may have a good
though: slid Kdvsurdx. who
has is ione known as a worn
ani/.er arid gambler deft at skat
mg on the .edge of ethics and
the law
! not!a nil :eturtis gave I d•
wards til pel 1 ent id the vote in
Saturday s elei lion Nearly ! '
million of the state's mil
lion registered voters went to
the polls. .1 slatew ide ie< old 'if
pen ent turnout
Duke, a state representative
and mavem k Kepub.r in w ai
a majority ol the w hite vote dr
spite his pas! leadership'■'■■(if a
hu Mux Man group and sup
port o! \a/1 stn
"The people were told they
would lose jobs, lose tourism.
Duke said t hey were threat
ened with the loss of their live
lihood if they dared to vote for
me At tiie end. they weren't
prepared to undergo the sun
fa es they ii have had to make
or thought they d have to
make
Black leaders rejoiced al
church services Sunday, as did
business executives yy ho had
warned in television ads and
letters to employees that a Duke
election would cripple tourism,
convention business and future
major sporting events
Kdwards first three terms
were marked by s< andals. sii
much that the voters shunned
him in giving the job to
Buddy Roomer But Roomer
finished third in the ()i i lb
open primary
Kdwards t.t fs>n;> • 1 ,i
lion of wr!I■ heeled strange
bedfellows whoso -imI\ purpose
■a r ■ ,! -. : > ,L! 1)': k>■ w 1,, ■■ , i
lie drew ("nittrihut ions frompull
50 shiles
bdw a: is t.-i . ; v I'll ‘Hi : • fill
1 1 he i ,li k v ole • H fled I ’> • ■(
*• 1 parishes, similar to i minltes
iitui dominated even area ot
the stale hu! the.rural northeast
(III St) total, . ltd w ards up
pealed- lot support from Duke
voters
i want to ie! them kin w !'ni
available to them, he said
i'nt as invimis :,e they are to
make things h. Her • Seri
bod 1 blit Dot hv stepping on
someone else Race baiting,
name ra I ling, suggesting ou r
problems are the fault of some
one else, will not solve any.
thing "
Duke toid tepnrters in Hit tori
Rouge' he was deleated hi a tor
rent of money that fueled ads
and < ommetrials filled with
biased hatred and rrti.nnmu
IiI.m small
' ihe tiimiey was every
thing. Duke said I rene ti
dons power was brought to
hear against us I he money w as
out in the streets lor the hi.a k
vote m great quantities
He said he would nut rule
out a run for the president v
next year or as a i andidate tor
t ongress or both
I will he talking, thinking
about that over the next few
days," Duke said
Republicans. Deimx rats and
black leaders around the i aim
try said they were pleased a!
Duke s defeat, whom both par
ties had repudiated
Whir' wI i! ih rep ai:
National tmmitti do m '
ehrate a victory for the DelliO
i rats, w e do happily ,r i rpt tie
voters ot Louisiana s decision
to push away David Duke
said Republican National (am
nutter Chairman Clayton Vent
ter m W ashlngton
nil imi, cut rnKAi ioki m i'komji n pki si \is imi
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