And David Duke was shunned by Republicans, idiot
David Ernest Duke (born July 1, 1950) is an American
White nationalist, writer,
right-wing politician, and a former
Grand Wizard of the Knights of the
Ku Klux Klan,
[5][6] and former
Republican Louisiana State Representative. He was a candidate in the
Democratic presidential primaries in 1988 and the
Republican presidential primaries in 1992. Duke has unsuccessfully run for the
Louisiana State Senate,
United States Senate,
United States House of Representatives, and
Governor of Louisiana.
In 1988, Republican State Representative
Charles Cusimano of
Metairie resigned his District 89 seat to become a 24th Judicial District Court judge, and a
special election was called early in 1989 to select a successor. Duke entered the race to succeed Cusimano and faced several opponents, including fellow Republicans,
John Spier Treen, a brother of former
Governor David C. Treen, Delton Charles, a school board member, and
Roger F. Villere, Jr., who operates Villere's Florist in Metairie.
Duke finished first in the primary with 3,995 votes (33.1%).
[39] As no one received a majority of the vote in the first round, a
runoff election was required between Duke and Treen, who polled 2,277 votes (18.9%) in the first round of balloting. John Treen's candidacy was endorsed by U.S. President
George H. W. Bush, former President
Ronald Reagan, and other notable Republicans,
[40] as well as the Democrat
Victor Bussie (president of the Louisiana
AFL-CIO) and
Edward J. Steimel (president of the
Louisiana Association of Business and Industry and former director of the "good government"
think tank, the Public Affairs Research Council). Duke, however, hammered Treen on a statement the latter had made indicating a willingness to entertain higher
property taxes, anathema in that suburban district.
[41] Duke with 8,459 votes (50.7%) defeated Treen, who polled 8,232 votes (49.3%).
[42] He served in the House from 1989 until 1992.
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