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In his most recent venture on the ballot, Duke finished in seventh place among twenty-four candidates with 58,581 votes (3 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical|title=Election Returns|date=November 8, 2016|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=November 10, 2016}}</ref> Duke was allowed in the second of two senatorial debates in 2016 though the sixth-place finisher, retired [[United States Air Force]] Colonel [[Rob Maness]], was excluded because of low poll standings. Maness, who also ran for the Senate in 2014 against [[Bill Cassidy]] and Mary Landrieu, received 90,812 votes (5 percent) in the 2016 primary election. The former Vitter seat is now held by [[John Neely Kennedy]], a Republican former state treasurer, who defeated the Democrat Public Service Commissioner Foster Lonnie Campbell, Jr., in a runoff contest held on December 10, 2016,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/news/politics/elections/article_5bc8107e-a6d2-11e6-8011-9f0284eb23bf.html|title=Foster Campbell seen as facing steep climb in U.S. Senate race against John Kennedy|publisher=''Baton Rouge Advocate''|author=Tyler Bridges|date=November 9, 2016|accessdate=November 10, 2016}}</ref> which Kennedy handily won.
In his most recent venture on the ballot, Duke finished in seventh place among twenty-four candidates with 58,581 votes (3 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical|title=Election Returns|date=November 8, 2016|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=November 10, 2016}}</ref> Duke was allowed in the second of two senatorial debates in 2016 though the sixth-place finisher, retired [[United States Air Force]] Colonel [[Rob Maness]], was excluded because of low poll standings. Maness, who also ran for the Senate in 2014 against [[Bill Cassidy]] and Mary Landrieu, received 90,812 votes (5 percent) in the 2016 primary election. The former Vitter seat is now held by [[John Neely Kennedy]], a Republican former state treasurer, who defeated the Democrat Public Service Commissioner Foster Lonnie Campbell, Jr., in a runoff contest held on December 10, 2016,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/news/politics/elections/article_5bc8107e-a6d2-11e6-8011-9f0284eb23bf.html|title=Foster Campbell seen as facing steep climb in U.S. Senate race against John Kennedy|publisher=''Baton Rouge Advocate''|author=Tyler Bridges|date=November 9, 2016|accessdate=November 10, 2016}}</ref> which Kennedy handily won.
In 2017, Duke endorsed U.S. Representative Keith Ellison (D-MN) for DNC chairmanship among other white supremacists. He defended President Trump's press conference in 2018 following the summit with [[Russia]]n President [[Vladimir Putin]], a position counter to the elites in both parties who condemned the president's remarks about the accuracy of American intelligence agencies. "Bravo Trump! Bravo Russia! … Russia has values that America once had and America the values Communist Russia had," said Duke in his latest defense of Trump.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/stephanie_grace/article_e18d4074-8aa3-11e8-afab-6b064babc5c0.html|title=Grace Notes: David Duke once again pops up at a low moment for Trump|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=July 18, 2018|author=Stephanie Grace}}</ref>
In 2017, Duke among other white supremacists endorsed U.S. Representative Keith Ellison (D-MN) for DNC chairmanship. He defended President Trump's press conference in 2018 following the summit with [[Russia]]n President [[Vladimir Putin]], a position counter to the elites in both parties who condemned the president's remarks about the accuracy of American intelligence agencies. "Bravo Trump! Bravo Russia! … Russia has values that America once had and America the values Communist Russia had," said Duke in his latest defense of Trump.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/stephanie_grace/article_e18d4074-8aa3-11e8-afab-6b064babc5c0.html|title=Grace Notes: David Duke once again pops up at a low moment for Trump|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=July 18, 2018|author=Stephanie Grace}}</ref>
In 2019, him and his followers endorsed U.S. Representative [[Tulsi Gabbard]] (D-HI) for president of the United States after announcing her campaign to seek the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in 2020 on January 11th.
In 2019, him and his followers endorsed U.S. Representative [[Tulsi Gabbard]] (D-HI) for president of the United States after announcing her campaign to seek the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in 2020 on January 11th.