Block, Upload, Automoderated users, edit, move, protect, rollback
57,799
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Line 43:
Line 43: − + +
→Other campaigns
Breaux ran third again in the 1976 primary for the mayor-presidency, having finished with 21.7 percent to the incumbent Democratic Mayor-President [[Woodrow Wilson Dumas]], who nearly prevailed outright with 47.3 percent of the ballots. The second-place candidate was the outgoing Democratic mayor of neighboring Baker, [[Pete Heine]], who polled 27 percent in the primary.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election returns for August 14, 1976.</ref> While he was seeking the Republican presidential nomination in 1976, former [[California]] [[Governor]] [[Ronald W. Reagan]] came to Baton Rouge to campaign for Breaux. In that campaign stop, Reagan likened himself to an "honorary Cajun coonass." Breaux was of [[Cajun]] descent.<ref>"Reagan hits nerve with 'coonass' comment", ''Minden Press-Herald'', May 7, 1976, p. 1.</ref>
Breaux ran third again in the 1976 primary for the mayor-presidency, having finished with 21.7 percent to the incumbent Democratic Mayor-President [[Woodrow Wilson Dumas]], who nearly prevailed outright with 47.3 percent of the ballots. The second-place candidate was the outgoing Democratic mayor of neighboring Baker, [[Pete Heine]], who polled 27 percent in the primary.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election returns for August 14, 1976.</ref> While he was seeking the Republican presidential nomination in 1976, former [[California]] [[Governor]] [[Ronald W. Reagan]] came to Baton Rouge to campaign for Breaux. In that campaign stop, Reagan likened himself to an "honorary Cajun coonass." Breaux was of [[Cajun]] descent.<ref>"Reagan hits nerve with 'coonass' comment", ''Minden Press-Herald'', May 7, 1976, p. 1.</ref>
In 2001, a Baker Republican, Bobby Simpson, became mayor-president, but he was unseated after one term in 2004 by the [[African American]] Democrat [[Kip Holden]], a former state representative. Simpson had succeeded a Democrat-turned-Republican Tom Ed McHugh, in office for three terms as mayor-president from 1989 to 2001 and later the executive director of the Louisiana Municipal Association.
In 2001, a Baker Republican, Bobby Simpson, became mayor-president, but he was unseated after one term in 2004 by the [[African American]] Democrat Kip Holden, a former state representative. Simpson had succeeded a Democrat-turned-Republican Tom Ed McHugh, in office for three terms as mayor-president from 1989 to 2001 and later the executive director of the Louisiana Municipal Association.
Breaux hence started the path which made possible the future breakthroughs by the Republicans Litchfield and Simpson.
Breaux hence started the path which made possible the future breakthroughs by the Republicans Litchfield and Simpson.
==Legacy==
==Legacy==