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[[American Nazi Party]] (pre-1975),<ref>http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1991-12-05/news/1991339014_1_david-duke-duke-called-duke-announced</ref><br> [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] (1975-1988),<br> [[Republican Party|Republican]] (1989-1999; 2016),<br> [[Reform Party]] (1999-2001)

[[American Nazi Party]] (pre-1975),<ref>http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1991-12-05/news/1991339014_1_david-duke-duke-called-duke-announced</ref><br> [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] (1975-1988),<br> [[Republican Party|Republican]] (1989-1999; 2016),<br> [[Reform Party]] (1999-2001)

|spouse=Chloê Eleanor Hardin (m. 1974–1984, divorced)

|spouse=Chloê Eleanor Hardin (m. 1974–1984, divorced)

|religion=[[Christian]]

|religion=[[XINO]]

|office=Louisiana State Representative<br> for District 81 (Jefferson Parish)

|office=Louisiana State Representative<br> for District 81 (Jefferson Parish)

|term_start=February 18, 1989

|term_start=February 18, 1989

|term_end=January 13, 1992

|term_end=January 13, 1992

|preceded = Charles Cusimano

|preceded=[[Charles Cusimano]]

|succeeded= [[David Vitter]]

|succeeded= [[David Vitter]]

}}

}}

'''David Ernest Duke''' (born July 1, 1950, in [[Tulsa]], [[Oklahoma]]) is a [[white supremacist]], a former Grand Wizard of the [[Ku Klux Klan]],<ref>[http://www.adl.org/poisoning_web/duke.asp David Duke: White Revolution on the Internet].</ref> and from 1989 to 1992 a [[Louisiana]] state representative for District 81 in Jefferson Parish in [[suburb]]an [[New Orleans]]. Duke has run for office as a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], as a [[Republican Party|Republican]], and for the 1988 presidential nomination of the [[Democratic Party]]. He also briefly held membership in [[Ross Perot]]'s [[Reform Party]].

'''David Ernest Duke''' (born July 1, 1950, in [[Tulsa]], [[Oklahoma]]) is an American Neo Nazi, White Supremacist, former Grand Wizard of the [[Ku Klux Klan]],<ref>[http://www.adl.org/poisoning_web/duke.asp David Duke: White Revolution on the Internet].</ref> and from 1989 to 1992 a [[Louisiana]] state representative for District 81 in Jefferson Parish in [[suburb|suburban]] [[New Orleans]]. Duke has run for office as a [[Democrat]], as a [[Republican Party|Republican]], and for the 1988 presidential nomination of the [[Democratic Party|Democrat Party]]. He also briefly held membership in [[Ross Perot]]'s [[Reform Party]].

Duke is an ardent supporter of [[Minnesota]] Democrat [[Congresswoman]] [[Ilhan Omar]]<ref>https://twitter.com/DrDavidDuke/status/1103710728064847877/</ref> and endorsed Democrat Rep. [[Tulsi Gabbard]] for president.

Duke is an ardent supporter of [[Minnesota]] Democrat [[Congresswoman]] [[Ilhan Omar]].<ref>https://twitter.com/DrDavidDuke/status/1103710728064847877/</ref>

Duke first surfaced to national attention when he was elected in 1989 to the state House of Representatives for Jefferson Parish. The next year he ran unsuccessfully for the [[United States Senate]]. In 1991, he lost the governor's race to Democrat [[Edwin Edwards]], who easily secured his fourth nonconsecutive term in the position. In that contest, Edward supporters used posters saying, "Vote for the Crook. It's Important." 

Duke participated in the "International Conference to Review the Global Vision of the Holocaust" in 2006 held in [[Iran]]. This was as a [[holocaust denier]].

Duke ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate in the nonpartisan blanket primary in 1990 against the incumbent Democrat [[J. Bennett Johnston, Jr.]] of [[Shreveport]]. In 1991, he lost the governor's race to Democrat [[Edwin Edwards]], who easily secured his fourth nonconsecutive term in the position. In that contest, Edward supporters used posters saying, "Vote for the Crook. It's Important." 

Duke participated in the "International Conference to Review the Global Vision of the Holocaust" in 2006 held in [[Iran]]. This was a convocation of holocaust deniers.

Despite being a traditional die-hard Democrat racist, the [[liberal media]] falsely paint him as a "pro-Trump, pro-right, conservative Republican".<ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/david-duke-former-kkk-leader-announces-senate-run-n615006</ref>

==1988 Democratic Primaries==

==1988 Democrat primaries==

Duke announced his presidential campaign to win the Democratic nomination for the [[United States presidential election, 1988|1988 presidential election]]. Duke, a white supremacist hated the black civil rights activist [[Jesse Jackson]] and his "[[Rainbow Coalition]]" and he claimed to command his "Sunshine Coalition" in opposition.<ref>{{cite web|title=David Duke SPLC|url=https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/individual/david-duke|}}</ref> Duke lost in his home state of Louisiana to Jesse Jackson.<ref>{{cite web|title=David Duke is No Wizard at Politics|url=https://www.rollcall.com/politics/david-dukes-political-history|}}</ref> Duke won the 1988 New Hampshire Democratic Vice-Presidential primary in a landslide with 99.69% of the vote.<ref>{{cite web|title=NH US Vice President - D Primary|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=393638|}}</ref>

Duke announced his presidential campaign to win the Democrat nomination for the [[United States presidential election, 1988|1988 presidential election]]. Duke, a white supremacist hated the black civil rights activist [[Jesse Jackson]] and his "[[Rainbow Coalition]]" and he claimed to command his "Sunshine Coalition" in opposition.<ref>{{cite web|title=David Duke SPLC|url=https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/individual/david-duke|}}</ref> Duke lost in his home state of Louisiana to Jesse Jackson.<ref>{{cite web|title=David Duke is No Wizard at Politics|url=https://www.rollcall.com/politics/david-dukes-political-history|}}</ref> Duke won the 1988 New Hampshire Democrat vice-presidential primary in a landslide with 99.69% of the vote.<ref>{{cite web|title=NH US Vice President - D Primary|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=393638|}}</ref>

== Political views ==

== Political views ==

:[[Cindy Sheehan]] is absolutely right. Her son signed up in the military to defend America, not [[Israel]] ... In advancing this war for Israel, government and media advocates obviously couldn’t get Americans behind the war by saying it was a war for Israel. They had to make up bogus reasons for the war, such as saying that Iraq was an imminent threat to America and that Saddam had [[weapons of mass destruction]].<ref>[http://www.davidduke.com/index.php?p=350 Why Cindy Sheehan is Right!], David Duke, 8/14/2005.</ref>

:[[Cindy Sheehan]] is absolutely right. Her son signed up in the military to defend America, not [[Israel]] ... In advancing this war for Israel, government and media advocates obviously couldn’t get Americans behind the war by saying it was a war for Israel. They had to make up bogus reasons for the war, such as saying that Iraq was an imminent threat to America and that Saddam had [[weapons of mass destruction]].<ref>[http://www.davidduke.com/index.php?p=350 Why Cindy Sheehan is Right!], David Duke, 8/14/2005.</ref>

Duke has run multiple times for office, including races for the Louisiana State Senate in 1975 against Kenneth Eli "Ken" Osterberger (1930-2016) of Baton Rouge, the United States Senate in 1990 (against [[J. Bennett Johnston, Jr.]]), 1996 (the victor that year was the Democrat [[Mary Landrieu]]), and 2016, when Republican [[David Vitter]], who succeeded Duke in the state House in 1992, declined to pursue a third term after having been defeated in 2015 in a race for governor against the Democrat [[John Bel Edwards]].  

Duke has run multiple times for office, including races for the Louisiana State Senate in 1975 against Kenneth Eli "Ken" Osterberger (1930-2016) of Baton Rouge. He ran for the United States Senate in 1990 against Democratic incumbent [[J. Bennett Johnston, Jr.]], and a second Republican candidate initially endorsed by the party leadership, state Senator [[Ben Bagert]] of [[New Orleans]]. In 1996, Duke ran again for the U.S. Senate, but victory went to Johnston's preferred successor, the Democrat [[Mary Landrieu]]. He ran again in 2016, when incumbent Republican Senator [[David Vitter]], who succeeded Duke in the state House of Representatives in 1992, declined to pursue a third term after having been defeated in 2015 in a gubernatorial race against the Democrat [[John Bel Edwards]].  

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=''The ton 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 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 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, Duke and some of his followers endorsed U.S. Representative [[Tulsi Gabbard]], a liberal congresswoman from [[Hawaii]], who is seeking the 2020 Democrat presidential nomination and has been critical of [[Hillary Rodham Clinton]], the party's previous presidential nominee. Gabbard repudiated the endorsement.

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