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===The aborted senatorial campaign of 1990===
===The aborted senatorial campaign of 1990===
Bagert was the official Republican Party choice to challenge Democratic Senator J. Bennett Johnston in the 1990 primary. At the state convention held in New Orleans on January 13, 1990, Bagert received 451 of the 792 delegate votes cast. Far behind were state Representative Quentin Dastugue and Louisiana Secretary of State Walter Fox McKeithen (1946-2005), whose father, former Governor [[John J. McKeithen]] had unsuccessfully challenged Johnston in 1972 as an [[Independent]]. Dastugue and McKeithen did not proceed to the primary, but a third candidate who failed at the convention continued forward.<ref>"GOP selects Bagert to challenge Johnston," ''Minden Press-Herald,'' January 16, 1990, p. 4.</ref>
Bagert was the official Republican Party choice to challenge Democratic Senator J. Bennett Johnston in the 1990 primary. At the state convention held in New Orleans on January 13, 1990, Bagert received 451 of the 792 delegate votes cast. Far behind were state Representative [[Quentin Dastugue]] and Louisiana Secretary of State Walter Fox McKeithen (1946-2005), whose father, former Governor [[John J. McKeithen]] had unsuccessfully challenged Johnston in 1972 as an [[Independent]] because the Democratic qualifying period had ended before the death of U.S. Senator [[Allen J. Ellender]]. Dastugue and McKeithen did not proceed to the primary, but a third candidate who failed at the convention continued forward.<ref>"GOP selects Bagert to challenge Johnston," ''Minden Press-Herald,'' January 16, 1990, p. 4.</ref>
In fact, State Representative David Duke ran far ahead of Bagert in the primary process, having procured the support of many traditionally Democratic blue collar voters. Virginia Republican and [[Iran-Contra]] figure [[Oliver North]] campaigned for Bagert, four years before North would make his own unsuccessful race against Senator Charles Robb, a son-in-law of [[U.S. President]] [[Lyndon B. Johnson]].
In fact, State Representative David Duke ran far ahead of Bagert in the primary process, having procured the support of many traditionally Democratic blue collar voters. Virginia Republican and [[Iran-Contra]] figure [[Oliver North]] campaigned for Bagert, four years before North would make his own unsuccessful race against Senator Charles Robb, a son-in-law of [[U.S. President]] [[Lyndon B. Johnson]].