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In the 1948 senatorial primary, Russell Long had narrowly defeated [[Robert F. Kennon]] of Minden, an intraparty rival of the Drews. Four years later Kennon was elected governor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.la-cemeteries.com/Governors/Kennon,%20Robert%20F/Kennon,%20Robert%20Floyd.shtml|title=Louisiana Governors: Robert Floyd Kennon|publisher=la-cemeteries.com|accessdate=February 11, 2015}}</ref> Long thereafter in the [[general election]] overwhelmed [[Clem S. Clarke]], a Shreveport [[oil]]man who was the first [[Republican Party|Republican]] since implementation in 1914 of the [[Seventeenth Amendment]] to the [[United States Constitution]] even to run for a U. S. Senate seat in Louisiana.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/reminiscences-of-clem-s-clarke-oral-history-1951/oclc/122308295|title=Reminiscences of Clem S. Clarke: Oral history|author=Historians Allan Nevins and Frank Ernest Hill|publisher=[[Columbia University]]|location=[[New York City]]|date=1951|accessdate=February 10, 2015}}</ref>  

In the 1948 senatorial primary, Russell Long had narrowly defeated [[Robert F. Kennon]] of Minden, an intraparty rival of the Drews. Four years later Kennon was elected governor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.la-cemeteries.com/Governors/Kennon,%20Robert%20F/Kennon,%20Robert%20Floyd.shtml|title=Louisiana Governors: Robert Floyd Kennon|publisher=la-cemeteries.com|accessdate=February 11, 2015}}</ref> Long thereafter in the [[general election]] overwhelmed [[Clem S. Clarke]], a Shreveport [[oil]]man who was the first [[Republican Party|Republican]] since implementation in 1914 of the [[Seventeenth Amendment]] to the [[United States Constitution]] even to run for a U. S. Senate seat in Louisiana.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/reminiscences-of-clem-s-clarke-oral-history-1951/oclc/122308295|title=Reminiscences of Clem S. Clarke: Oral history|author=Historians Allan Nevins and Frank Ernest Hill|publisher=[[Columbia University]]|location=[[New York City]]|date=1951|accessdate=February 10, 2015}}</ref>  

In an advertisement in his race against Long, Lafargue questioned how the then freshman senator was the self-proclaimed "poor man's friend" because Long "pretends to sneer a millionaires, but Long is a millionaire himself."<ref name=adv>Advertisement, ''Minden Herald,'' July 21, 1950, p. 3.</ref> Lafargue questioned how the th,'' July 21, 1950, p. 3.</ref> In his announcement of candidacy, Lafargue said: "I have been fighting the Longs for fourteen years. This isn't something new".... [The Longs] have heaped taxes on the pocketbook of consumers and industry and have given relatively little in return. In Baton Rouge, they preach private enterprise but practice a kind of semi-[[socialism]] of which the people have had their fill."<ref name=mns/>

In an advertisement in his race against Long, Lafargue questioned how the then freshman senator was the self-proclaimed "poor man's friend" because Long "pretends to sneer a millionaires, but Long is a millionaire himself."<ref name=adv>Advertisement, ''Minden Herald,'' July 21, 1950, p. 3.</ref> Lafargue said that the Longs have heaped taxes on the pocketbook of consumers and industry and have given relatively little in return. In Baton Rouge, they preach private enterprise but practice a kind of semi-[[socialism]] of which the people have had their fill."<ref name=mns/>

[[Mayor]] [[Chep Morrison]] of New Orleans formally endorsed Lafargue in the primary against Long as did Morrison's erstwhile ally, Robert Kennon. Morrison's backing of Lafargue was intended to satisfy his good government]base and the anti-Long Crescent City Democratic Organization that Morrison had founded as an alternative to former Mayor [[Robert Maestri]]'s pro-Long "[[Regular Democratic Organization, or "|Old Regulars." Yet Morrison's move was a smokescreen, for he had struck a deal with his intraparty rival, Governor Earl Long, that he would not actively oppose Russell Long for a full term in the Senate if Earl Long would agree to the restoration of home rule for New Orleans. The city was at the time was virtually being governed by the state from Baton Rouge. Morrison endorsed Lafargue but privately urged many of his followers to support Russell Long, whom he expected to win the election anyway.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.knowla.org/entry/1397/|title=Chep Morrison (1912-1964)|publisher=knowla.org|accessdate=February 12, 2015}}</ref><ref name=peopleskurtz>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=TSQhjOpYTo4C&pg=PA182&lpg=PA182&dq=Fred+Preaus&source=bl&ots=-Ta2y1S6XC&sig=XsonC_F46o4HPxuHzlB2H5eYo8Q&hl=en&ei=DBKETKfAB4OClAes1PCNDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CDAQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=Fred%20Preaus&f=false|author=[[Michael L. Kurtz]] and [[Morgan D. Peoples]]|title=The Saga of Uncle Earl and Louisiana Politics|publisher=[[Louisiana State University]] Press|location=[[Baton Rouge]]|date=1990|isbn=0-8071-1577-0|accessdate=February 13, 2015}}</ref>

[[Mayor]] [[Chep Morrison]] of New Orleans formally endorsed Lafargue in the primary against Long as did Morrison's erstwhile ally, Robert Kennon. Morrison's backing of Lafargue was intended to satisfy his good government]base and the anti-Long Crescent City Democratic Organization that Morrison had founded as an alternative to former Mayor [[Robert Maestri]]'s pro-Long "[[Regular Democratic Organization, or "|Old Regulars." Yet Morrison's move was a smokescreen, for he had struck a deal with his intraparty rival, Governor Earl Long, that he would not actively oppose Russell Long for a full term in the Senate if Earl Long would agree to the restoration of home rule for New Orleans. The city was at the time was virtually being governed by the state from Baton Rouge. Morrison endorsed Lafargue but privately urged many of his followers to support Russell Long, whom he expected to win the election anyway.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.knowla.org/entry/1397/|title=Chep Morrison (1912-1964)|publisher=knowla.org|accessdate=February 12, 2015}}</ref><ref name=peopleskurtz>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=TSQhjOpYTo4C&pg=PA182&lpg=PA182&dq=Fred+Preaus&source=bl&ots=-Ta2y1S6XC&sig=XsonC_F46o4HPxuHzlB2H5eYo8Q&hl=en&ei=DBKETKfAB4OClAes1PCNDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CDAQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=Fred%20Preaus&f=false|author=[[Michael L. Kurtz]] and [[Morgan D. Peoples]]|title=The Saga of Uncle Earl and Louisiana Politics|publisher=[[Louisiana State University]] Press|location=[[Baton Rouge]]|date=1990|isbn=0-8071-1577-0|accessdate=February 13, 2015}}</ref>