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==Campaigning in French==
==Campaigning in French==
LeBlanc often campaigned in French when he made appearances in Acadiana. In his ethnic tongue, he extolled his virtues as a politician who deserved the support of his fellow French ethnics, and he attacked his opponents in a language that most of his rivals could not understand. Former Louisiana state Senator Edgar G. "Sonny" Mouton, Jr., a Democrat from Lafayette who served with LeBlanc in the 1960s, avowed that LeBlanc controlled a bloc of rural votes in excess of 40,000, enough to swing an election.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lapolitics.com/2013/12/lahistory-dudley-leblanc-and-the-hadacol-boogie/|title=LaHistory: Dudley LeBlanc and the Hadacol Boogie|publisher= lapolitics.com|accessdate=March 1, 2016; no longer accessible}}</ref>
LeBlanc often campaigned in French when he made appearances in Acadiana. In his ethnic tongue, he extolled his virtues as a politician who deserved the support of his fellow French ethnics, and he attacked his opponents in a language that most of his rivals could not understand. Former Louisiana state Senator [[Edgar G. "Sonny" Mouton, Jr.]], a Democrat from Lafayette who served with LeBlanc in the 1960s, avowed that LeBlanc controlled a bloc of rural votes in excess of 40,000, enough to swing an election.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lapolitics.com/2013/12/lahistory-dudley-leblanc-and-the-hadacol-boogie/|title=LaHistory: Dudley LeBlanc and the Hadacol Boogie|publisher= lapolitics.com|accessdate=March 1, 2016; no longer accessible}}</ref>
[[Bill Dodd|William J. "Bill" Dodd]], a friend and sometimes rival of LeBlanc's, said that LeBlanc once addressed a political gathering in which Public Service Commissioner [[Ernest Clements]], who did not speak French — he was from mostly English Oberlin in Allen Parish — was in attendance. A practical joker, LeBlanc had some fun with Clements: he assailed Huey and Earl Long and Clements. There was Clements on the platform applauding as LeBlanc called him "a crook!" Only in Louisiana, it was said, could such politicking be commonplace. And, yes, on more than one occasion Earl Long called LeBlanc "a crook."<ref name=dodd>[[Bill Dodd|William J. "Bill" Dodd]], ''Peapatch Politics: The Earl Long Era in Louisiana Politics'' (Baton Rouge: Claitor's Publishing, 1991).</ref>
[[Bill Dodd|William J. "Bill" Dodd]], a friend and sometimes rival of LeBlanc's, said that LeBlanc once addressed a political gathering in which Public Service Commissioner [[Ernest Clements]], who did not speak French — he was from mostly English Oberlin in Allen Parish — was in attendance. A practical joker, LeBlanc had some fun with Clements: he assailed Huey and Earl Long and Clements. There was Clements on the platform applauding as LeBlanc called him "a crook!" Only in Louisiana, it was said, could such politicking be commonplace. And, yes, on more than one occasion Earl Long called LeBlanc "a crook."<ref name=dodd>[[Bill Dodd|William J. "Bill" Dodd]], ''Peapatch Politics: The Earl Long Era in Louisiana Politics'' (Baton Rouge: Claitor's Publishing, 1991).</ref>