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Wilson said in his announcement for the 1980 race that he had gone "as far as we could in the Congress with the vote-fraud problems. I think it's now to be left up to the voters of the Fourth District to decide if there was voter fraud in the election. That will happen this fall. ... The Democrats have allowed convicted felons to serve in Congress. The Democrats wouldn't pay any attention to our forty names of bought votes. Then on top of that, Brilab [a congressional scandal]. That makes me think that people are fed up with that kind of thing in Congress."  

Wilson said in his announcement for the 1980 race that he had gone "as far as we could in the Congress with the vote-fraud problems. I think it's now to be left up to the voters of the Fourth District to decide if there was voter fraud in the election. That will happen this fall. ... The Democrats have allowed convicted felons to serve in Congress. The Democrats wouldn't pay any attention to our forty names of bought votes. Then on top of that, Brilab [a congressional scandal]. That makes me think that people are fed up with that kind of thing in Congress."  

In addition to Wilson and Leach, Roemer also ran again in 1980. So did State Representative [[Forrest Dunn]] of Shreveport, a furniture store owner known for fiscal conservatism and frank expression of ideas who had supported President Ford over[[Georgia]]'s [[Jimmy Carter]] in 1976. Dunn's entry was believed to have attracted the same kinds of voters who might have otherwise preferred the Republican Wilson.  

In addition to Wilson and Leach, Roemer also ran again in 1980. So did State Representative [[Forrest Dunn]] of Shreveport, a furniture store owner known for fiscal conservatism and frank expression of ideas who had supported President Ford over [[Georgia]]'s [[Jimmy Carter]] in 1976. Dunn's entry was believed to have attracted the same kinds of voters who might have otherwise preferred the Republican Wilson.  

Another entry was the moderate-to-liberal and highly ambitious Democratic state Senator Foster Lonnie Campbell, Jr., of Bossier Parish, a former educator who had succeeded the conservative Harold Montgomery in the District 36 Senate seat in 1976. Near the end of the first phase of the campaign, Campbell had questioned Roemer's commitment to the Second Amendment.[4]

Another entry was the moderate-to-liberal and highly ambitious Democratic state Senator Foster Lonnie Campbell, Jr., of Bossier Parish, a former educator who had succeeded the conservative Harold Montgomery in the District 36 Senate seat in 1976. Near the end of the first phase of the campaign, Campbell had questioned Roemer's commitment to the Second Amendment.[4]