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In 2018, Buckels, along with state Representative Julie Emerson of Lafayette Parish, lost a bid for state Republican chairman to succeed the retiring [[Roger F. Villere, Jr.]] Instead delegates chose [[Louis Gurvich]] with a vote of 55 percent.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/article_6c133aca-197d-11e8-b67a-3327d5ccc10f.html|title=New Orleans businessman elected new chairman of the Louisiana Republican Party|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=February 24, 2018|author=Tyler Bridges|accessdate=September 6, 2020}}</ref>
In 2018, Buckels, along with state Representative Julie Emerson of Lafayette Parish, lost a bid for state Republican chairman to succeed the retiring [[Roger F. Villere, Jr.]] Instead delegates chose [[Louis Gurvich]] with a vote of 55 percent.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/article_6c133aca-197d-11e8-b67a-3327d5ccc10f.html|title=New Orleans businessman elected new chairman of the Louisiana Republican Party|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=February 24, 2018|author=Tyler Bridges|accessdate=September 6, 2020}}</ref>
In a 2022 radio interview with ''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]],'' Buckels said that he still favors a return to closed party primaries, rather than keeping the nonpartisan blanket primary, which began in 1975 and later worked to the benefit of Moderate Republicans. Buckels said that he believes closed primaries can be implemented only if a governor favors them. Closed primaries, he said, allow members of a political party to hold their nominees accountable to campaign promises.<ref>[[Moon Griffonn|The Moon Griffon Show]],'' April 6, 2022.</ref>
In a 2022 radio interview with ''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]],'' Buckels said that he still favors a return to closed party primaries, rather than keeping the nonpartisan blanket primary, which began in 1975 and later worked to the benefit of Moderate Republicans. Buckels said that he believes closed primaries can be implemented only if a governor favors them. Closed primaries, he said, allow members of a political party to hold their nominees accountable to campaign promises.<ref>''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]],'' April 6, 2022.</ref>
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