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===Stinging defeat in 1991===
===Stinging defeat in 1991===
Hardy was defeated for reelection as lieutenant governor in 1991 by the Democrat [[Melinda Schwegmann]] of [[New Orleans]], daughter-in-law of Jefferson Parish state legislator, gubernatorial candidate in 1971, and grocery mogul [[John Schwegmann|John Gerald Schwegmann, Jr.]] In the primary, Hardy and Schwegmann virtually tied, 624,371 (43 percent) for Schwegmann and 620,199 (also 43 percent) for Hardy.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Primary election returns, October 19, 1991</ref>
Hardy was defeated for reelection as lieutenant governor in 1991 by the Democrat [[Melinda Schwegmann]] of [[New Orleans]], daughter-in-law of Jefferson Parish state legislator, gubernatorial candidate in 1971, and grocery mogul [[John Schwegmann|John Gerald Schwegmann, Jr.]] In the primary, Hardy and Schwegmann virtually tied, 624,371 (43 percent) for Schwegmann and 620,199 (also 43 percent) for Hardy.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Primary election returns, October 19, 1991.</ref>
In the general election, Schwegmann scored a large victory, 1,009,026 (59 percent) to Hardy's 693,412 (41 percent). There was speculation that Schwegmann benefited from coattails of Democratic gubernatorial nominee Edwin Edwards, who won his fourth nonconsecutive term as governor in that same election over the controversial unendorsed Republican [[David Duke]]. Edwards polled 1,057,031 votes (61 percent) to Duke's 671,009 (39 percent). Hardy hence ran just some 22,000 votes above Duke's tabulation.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, General election returns, November 16, 1991.</ref> Hardy thereafter retired from politics.
In the general election, Schwegmann scored a large victory, 1,009,026 (59 percent) to Hardy's 693,412 (41 percent). There was speculation that Schwegmann benefited from coattails of Democratic gubernatorial nominee Edwin Edwards, who won his fourth nonconsecutive term as governor in that same election over the controversial unendorsed Republican [[David Duke]]. Edwards polled 1,057,031 votes (61 percent) to Duke's 671,009 (39 percent). Hardy hence ran just some 22,000 votes above Duke's tabulation.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, General election returns, November 16, 1991.</ref> Hardy thereafter retired from politics.