'''David Ernest Duke''' (born July 1, 1950) is a former member of the [[Louisiana House of Representatives]], he was a candidate in presidential primaries for both the [[Democratic Party]] and the [[Republican Party]]. David Duke was once a Grand Wizard of the [[Ku Klux Klan]]<ref>[http://www.adl.org/poisoning_web/duke.asp David Duke: White Revolution on the Internet], Anti-Defamation League.</ref>.
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'''David Ernest Duke''' (born July 1, 1950) is a former Republican member of the [[Louisiana House of Representatives]]. In the past, Duke has run for office as both as a Democrat and as a Republican. David Duke was once a Grand Wizard of the [[Ku Klux Klan]]<ref>[http://www.adl.org/poisoning_web/duke.asp David Duke: White Revolution on the Internet], Anti-Defamation League.</ref>.
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Duke unsuccessfully ran for the Senate in the open primary in 1990 against the Democratic incumbent J. Bennett Johnston. Some Republicans endorsed Johnston due to Duke's controversial views.
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After [[Bob Livingston]] resigned from the House of Representatives in 1998, Republicans worried that Duke would run and win the open primary for Louisiana's 1st Congressional District. However, he did not run and [[David Vitter]] was elected instead.
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David Duke describes himself as an anti-[[Zionist]] and is a vocal critic of the [[Iraq War]] and the [[foriegn policy]] of [[George W. Bush]] administration. David Duke criticizes [[neoconservative]]s as "worshipers of a Communist mass murderer" and "devotees of Jewish Bolshevism"<ref>http://www.davidduke.com/general/1845_1845.html</ref>.
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David Duke describes himself as an anti-[[Zionist]] and is a vocal crtic of the [[Iraq War]] and the [[foriegn policy]] of [[George W. Bush]] administration. David Duke criticizes [[neoconservative]]s as "worshipers of a Communist mass murderer" and "devotees of Jewish Bolshevism"<ref>http://www.davidduke.com/general/1845_1845.html</ref>.