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| | '''David Ernest Duke''' (born July 1, 1950 in [[Tulsa]], [[Oklahoma]]) is a former member of the [[Louisiana]] House of Representatives, whose service extended from 1989 to 1992. Duke has run for office as a [[Democrat]], as a [[Republican]], and as the 1988 presidential candidate of the [[Populist Party]]. He is a former Grand Wizard of the [[Ku Klux Klan]].<ref>[http://www.adl.org/poisoning_web/duke.asp David Duke: White Revolution on the Internet].</ref> | | '''David Ernest Duke''' (born July 1, 1950 in [[Tulsa]], [[Oklahoma]]) is a former member of the [[Louisiana]] House of Representatives, whose service extended from 1989 to 1992. Duke has run for office as a [[Democrat]], as a [[Republican]], and as the 1988 presidential candidate of the [[Populist Party]]. He is a former Grand Wizard of the [[Ku Klux Klan]].<ref>[http://www.adl.org/poisoning_web/duke.asp David Duke: White Revolution on the Internet].</ref> |
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| − | Duke ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate in the nonpartisan blanket primary in 1990 against the incumbent Democrat [[J. Bennett Johnston, Jr.]] of [[Shreveport]]. In 1991, he lost the governor's race to Democrat [[Edwin Edwards]], who easily secured his fourth nonconsecutive term in the position. In that contest, Edward supporters used posters saying, "Vote for the Crook. It's Important."
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| − | Duke participated in the "International Conference to Review the Global Vision of the Holocaust" in 2006 held in Iran. This was a convocation of holocaust deniers.{{Officeholder
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| − | |party = Independent (former [[Democrat]] (1975-1987), [[Populist Party#1990s|Populist]] (1988), [[Republican]] (1989-1999) and [[Reform Party|Reform]] (1999-2001))
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| − | |spouse = Chloê Eleanor Hardin (m. 1974–1984)
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| − | |state = Louisiana
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| − | |terms = February 18, 1989 – January 13, 1992
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| − | |preceded = Charles Cusimano
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| − | |succeeded = David Vitter
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| − | '''David Ernest Duke''' (born July 1, 1950 in [[Tulsa]], [[Oklahoma]]) is a former member of the [[Louisiana]] House of Representatives, whose service extended from 1989 to 1992. Duke has run for office as a [[Democrat]], as a [[Republican]], and as the 1988 presidential candidate of the [[Populist Party]]. He is a former Grand Wizard of the [[Ku Klux Klan]].<ref>[http://www.adl.org/poisoning_web/duke.asp David Duke: White Revolution on the Internet].</ref>
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