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{{Officeholder/representative

|state = Louisiana

|state = Louisiana

|district =81st

|district=81st

|terms = February 18, 1989 – January 13, 1992

|terms = February 18, 1989 – January 13, 1992

|preceded = Charles Cusimano

|preceded = Charles Cusimano

|succeeded = [[David Vitter]]

|succeeded= [[David Vitter]]

}}

}}

}}

}}

'''David Ernest Duke''' (born July 1, 1950 in [[Tulsa]], [[Oklahoma]]) is a [[White supremacist]] and 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> Duke served in the  [[Louisiana]] House of Representatives 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]].  

'''David Ernest Duke''' (born July 1, 1950, in [[Tulsa]], [[Oklahoma]]) is a [[White supremacist]] and 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> Duke served as a [[Louisiana]] state representative for District 81 in Jefferson Parish in [[suburb]]an [[New Orleans]] from 1989 to 1992. Duke has run for office as a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], as a [[Republican Party|Republican]], and as the 1988 presidential candidate of the [[Populist Party]]. He also briefly held membership in the [[Reform Party]].

== Life ==

== Life ==

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."

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."

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.

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.

== Political views ==

== Political views ==

On the [[War in Iraq]], Duke stated,  

On the [[War in Iraq]], Duke stated,  

:[[Cindy Sheehan]] is absolutely right. Her son signed up in the military to defend America, not Israel ... In advancing this war for Israel, government and media advocates obviously couldn’t get Americans behind the war by saying it was a war for Israel. They had to make up bogus reasons for the war, such as saying that Iraq was an imminent threat to America and that Saddam had [[weapons of mass destruction]].<ref>[http://www.davidduke.com/index.php?p=350 Why Cindy Sheehan is Right!], David Duke, 8/14/2005.</ref>

:[[Cindy Sheehan]] is absolutely right. Her son signed up in the military to defend America, not [[Israel]] ... In advancing this war for Israel, government and media advocates obviously couldn’t get Americans behind the war by saying it was a war for Israel. They had to make up bogus reasons for the war, such as saying that Iraq was an imminent threat to America and that Saddam had [[weapons of mass destruction]].<ref>[http://www.davidduke.com/index.php?p=350 Why Cindy Sheehan is Right!], David Duke, 8/14/2005.</ref>

Duke has run multiple times for office, including races for the United States Senate in 1990, 1996, and 2016, when Republican [[David Vitter]], who succeeded Duke in the state House in 1992, declined to pursue a third term after having been defeated in 2015 in a race for governor of Louisiana. In his most recent venture on the ballot, Duke finished in seventh place among twenty-four candidates with 58,581 votes (3 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical|title=Election Returns|date=November 8, 2016|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=November 10, 2016}}</ref> Duke was allowed in the second of two senatorial debates in 2016 though the sixth-place finisher, retired [[United States Air Force]] Colonel [[Rob Maness]], was excluded because of low poll standings. Maness, who also ran for the Senate in 2014 against [[Bill Cassidy]] and [[Mary Landrieu]], received 90,812 votes (5 percent) in the 2016 primary election. The seat will be filled in 2017 by either state Treasurer [[John Neely Kennedy]], a Republican, or the Democrat Public Service Commissioner Foster Lonnie Campbell, Jr., the two leading candidates from the primary election who meet in a runoff contest on December 10, 2016,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/news/politics/elections/article_5bc8107e-a6d2-11e6-8011-9f0284eb23bf.html|title=Foster Campbell seen as facing steep climb in U.S. Senate race against John Kennedy|publisher=''Baton Rouge Advocate''|author=Tyler Bridges|date=November 9, 2016|accessdate=November 10, 2016}}</ref> which Kennedy handily won.

Duke has run multiple times for office, including races for the United States Senate in 1990, 1996 (the victor that year was the Democrat [[Mary Landrieu]]), and 2016, when Republican [[David Vitter]], who succeeded Duke in the state House in 1992, declined to pursue a third term after having been defeated in 2015 in a race for governor of Louisiana. In his most recent venture on the ballot, Duke finished in seventh place among twenty-four candidates with 58,581 votes (3 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical|title=Election Returns|date=November 8, 2016|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=November 10, 2016}}</ref> Duke was allowed in the second of two senatorial debates in 2016 though the sixth-place finisher, retired [[United States Air Force]] Colonel [[Rob Maness]], was excluded because of low poll standings. Maness, who also ran for the Senate in 2014 against [[Bill Cassidy]] and [[Mary Landrieu]], received 90,812 votes (5 percent) in the 2016 primary election. The seat will be filled in 2017 by either state Treasurer [[John Neely Kennedy]], a Republican, or the Democrat Public Service Commissioner Foster Lonnie Campbell, Jr., the two leading candidates from the primary election who meet in a runoff contest on December 10, 2016,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/news/politics/elections/article_5bc8107e-a6d2-11e6-8011-9f0284eb23bf.html|title=Foster Campbell seen as facing steep climb in U.S. Senate race against John Kennedy|publisher=''Baton Rouge Advocate''|author=Tyler Bridges|date=November 9, 2016|accessdate=November 10, 2016}}</ref> which Kennedy handily won.

==References==

==References==