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Angers was a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] until 1960, when he joined the [[Republican Party]]. In 1964, he supported [[Charlton Lyons]] for [[governor]] of Louisiana. In July 1964, Angers was a delegate to the [[Republican National Convention]] in [[San Francisco]], [[California]], at which he supported [[U.S. Senator]] [[Barry Goldwater]] for  [[U.S. President]]. He lashed out at the then all Democratic congressional delegation from Louisiana, calling the members "so-called southern conservatives who are really [[liberal]]s ... that vote with [[Lyndon Johnson]] on nearly all major bills."<ref>''[[Shreveport Journal]],'' July 16, 1964, p. 1.</ref>​

Angers was a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] until 1960, when he joined the [[Republican Party]]. In 1964, he supported [[Charlton Lyons]] for [[governor]] of Louisiana. In July 1964, Angers was a delegate to the [[Republican National Convention]] in [[San Francisco]], [[California]], at which he supported [[U.S. Senator]] [[Barry Goldwater]] for  [[U.S. President]]. He lashed out at the then all Democratic congressional delegation from Louisiana, calling the members "so-called southern conservatives who are really [[liberal]]s ... that vote with [[Lyndon Johnson]] on nearly all major bills."<ref>''[[Shreveport Journal]],'' July 16, 1964, p. 1.</ref>​

 

Angers himself ran as the GOP candidate for the Lafayette-based 3rd congressional district seat against the 16-year [[incumbent]], Democrat Edwin Edward Willis (1904-1972) of St. Martinville. Angers received 31,806 votes (37.7 percent) to Willis's 52,532 (62.3 percent) and lost every parish in the district. In [[Lafayette|Lafayette Parish]], Angers procured 49.6 percent of the vote and outpolled Goldwater there by 3.5 percentage points. Three other Republicans ran unsuccessfully for U.S. House seats from Louisiana that year: future  [[Governor]] [[David C. Treen]] in the New Orleans suburbs, Floyd O. Crawford (1907–1995) of Baton Rouge, and [[William Stewart Walker]] of  Winnfield, who opposed the conservative Democrat [[Speedy Long]] in the since defunct 8th congressional district.<ref>Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 3, 1964.</ref> Angers was a Louisiana delegate to the 1968 [[Republican National Convention]], which nominated the [[Richard M. Nixon|Nixon]]-[[Spiro  Agnew|Agnew]] ticket. In 1974, however, Angers left the GOP and re-registered as an [[Independent]].<ref name=dlb/>

Angers himself ran as the GOP candidate for the Lafayette-based 3rd congressional district seat against the 16-year [[incumbent]], Democrat Edwin Edward Willis (1904-1972) of St. Martinville. Angers received 31,806 votes (37.7 percent) to Willis's 52,532 (62.3 percent) and lost every parish in the district. In [[Lafayette|Lafayette Parish]], Angers procured 49.6 percent of the vote and outpolled Goldwater there by 3.5 percentage points. Three other Republicans ran unsuccessfully for U.S. House seats from Louisiana that year: future  [[Governor]] [[David C. Treen]] in the New Orleans suburbs, Floyd O. Crawford (1907–1995) of Baton Rouge, and [[William Stewart Walker]] of  Winnfield, who opposed the conservative Democrat [[Speedy Long]] in the since defunct 8th congressional district.<ref>Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 3, 1964.</ref> Angers was a Louisiana delegate to the 1968 [[Republican National Convention]], which nominated the [[Richard M. Nixon|Nixon]]-[[Spiro  Agnew|Agnew]] ticket. In 1974, however, Angers left the GOP and re-registered as an [[Independent]].<ref name=dlb/>