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07-22-2016, 08:01 PM
Former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke is running for U.S. Senate
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Former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke an**unced Friday on his website that he plans to run for U.S. Senate in Louisiana.
A registered Republican, he would be seeking an open seat vacated by Republican David Vitter.
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Duke's an**uncement came as the state is grappling with deep racial tensions after the shooting death of a black man by white police ******rs and the killing of three law enforcement ******rs by a black man. It also came one day after Donald Trump accepted the GOP **mination for president.
The white supremacist Duke is a former state representative who represented suburban New Orleans for one term more than two decades ago and was an unsuccessful candidate for Congress. His failed bid for gover**r in the 1991 race against former Gov. Edwin Edwards was one of Louisiana's most high-profile elections, with Duke opponents proudly showing bumper stickers supporting Edwards that read "Vote for the crook. It's important." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/22/david-duke-ku-klux-klan-grand-wizard-senate-louisiana/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke an**unced Friday on his website that he plans to run for U.S. Senate in Louisiana.
A registered Republican, he would be seeking an open seat vacated by Republican David Vitter.
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The white supremacist Duke is a former state representative who represented suburban New Orleans for one term more than two decades ago and was an unsuccessful candidate for Congress. His failed bid for gover**r in the 1991 race against former Gov. Edwin Edwards was one of Louisiana's most high-profile elections, with Duke opponents proudly showing bumper stickers supporting Edwards that read "Vote for the crook. It's important." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/22/david-duke-ku-klux-klan-grand-wizard-senate-louisiana/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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