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Article: EX-KLAN LEADER ELECTED IN LOUISIANA DUKE DEFIES GOP ESTABLISHMENT TO WIN LEGISLATIVE SEAT.(Main)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
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- February 19, 1989
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Byline: Steven Watsky United Press International
Former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke, running against the opposition of the White House, the national Republican establishment and virtually every political leader in hisdistrict, won election Saturday to the Louisiana House of Representatives.
"We won. It's a new day for Louisiana. It's a new day for the country," exclaimed Duke, who had waited at the Jef ferson Parish courthouse for the results of the emotional campaign.
Duke immediately headed to his election-night headquarters where several hundred people were celebrating.
With all 35 precincts counted, including one for absentee ...