Edwin Edwards' fourth term was the result of a bad choice presented to Louisiana. Classic lesser of two evils. To the point that George H.W. Bush and Pat Robertson publicly stated that if they were Louisianans they would have to vote for Edwards instead of Duke. Edwards was slimey but Duke? Unchristian words best describe Duke. How the hey did he slip under the radar of the Louisiana Republicans.
Duke tried the angle of playing the born again Christian. When asked about his past klan activity he blew it off as a "youthful indiscretion". BZZZT, wrong answer Mr. Duke. Try sin. Blatant ugly sin.
I was living in Houston Texas at that time. At that time I wrote off the Democrats as hopelessly reprobate, the triggering event being the election of Leslie Perez (a trannie and a convicted murderer) to the Harris COunty Democratic Committee.
Maybe this will send the Democratic Party in Louisiana into its death spiral. Not just for political reasons, but because the Dems in Louisiana are holding it back in the 1930's. There is blood on the Dem's hands.
I had to vote for Edwin Edwards that year. I can't tell you how much my stomach turned when I pulled that lever. There was just no other choice.