The corrupt Democrat machine in Louisiana is to blame. There was money in the state. Money which went to connected contractors.
Gov. Edwin Edwards was convicted several times as a crook (and I believe that he still sits in jail today).
Why hasn't his name been mentioned? Is it because the media said the citizens of LA should overlook his "past" transgressions when faced with the RINO candidate David Duke, a former Klansman (who had run as a Democrat and Independent, previously)?