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There are probably 2 or 3 reasons why Largent lost. 1st, a la Ross Perot there was an independent candidate that sucked off about 12% of the vote. This is usually all otherwise republican. 2nd there was an question on the state ballot to ban cockfighting which brought out a large number of rural (I'd rather die than vote republican) voters who desperately wanted to save their source of income. The measure passed BTW. And 3rd I think everyone really expected Largent to just win the Governorship hands down and as a result he may have been over confident and didn't campaign hard enough.

My 2 cents.