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Former Rep. John Cooksey, R-LA, will not seek to unseat Rep. Rodney Alexander, D-LA, in the Nov. 2 primary, confirmed Lee Fletcher, Cooksey's former staff aide, on Wednesday. Fletcher himself was the Republican nominee in 2002 for the seat Alexander won after Cooksey entered the U.S. Senate primary for the seat still held by Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-LA. Cooksey ran a weak third in the senatorial primary. Fletcher suggested that he may run again in 2004. Former Rep. Clyde Holloway, R-LA (1987-1993), a Forest Hill nurseryman, who was overwhelmingly defeated in 2003 in a race for Louisiana lieutenant governor, indicated...

Keep this up and there will be no Republican in the run-off!! ---------------------------------- CLYDE HOLLOWAY TO RUN Former congressman Clyde Holloway says he will make "an important and exciting announcement" on the governor's race at 4:45 p.m. in the Secretary of State's office. The other major shoe to fall before the 5 p.m. deadline belongs to Republican businessman John Georges. As of noon, 17 candidates had qualified for governor. The Fax Weekly sets the field and updates poll numbers in tomorrow's edition. Also, Randy Ewing's account of his dinner with Ray Nagin, Paul Connick and Tim Coulon in Greenville, Miss....