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  • 2003 Sees a Return to Traditional Middle in Louisiana Politics

    01/02/2004 5:43:28 AM PST · by Theodore R. · 3 replies · 207+ views
    Shreveport, LA, Times ^ | 01-02-04 | AP
    <p>BATON ROUGE - For a time in 2003, it looked as though Louisiana voters might jettison old habits and elect a man who looked and sounded different from any previous governor.</p> <p>In the end, old themes reasserted themselves and some traditional trends in Louisiana politics won out. Instead of sending the nation's first Indian-American to the Governor's Mansion - and electing the first nonwhite governor in Louisiana history - voters chose a white career politician whose candidacy echoed that of predecessors.</p>