Word: louisiana
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Treen wins in Louisiana...
...Republican trying to become the Governor of Louisiana, David Treen, 51, faced an electorate that was 95% Democratic. What was more, no Republican had been elected to the office since Reconstruction. But last week the four-term Congressman defeated liberal Democrat Louis Lambert...
...dull, almost dour campaigner, Treen is supported by Louisiana's lead ing newspapers and the business community. He has earned a high cumulative rating from the American Conservative Union-89 out of 100-during his four terms in Congress...
Lambert, backed by labor and blacks, has updated Huey Long. As chairman of the Louisiana public service commission, the same office that propelled Long into the governorship, Lambert has regularly opposed hikes in utility rates, even though many of his decisions were overturned by the courts...
Carter's father, Hodding Jr., was a distinguished Southern newspaper editor who, despite frequent threats, crusaded courageously against the Huey Long machine in Louisiana and for the civil rights of blacks in Mississippi. After majoring in international affairs at Princeton, young Hodding took over the family's Delta Democrat-Times in Greenville, Miss. He helped organize a biracial Democratic Party in Mississippi and led its successful fight to unseat the all-white regular delegation at the 1968 National Convention. He joined Jimmy Carter's campaign early in 1976 and now jokes: "I was chosen for this...