Word: louisiana
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...truth is I'm independent," says Roemer, adding that "parties in Louisiana don't really matter because of the open primaries. It's ideology and principle...
Roemer twice vetoed an abortion bill that was the most restrictive in the country. But the Louisiana legislature eventually passed the measure. This is legislature eventually passed the country. But the Louisiana legislature the first time in this century that a Louisiana legislature overrode an executive veto...
Governor of Louisiana...
...career as governor of Louisiana began on shaky footing. Mustering only a third of the total vote, Roemer defeated incumbent Edwin Edwards in the 1987 gubernatorial elections...
...core of his economic program was to reduce Louisiana's dependence on oil revenues. Its success was partly due to the rise in oil prices during the Gulf...