1990 United States Senate election in Louisiana
The 1990 United States Senate election in Louisiana was held on November 6, 1990. In a nonpartisan blanket primary, incumbent Democrat J. Bennett Johnston won re-election to a fourth term, avoiding a runoff by receiving 54% of the vote. Former K ...
. He withdrew from the race to prevent
David Duke
David Ernest Duke (born July 1, 1950) is an American white supremacist, antisemitic conspiracy theorist, far-right politician, convicted felon, and former Grand Wizard of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. From 1989 to 1992, he was a member ...
from reaching a runoff election. He was also a candidate for
attorney general
In most common law jurisdictions, the attorney general or attorney-general (sometimes abbreviated AG or Atty.-Gen) is the main legal advisor to the government. The plural is attorneys general.
In some jurisdictions, attorneys general also have exec ...
in 1991, losing to
Richard Ieyoub
Richard Phillip Ieyoub, Sr. (born August 11, 1944) is an American attorney and politician from the state of Louisiana. He served as the attorney general of Louisiana from 1992 to 2004.
Ieyoub's father, Philip, emigrated from Lebanon to Lake Charle ...