Bernard J. Bagert, Jr. (born 1944) is an American attorney and politician. He served in the

Louisiana State House The Louisiana House of Representatives (french: link=no, Chambre des Représentants de Louisiane) is the lower house in the Louisiana State Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Louisiana. This chamber is composed of 105 re ...

from 1970 to 1984 and the

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from 1984 to 1992, representing

Orleans Parish New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans

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 ...

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Living people 1944 births Democratic Party members of the Louisiana House of Representatives Democratic Party Louisiana state senators 20th-century American politicians {{Louisiana-politician-stub