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1972 Louisiana gubernatorial election

1972 Louisiana gubernatorial election

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The 1972 Louisiana gubernatorial election was held on February 1, 1972. Edwin Edwards defeated Republican candidate David Treen to become Governor of Louisiana.

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Party primaries were held on November 6, 1971, and a run-off was held for the Democratic nomination on December 18, 1971. These were the last closed primaries for Governor of Louisiana before the state adopted its current primary election system.

This was also the last gubernatorial election not to take place in an off-year, as all elections starting from 1975 would take place 1 year before a presidential election.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Campaign

Early in the campaign, conventional wisdom of many political analysts predicted that the race's top candidates would be Gillis Long, Jimmie Davis, and C.C. "Taddy" Aycock.[1] However, the two candidates to make the runoff, Edwin Edwards and J. Bennett Johnston, were relative newcomers to the Louisiana political scene, despite Edwards' Congressional tenure.[2]

Cousins Gillis and Speedy Long both ran in a rematch of their 1964 primary race for Congress when Speedy unseated Gillis. Ironically, Gillis reclaimed that House seat the next year when Speedy retired after Edwards and the Louisiana Legislature redistricted him into the same district as longtime incumbent Otto Passman.

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Run-off

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Republican primary

Candidates

  • Robert Max Ross
  • Dave Treen, a Congressman who eventually served as Louisiana Governor from 1980 to 1984 (when he was defeated in 1983 for re-election by Edwin W. Edwards, who was making a return to the governorship after having been term-limited from running for re-election in 1979).

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General election

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Preceded by
1967 gubernatorial election		 Louisiana gubernatorial elections Succeeded by
1975 gubernatorial election

Sources

Louisiana Secretary of State. Primary Election Returns, 1971

References

  1. [1]
    "2 New Faces Top Primary In Louisiana". Toledo Blade. November 8, 1971. Retrieved June 28, 2012.
  2. [2]
    "New Faces Winning In Louisiana". Miami News. November 8, 1971. Retrieved June 28, 2012.


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