The Nation - News from Feb. 22, 1989
David Duke’s opponent filed a court motion seeking to block the former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard from taking the Louisiana Legislature seat he won Saturday. The motion filed by home builder John Treen asks that Duke’s candidacy be declared illegal because he lives outside the suburban New Orleans district that elected him. State law requires a one-year district residency by candidates. District Judge Clarence McManus said he was studying the request.
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