Episode 2018
1983 Louisiana gubernatorial election
Sat, 2022-Nov-12 01:15 UTC
Length - 1:50
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The random article for Saturday, 12 November 2022 is 1983 Louisiana gubernatorial election.
The 1983 Louisiana gubernatorial election was held to elect the Governor of Louisiana. Incumbent Republican Governor Dave Treen lost re-election to a second term, defeated by former Democratic Governor Edwin Edwards. Edwards became the first governor since Earl Long to win non-consecutive terms. He also became the first to serve three full terms (later a fourth in 1991).
Under Louisiana's jungle primary system, all candidates appear on the same ballot, regardless of party, and voters may vote for any candidate, regardless of their party affiliation. A runoff would be held if no candidate received an absolute majority of the vote during the primary election. On October 12, 1983, Edwards and Treen took the two highest popular vote counts, but a runoff election was not held as Edwards won over 50% of the vote in the primary.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 01:15 UTC on Saturday, 12 November 2022.
For the full current version of the article, see 1983 Louisiana gubernatorial election on Wikipedia.
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