Moon Landrieu: The Election That Changed Politics

One evening in 1969, New Orleans politics was about to change dramatically. At issue was the mayor’s office. Back then, each political party had primaries to determine its candidate, but since nearly everyone in the city was registered as a Democrat, whoever won the Democratic primary would, in effect, be elected. Televised debates were still […]

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