Collection:LPB

Genre: Newsmagazine

Place Covered: Louisiana

Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority

Date Issued: 1991-11-22

Duration: 00:28:21

Subjects: Elections, 1991 | Louisiana gubernatorial election, 1991 | Politics | Edwards, Edwin W. | Duke, David Ernest

Contributors:

• Collins, Robert Host
• Shuler, Marsha Panelist
• Anderson, Ed Panelist
• Maginnis, John Panelist

This episode of the series “Louisiana: The State We’re In” from November 22, 1991, features Robert Collins leading a panel discussion with three journalists: Marsha Shuler of the Morning Advocate newspaper in Baton Rouge; Ed Anderson of the Times-Picayune newspaper in New Orleans; and John Maginnis of the Louisiana Political Review. They discuss: Edwin Edwards defeating David Duke in the 1991 gubernatorial election; the other statewide races; Edwards’ plan to call a constitutional convention to deal with taxes; reapportionment; the work of Edwards’ transition office; and Governor Buddy Roemer’s legacy.