Ex-KKK Leader David Duke Signs Up to Run for US Senate Seat
David Duke, in 2004.
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Baton Rouge, La. (AP) -- Former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke, an avowed white supremacist, officially signed up Friday to run for U.S. Senate in Louisiana, saying "the climate of this country has moved in my direction."
"I believe my time has come," Duke said after submitting his paperwork for the ballot. He added: "The people of this country, the patriotic, decent, God-fearing people of this country are now right with me."