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NATION, Page 41American NotesELECTIONSKu Klux Klandidate
David Duke claims to have abdicated the title of imperial
wizard of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. Now he wants a new one:
Louisiana state legislator. Last month Duke, 38, finished first
with 33% of the vote in a nonpartisan election for representative
from Metairie, a white suburb of New Orleans. In a runoff this week
he faces runner-up John Treen, 63, a local builder and the brother
of former Governor David Treen. Duke denies he is a racist and says
coyly that he supports "civil rights for all people." Duke, who
says he heads an outfit called the National Association for the
Advancement of White People, still has the same address and phone
number as the local Ku Klux Klan headquarters.