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  Buddy Roemer, Louisiana's former Democrat-turned-Republican governor, dies at 77
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Last EditedIndyGeorgia  May 17, 2021 09:20am
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AuthorTyler Bridges
News DateMonday, May 17, 2021 01:55:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionBuddy Roemer, who rode a message of reform in the 1987 governor’s race to vault over three challengers and “slay the dragon” — scandal-torn three-time Gov. Edwin Edwards — but who lost reelection four years later to the same rival, died Monday in Baton Rouge.

Roemer was 77. He had been ill for months.

Roemer was a Democrat-turned-Republican, but he seemed too independent and headstrong to fit well in either party. He never followed the precept that to get ahead in politics, you had to get along with other politicians. With his sharp mind, he understood all the angles of a political play but disliked the deal-making that came with being governor. And that limited what he could achieve.
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