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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speedy_Long

He served in the House from 1965 to 1973 and also was an acting Secretary for a few months under Reagan.

https://www.wikimodern.com/en/Speedy_Long

This has more info.
In 1971 he ran for Governor of Louisiana but polled only sixty thousand votes. He then ran in 1987 but did even worse.
Is there any chance he could have become Governor, given a set of events? Perhaps he could have eventually become President as a conservative Democrat akin to Carter in the 70s?
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