Best and Worst Senators of the Past 50 Years: Louisana

[Mr. Smith]

And here's Louisiana.

Last Year's Winner: Russell Long (38.9%)

Past Records

Best

AL: Heflin
AK: Gravel
AZ: Goldwater, Part II
AR: Bumpers
CA: Wilson
CO: Udall Hart
CT: Weicker
DE: Biden
FL: Graham
GA: Nunn
HI: Fong
ID: Church
IL: Simon Obama
IN: Lugar Bayh
IA: Harkin
KS: Dole Kassebaum

Worst

AL: Sessions
AK: Stevens
AZ: McCain
AR: Cotton
CA: Feinstein
CO: Allard
CT: Lieberman
DE: Coons
FL: Rubio
GA: Chambliss
HI: Akaka
ID: Craig
IL: Braun
IN: Quayle
IA: Ernst
KS: Brownback

[Mr. Smith]

I went with Landrieu...Huey Long proved segregationists were not the best that could come from the state long before the Civil RIghts era, so that knocks out Ellender and Russell.

So that leaves it to Johnston and Landrieu...I give the edge to Landrieu.


As for worst, that guy who lost to John Bel Edwards in the gubernatorial.

[Mr. Smith]

I went with Landrieu...Huey Long proved segregationists were not the best that could come from the state long before the Civil RIghts era, so that knocks out Ellender and Russell.

Yoiu must have meant Russell Long. Huey was very pro-civil rights for a 30s Southern politician.

Exactly, which is why those who succeeded him [Huey] are nothing but disappointments. If Huey hadn't been as pro civil-rights as he was, maybe one could've chalked up segregation as coming with the turf...but nope.

[Mr. Smith]

Every "bad" Southern Republican Senator is better than any Southern Democrat who opposed giving Black Americans their Constitutionally guaranteed rights.  Period.

Right, so what do you call the switchovers who became Republican in revolt then, do they magically become non-Southern?

Also, Edward Gurney the corrupt says hi...pity everyone else went with Rubio.

[Mr. Smith]

Closed:

Best: Mary Landrieu (33.3%)
Worst: Diaper Dave (83.3%)