David Duke (R) 2020

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David Duke's whole hustle is fundraising.  He's not a serious candidate these days.

In the 1980s, before the internet, I used to call newsrooms of Southern newspapers and ask their political reporters as to the state of races.  A Louisiana reporter told me back then that David Duke could be elected to Congress from a Northern Louisiana district (extremely conservative whites and less black than other districts) if he chose to.  He never chose to.  His race for Governor was a fluke; he finished second because a Democratic Governor (Buddy Roemer) switched to the GOP late in the game (a stupid move in hindsight), allowing Duke to finish second in a "jungle primary".  (Duke was never the "Republican nominee".)  He's got his hustle.  He plays on like-minded folks and stays low to turn a buck, but he's never going to be a major anything in electoral politics.  Mainly because he's an a-hole.