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Charles Elson "Buddy" Roemer III (October 4, 1943 – May 17, 2021) was an American politician, investor, and banker who served as the 52nd governor of Louisiana from 1988 to 1992, and as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1981 to 1988.
May 17, 2021 · Buddy Roemer, a clean-government advocate whose four years as Louisiana governor were wedged between terms served by the flamboyant and scandal-plagued Edwin Edwards, died on Monday at his home...
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May 17, 2021 · NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Buddy Roemer, a Harvard-educated reform-minded politician whose one tumultuous term as Louisiana’s governor was marked by bruising political battles over taxes, budgets and abortion, died Monday at age 77. His son, Chas Roemer, said the former governor died peacefully at his home in Baton Rouge after a long battle with ...
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May 17, 2021 · TRAVIS SPRADLING. Buddy 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 ...
May 17, 2021 · Roemer, a Democrat-turned-Republican, was elected governor in 1988 with a campaign slogan \"Slay the Dragon\" but lost in 1991. He was known for his intellectual prowess, political courage and reform efforts.
May 17, 2021 · Buddy Roemer, former Louisiana governor, dies at 77. By Kevin McGill. May 17, 2021 at 1:17 p.m. EDT. Former Louisiana governor Buddy Roemer ran for president in 2012, first as a Republican...
May 17, 2021 · Buddy Roemer, former Louisiana governor who switched from Democrat to Republican, died Monday of complications of diabetes in Baton Rouge, Louisiana at the age of 77.
