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Pigskin Politics At Independence Stadium

POSTED: 10:36 pm CDT September 4, 2010
UPDATED: 11:31 pm CDT September 4, 2010
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Candidates for Shreveport mayor, city council and various other offices used the opportunity to make their pitch to the voters.

Many of them set up booths to hand out campaign literature, hoping to convince voters to choose them in next month's primary elections.

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