Racially charged back-and-forth between Holden and Guillory pushes policy talk to back burner at lieutenant governor’s forum

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Baton Rouge Democratic Mayor Kip Holden and Republican state Sen. Elbert Guillory of Opelousas traded heated barbs during a lieutenant governor’s forum today over Guillory’s use of the N-word in a recent campaign ad, a tactic Holden said “appalled” him. “When those comments were made, I was appalled,” Holden said at today’s forum, which was

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