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George Despot

In 1988, Despot even lost his own seat on the GOP central committee when supporters of the presidential candidate, the evangelist Pat Robertson of Virginia, captured a third of the 144 seats on the committee.

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Despot and a friend, Shreveport CPA George Aubrey Burton, Jr., were named by Lyons as the campaign co-chairmen, largely because it was Despot and Burton who convinced Lyons to run for governor.

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