Louisiana GOP races to eliminate an elected office won by an exonerated man

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A man imprisoned for nearly 30 years before being exonerated won a landmark election in New Orleans promising to fix a judicial system that failed him. Now, Louisiana’s Gov. Jeff Landry and the GOP-controlled Legislature are racing to eliminate his job before he can be sworn in. Calvin Duncan won 68% of the vote last November to become the Orleans Parish clerk of criminal court after running on a platform to reformthe justice system based on his own experience fighting to acce