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[Citizens for a New Louisiana's Michael Lunsford is] the most powerful Republican in Lafayette.

It was not until the question was raised by the Citizens for a New Louisiana that a runoff election was held.

Citizens for a New Louisiana spoke at the meeting in favor of restrictions on books with sexual content.

Citizens for a New Louisiana has been systematically placing conservatives on volunteer commissions such as the Lafayette Parish Library Board of Control and Bayou Vermilion District, where they now have majority control.

In Louisiana, the movement [to remove or reshelve sexually explicit books] started in Lafayette in 2021 when ... the conservative nonprofit Citizens for a New Louisiana filed an objection.