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how did Huey Long control Louisiana after Huey Long's governorship?
Once in office as governor on May 21, 1928, Long moved quickly to consolidate his power, firing hundreds of opponents in the state bureaucracy.
what else did he do during 1932?
Long completed most of his four-year term as governor, which did not end until May 1932.
He declared that leaving.
what did he declare?
that leaving the seat vacant for so long would not hurt Louisiana; "with Ransdell as Senator, the seat was vacant anyway..

Question: what followed this declaration?
Self-contained rewrite: what followed governor Huey Long's declaration in May 1932?