Charles Edward Ed Karst (ca. 1931 – July 17 1992) was an attorney and politician remembered for his controversial tenure as the mayor (1969–1973) of Alexandria the seat of Rapides Parish and the largest city in central Louisiana. In 1991 Karst launched a bizarre No Party gubernatorial campaign in which he threatened if elected to fire the members of the Louisiana Supreme Court or if defeated as he was to kill the justices who had upheld his disbarment.
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