Gov. John Bel Edwards is telling his supporters to brace for a barrage of national Republican efforts trying to unseat him in the five weeks leading to Louisiana's runoff election.
BATON ROUGE, La. — The Latest on Democratic Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards’ fight to retain his seat in primary :Gov. John Bel Edwards is telling his supporters to brace for a barrage of national Republican efforts trying to unseat him in the five weeks leading to Louisiana’s runoff election.
Edwards told supporters: “We’ve got a little more work to do.” But he said he believes Louisiana voters will embrace the spirit of bipartisanship in November and reelect him.Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has been forced into a runoff election against Republican Eddie Rispone to determine if he’ll win a second term as the Deep South’s only Democratic governor.
President Donald Trump held an election eve, anti-Edwards rally. The president urged Louisiana’s voters to pick either Rispone or the race’s third-place finisher, Republican U.S. Rep. Ralph Abraham.___Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards will have to battle for another month to try to hang on to his job as the Deep South’s only Democratic governor.
The race drew the attention of the national GOP, which sought to defeat Edwards by tying him to national Democratic leaders in a state that Trump won by 20 points. President Donald Trump made a last-minute, election eve appeal to Louisiana’s voters to reject Edwards. Trump urged voters to choose one of his two main GOP opponents: U.S. Rep. Ralph Abraham or businessman Eddie Rispone.
His two major challengers are Republican U.S. Rep. Ralph Abraham and Republican businessman Eddie Rispone.The race has drawn national GOP interest. President Donald Trump held a rally on election eve in which he urged Louisiana Republicans to vote against Edwards.
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