In Narrow Victory, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards Reelected For Second Term

The Advocate ^ | 11/16/19

[Enlightened1]

Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards will win a second term as Louisiana governor, defeating his Republican opponent Eddie Rispone.

Going into Saturday’s runoff election, surveys conducted by pollsters showed the two virtually tied, with few undecideds and neither candidate making significant inroads into the other’s base.

Analysts had predicted the race would come down to who got their supporters to the polls.

Urban ministers, organized labor and African-American politicians worked for the 53-year-old Edwards, who is the only Democratic governor in the Deep South.

Rispone, a 70-year-old businessman making his first run for public office, had President Donald Trump at his side at rallies – along with $2 million and 60 paid staffers sent at the last minute from the Republican National Committee and millions more from the Republican Governors Association – hoping to flip the office to the GOP.

Rarely have presidents been so involved in a state-level race. Trump visited Louisiana three times to rally Republican and rural voters to head to the polls and “fire” Edwards, calling him “a radical.” Trump told Louisiana voters they could send a message to national Democrats that they stood behind him by voting for Rispone.

National groups, such as the Republican Governors Association and the Democratic Governors Association, both based in Washington, D.C., poured about $9 million each into the race. That includes roughly $3 million apiece in the runoff.

[grwcfl537]

Would be either Baton Rouge or New Orleans.

[sport]

The results looked like they controlled them.

[grwcfl537]

I believe by law Orleans Parish is New Orleans.

[Postman]

“...Sure makes you wonder both WHERE these last precincts were to report - and WHO was counting those votes!”

It certainly bears repeating...in LA or NJ or anyState, Federal and Local. Whatever happened to the President’s Election Integrity Initiative?????

[deport]

Orleans Parish is coextensive with the city of New Orleans

[blueplum]

The Republicans in LA have a challenge for 2020 - break out the tennis shoes and start walking to get out the vote. 700K Reps voted in the governor’s race; over a million voted in the 2016 presidential election. What happened to the missing 400K voters?

[grania]

Remember back when Murkowski was primaried out and the Powers that Be found a way to keep her in the US Senate?

I don't trust that there are more than 3 or 4 US Republican Senators who actually give a damn about their voting fodder. We saw last presidential election just how corrupt (both parties) the candidate selection process is. I don't know how it gets fixed.

[mosesdapoet]

In FR postings so far none have mentioned what voter turnouts were in those states having elections. Any analysis of the results which doesn’t include turnout is worthless when considering the impact on the 2020 potential result.

[deport]

Any analysis of the results which doesn’t include turnout is worthless
when considering the impact on the 2020 potential result.

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True enough. But the Presidential Election will certainly have a
larger turnout which is normal. I’d think that major events both
worldwide and nationwide will have more of an impact. But who
knows what those events will be between now and election 2020.