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John Bel Edwards defeats David Vitter in Louisiana governor race
Gulf Live ^ | 11/22/15

Posted on 11/22/2015 2:27:05 AM PST by markomalley

Democrat John Bel Edwards won the runoff election for Louisiana governor Saturday, defeating the once-heavy favorite, Republican David Vitter, and handing the Democrats their first statewide victory since 2008.

Edwards, a state lawmaker, will take over the office from term-limited Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal in January.

Voters' rejection of Vitter was a stunning turn of events for the U.S. senator, who has been a political powerhouse in the state for years and started his campaign nearly two years ago as the race's front-runner.

(Excerpt) Read more at gulflive.com ...


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To: grania

“...supposed conservatives who sell out for it to have cost Vitter the election.”

You would be surprised at the number of elected Republicans who supported Edwards.


61 posted on 11/22/2015 5:45:44 AM PST by odawg
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To: odawg

That’s right, people just can’t discern the truth. Thy are too uninformed for self-government.


62 posted on 11/22/2015 5:45:45 AM PST by Theodore R. (Liberals keep winning; so the American people must now be all-liberal all the time.)
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To: Drew68

There were no statewide races that Democrats ran unopposed in. All statewide offices are currently GOP, except now for the Governor. And for your information, Edwards isn’t conservative in any way, shape, or form. He will tax and spend, fund abortion, go after home schoolers, and will align himself with the gun-grabbers.


63 posted on 11/22/2015 5:47:28 AM PST by abb ("News reporting is too important to be left to the journalists." Walter Abbott (1950 -))
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To: Theodore R.

All the suburban East Baton Rouge voters are fleeing to Livingston and Ascension Parishes. EBR schools are sh!tholes.


64 posted on 11/22/2015 5:49:15 AM PST by abb ("News reporting is too important to be left to the journalists." Walter Abbott (1950 -))
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To: odawg

there was no evil involved


65 posted on 11/22/2015 5:49:56 AM PST by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc.;+12, 73, ....carson is the kinder gentler trumping.)
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To: Drew68

Secretary of State Tom Schedler, who survived a primary challenge from a candidate backed by George Soros, keeps an up-to-date voter list on the Internet. One can look up any LIVING voter if he knows his month and day of birth or his zip code. And it has to be the legal first name, not nicknames. Once one dies, his name is deleted from the current list usually within a day or two of his death. There are no DEAD VOTERS on Louisiana rolls. Fraud would be someone voting in place of a voter who stays home, but I don’t see how that can be done on a mass scale. Maybe it can.


66 posted on 11/22/2015 5:50:21 AM PST by Theodore R. (Liberals keep winning; so the American people must now be all-liberal all the time.)
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To: abb

Livingston went for Vitter by a small margin, but Ascension, for Edwards.


67 posted on 11/22/2015 5:51:01 AM PST by Theodore R. (Liberals keep winning; so the American people must now be all-liberal all the time.)
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To: abb

You also forgot to mention that Edwards and Mayor Mitch Landrieu oppose the continuation of Confederate monuments.


68 posted on 11/22/2015 5:52:07 AM PST by Theodore R. (Liberals keep winning; so the American people must now be all-liberal all the time.)
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To: Theodore R.

I strongly suspect that, in true Democrat fashion, he will go after their guns as some point in time also. Along with the other things that are near and dear to Democrats. The big lie is, “I [He] is a Conservative Democrat. A Conservative Democrat is like a moderate muslim. They don’t exist. Expect Edwards to show his true Democrat colors at the first opportunity. You won’t be disappointed. He will faithfully carry out all orders he gets from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington D.C. as well as from the Democratic National Committee. Now the Edwards supporters will be able to live a little higher on the hog.


69 posted on 11/22/2015 5:52:53 AM PST by sport
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To: odawg

I believe Vitter lost his own Jefferson Parish in a narrow vote where the sheriff was an Edwards booster.


70 posted on 11/22/2015 5:53:17 AM PST by Theodore R. (Liberals keep winning; so the American people must now be all-liberal all the time.)
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To: Theodore R.

Ascension has a large labor union population that work in the petrochemical industries on the Mississippi River. I own some property in that parish, inherited from my Mother who grew up there. My Father was from the area, too. Have lots of kinfolk there.


71 posted on 11/22/2015 5:54:44 AM PST by abb ("News reporting is too important to be left to the journalists." Walter Abbott (1950 -))
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To: sport

Huge tax increases on gasoline and income, and sales taxes will be on the agenda for a Spring special session of the Legislature, guaranteed.


72 posted on 11/22/2015 5:56:08 AM PST by abb ("News reporting is too important to be left to the journalists." Walter Abbott (1950 -))
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To: markomalley

Nominate a thing like Vitter, what do you expect?

Was he really the best GOP-LA could do? If so, that’s a big problem.


73 posted on 11/22/2015 5:57:32 AM PST by Jim Noble (Diseases desperate grown Are by desperate appliance relieved Or not at al)
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To: Theodore R.
Two congressmen, John Fleming and Charles Boustany, both MD’s, will run for Vitter’s seat; either could see their House seat go Democrat too in 2016. The third-placed candidate in 2014, Rob Maness, with the Tea Party, is also expected to run.

So do they wind up with a similar situation in 2016 where the best candidate gets lost in the crowd?

74 posted on 11/22/2015 5:58:28 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: Theodore R.

Lincoln Parish went for Edwards, but Jackson Parish (blue collar) went for Vitter. Lincoln is heavily infested with deadheads that have jobs at Louisiana Tech University and Grambling State. Typical government employees that only are concerned with their retirement and medical bennies.


75 posted on 11/22/2015 5:58:55 AM PST by abb ("News reporting is too important to be left to the journalists." Walter Abbott (1950 -))
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To: Jim Noble

Vitter won statewide twice, in 2004 and 2010, even with all the baggage. What do you know about his voting record? Nothing, I’ll wager.

He had one of the best Senate voting records of all.


76 posted on 11/22/2015 6:00:32 AM PST by abb ("News reporting is too important to be left to the journalists." Walter Abbott (1950 -))
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To: Reno89519

“Not surprising considering Vitter’s personal challenges.”

Yeah, we kinda got what we deserved on this one.

This is where you need a strong state party that can step in and manage the process - Vitter brought such awful baggage they should have found a way to get him out of the race in favor of an electable alternative.


77 posted on 11/22/2015 6:02:09 AM PST by highball ("I never should have switched from scotch to martinis." -- the last words of Humphrey Bogart)
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To: highball

Vitter won statewide in 2004 and 2010, baggage and all. That’s pretty “electable,” looks to me like.


78 posted on 11/22/2015 6:07:07 AM PST by abb ("News reporting is too important to be left to the journalists." Walter Abbott (1950 -))
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To: abb

I can’t believe the conservatives who fell for the lie.

Edward’s already has the excuses printed up for why he’ll move left now that he has power.


79 posted on 11/22/2015 6:08:50 AM PST by Bogey78O (We had a good run. Coulda been great still.)
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To: GOPsterinMA

It’s unlikely either of the other 2 Republicans would have won, it wasn’t the whore thing (the story is years old, everyone knew already when Vitter was easily reelected and they new it in June when he had a huge lead in this race), it was Jindal’s unpopularity.

The other 2 are traitors anyway, one endorsed the rat, the other practically did, Vitter was the only actual Republican that ran.


80 posted on 11/22/2015 6:09:14 AM PST by Impy (They pull a knife, you pull a gun. That's the CHICAGO WAY, and that's how you beat the rats!)
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