The state primary elections in October left Louisiana with several tough decisions to make. The biggest: selecting our state’s leader for the next four years.
Incumbent Gov. John Bel Edwards faces Baton Rouge businessman and Republican Eddie Rispone in a runoff this month, after Edwards wasn’t able to get more than 50% of the primary vote. The final tally had Edwards with 46.6%, or 626,000 votes, and Rispone with 27.4%, or 368,318.
Rispone—who has never held political office—snatched the No. 2 spot from veteran Republican congressman Ralph Abraham. Still, Abraham swiftly issued an endorsement for Rispone, hoping to help oust the Deep South’s lone Democratic governor.