Dem John Bel Edwards Wins Louisiana Governor’s Race Beating David Vitter
In his victory speech, Mr. Edwards alluded to the nasty campaign, saying that Louisianans had ‘chosen hope over scorn, over negativity and over the distrust of others’
John Bel Edwards, Democrat, Defeats David Vitter in Louisiana Governor’s Race (The New York Times)
With a victory that defied political geography and near universal predictions from just months earlier, a previously little-known Democrat, State Representative John Bel Edwards, soundly defeated United States Senator David Vitter in a runoff election on Saturday to become the next governor of Louisiana.
Mr. Edwards won 56 percent of the vote with virtually all of the ballots counted.
A more promising red state Democrat could hardly have been found than Mr. Edwards, a Catholic social conservative from a family of rural law enforcement officers who graduated from West Point and served eight years of active duty in the Army.
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