| | | | | View in your browser | | |  | | | | | | Trump, Democrats go all out in Louisiana's governor contest | The last Democratic governor in a Deep South state is battling for his political life against a well-financed Republican challenger in the final major election contest of 2019 taking place this Saturday in Louisiana.
Public polls show Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) running narrowly ahead of businessman Eddie Rispone (R), a first-time candidate who has sunk more than $12 million into his own race. Two polls out this week show Edwards leading Rispone by just 2 percentage points, well within the margin of error.
Edwards led the first round of voting in October with nearly 47 percent of the vote, followed by Rispone at 27 percent. But Edwards needed a majority, or about 60,000 more votes, to avoid Saturday’s runoff election. | | Read the full story here | | | |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Did a friend forward you this email? | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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