# 2015 Louisiana Gubernatorial Election

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-louisiana-gubernatorial-election/737274>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [November 11, 2015, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-louisiana-gubernatorial-election/737274 "2015-11-11T09:07:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2015, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-louisiana-gubernatorial-election/737274/61 "2015-11-24T16:10:47Z")

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Not even gonna ask. Nope. Not gonna.

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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2015, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-louisiana-gubernatorial-election/737274/62 "2015-11-24T16:11:26Z")

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> [@adaher](#):
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> The Democrats could very well win the Senate seat if they get a good candidate. As in, not a Blanco.

What are her weaknesses in a Senate race?

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**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2015, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-louisiana-gubernatorial-election/737274/63 "2015-11-24T16:19:36Z")

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Oh, its a _name_! What a relief…

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**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2015, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-louisiana-gubernatorial-election/737274/64 "2015-11-24T16:57:35Z")

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Her Katrina record was pretty awful, and she declined to run for reelection because she would have lost:

[http://www.reuters.com/article/2007/03/21/us-louisiana-governor-idUSN2023378020070321](http://www.reuters.com/article/2007/03/21/us-louisiana-governor-idUSN2023378020070321)

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2015, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-louisiana-gubernatorial-election/737274/65 "2015-11-26T17:14:01Z")

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> [@adaher](#):
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> The Democrats could very well win the Senate seat if they get a good candidate. As in, not a Blanco.

No, you’ve got it backwards. John Bel Edwards is not a turning point in Louisiana, just a sign that even conservative Republicans can only stomach so much from the likes of Vitter.

The GOP will keep the Senate seat with any halfway decent candidate. Vitter was not a halfway decent candidate.

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**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2015, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-louisiana-gubernatorial-election/737274/66 "2015-11-26T17:40:30Z")

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Nope, totally a turning point, nothing remains for the Republican Party but despair and Spaghetti-O’s.

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