2019 Louisiana Governor Race

Politics & Elections
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Kind of a nailbiter. John Bel Edwards, nominally a Democrat and the sitting governor, is running for reelection against a Republican, Eddie Rispone.

Edwards is pro-gun and anti-abortion, which is unusual for a Dem. His only virtue is that he’s not surrounded by the Bright Red Taint.

Currently, the two are neck-and-neck. 93% reporting, and Edwards enjoys less than a 1% lead over the challenger.

A million and a half votes cast, and fewer than 9000 votes separate them.

New York Times
ETA: No sooner than I posted, it was called for Edwards. 50.7% to 49.3%.

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Yes, flipping back and forth between these results and college football.

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Vox appears to call for Edwards.

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51.1 to 48.9 now, according to NYT.

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Ja, 40K votes.

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One thing I miss about Louisiana: Saturday night election returns.

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Lesson to all progressives: let democrats define for themselves who they are, according to their circumstances and don’t hold up a litmus paper.

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Keep dreaming.

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Trump wanted Edwards gone (or wanted him out of the way so that a high-level donor could be installed), so that’s good enough for me.

Still, there was the heartbeat abortion bill with no exceptions for rape or incest that he signed.

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Edwards, Edwards, Edwards, starts with “E”!

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Democrats have never used “litmus tests”, and are already the only party in the country that welcomes pro-life politicians.

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The best part is that it is another example that having Trump stump for you is not a guarantee win. There were local issues here and in KY, but still anything that lessens his positive impact is a good thing IMHO.

Brian

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And now we know who hasn’t been paying attention to politics over the last 10 years or so.

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Right on time, the ‘true progressives’ are bitching. It would have been far better to nominate a Sanders clone and to lose in a landslide but stay true to their values. These people seriously need to spend a few days out of their blue bubbles.

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Exactly!!

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except in rare cases a true liberal cannot win a statewide race in the south. They can win for congress in districts that are very urban.

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Can you direct me to where this bitching is happening? I’ve looked at several news sites and I haven’t found any of this yet. I did look at Faux and the Trumpeters are saying Edwards is a DINO so it means nothing but I expected that. Their tiny brains can’t deal with something like this happening.

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I have to assume you meant both pro-life and pro-choice politicians.

Another victory for my tribe.