If the Democratic Governor John Bel Edwards doesn’t end up in the top vote getters ?
The next Governor of the state will chosen among Republicans…
But all that still might not be enough for the governor to win his reelection battle outright on Saturday, as Trump holds an 11th-hour rally to boost support for the two leading GOP challengers.
Trump is wading into a so-called “jungle” primary where Edwards and five other candidates from both parties will be on the ballot. Edwards needs more than 50 percent of the vote to avoid a Nov. 16 runoff, where he would likely face either Rep. Ralph Abraham (R) or GOP businessman Eddie Rispone…..
image…Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards stumps for reelection during a campaign stop in New Orleans on July 8. (David Grunfeld/AP)
Watch the results live from the La Sec of State (of course, you knew that’s the world-renowned R. Kyle Ardoin) at this self-refreshing page — which was showing nothing at 9 p.m. EDT.
https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/graphical
Governor
2541 of 3934 precincts reporting – 65%
absentee reporting – 60 of 64 parishes
Votes
231,018 Ralph Abraham (REP) 25%
7,411 Oscar “Omar” Dantzler (DEM) 1%
413,359 John Bel Edwards (DEM) 45%
6,822 Gary Landrieu (IND) 1%
7,632 Patrick “Live Wire” Landry (REP) 1%
253,139 “Eddie” Rispone (REP) 28%
Total: 919,381
With 93% of Louisiana’s precincts reporting, it looks pretty clear that Dem. Gov. John Bel Edwards (46%) will have to face a runoff next month with Eddie Rispone (R).
Governor
Governor
3643 of 3934 precincts reporting – 93%
absentee reporting – 61 of 64 parishes
Votes
564,513 John Bel Edwards (DEM) 46%
9,992 Oscar “Omar” Dantzler (DEM) 1%
335,423 “Eddie” Rispone (REP) 27%
294,138 Ralph Abraham (REP) 24%
10,066 Patrick “Live Wire” Landry (REP) 1%
9,190 Gary Landrieu (IND) 1%
Total:
1,223,322
https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/graphical
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Breaking: Democrat Edwards will face runoff in Louisiana governor’s race
Governor
3859 of 3934 precincts reporting – 98%
absentee reporting – 61 of 64 parishes
Votes
598,759 John Bel Edwards (DEM) 47%
10,566 Oscar “Omar” Dantzler (DEM) 1%
352,368 “Eddie” Rispone (REP) 27%
302,142 Ralph Abraham (REP) 24%
10,443 Patrick “Live Wire” Landry (REP) 1%
9,595 Gary Landrieu (IND) 1%
Total:
1,283,873
Governor
3927 of 3934 precincts reporting – 99.82%
absentee reporting – 100%
Votes
624,583 John Bel Edwards (DEM) 47%
10,969 Oscar “Omar” Dantzler (DEM) 1%
367,534 “Eddie” Rispone (REP) 27%
316,329 Ralph Abraham (REP) 24%
10,933 Patrick “Live Wire” Landry (REP) 1%
10,064 Gary Landrieu (IND) 1%
Total:
1,340,412
Complete unofficial results with all precincts reporting and a 45% turnout:
Governor
3934 of 3934 precincts reporting – 100%
absentee reporting – 100%
Votes
626,000 John Bel Edwards (DEM) 47%
10,993 Oscar “Omar” Dantzler (DEM) 1%
368,318 “Eddie” Rispone (REP) 27%
317,115 Ralph Abraham (REP) 24%
10,966 Patrick “Live Wire” Landry (REP) 1%
10,086 Gary Landrieu (IND) 1%
Total:
1,343,478
Unofficial Turnout: 45.3%
The two main Republican candidates won 685,433 votes or 51.02% of the unofficial total vote, compared with Gov. Edwards’s 626,000 (46.6%) or a difference of 59,000 votes.
The questions, as with many such jungle primaries, are
(1) whom will the losing or third-place candidate (Rep. Abraham) endorse, if anyone?
(2) where will his primary-election voters go?, and
(3) what will be the total turnout and relative difference in turnout for a second general election?
Gov. John Bel Edwards to meet Eddie Rispone in runoff for Louisiana governor’s race
BY MARK BALLARD | CAPITOL BUREAU EDITOR of the Baton Rouge Advocate PUBLISHED OCT 12, 2019 AT 11:00 PM | UPDATED OCT 13, 2019 AT 12:24 AM
Republican millionaire Eddie Rispone, making his first bid for public office, edged his way into a Nov. 16 runoff with incumbent Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards.
By a margin of about 50,000 votes, Rispone, of Baton Rouge, beat his Republican rival, U.S. Rep. Ralph Abraham, to face off with Edwards, who led the field Saturday night but not by enough to win outright.
Edwards garnered 626,000 votes, 47% of the total cast, according to the Secretary of State’s complete but unofficial results. Rispone, who spent about $11.5 million — mostly of his own money — on the campaign, came in second with 368,318 votes, or 27%, followed by three-term Congressman Abraham, of Alto, with 317,115, or 24% of the vote.
Three other candidates together attracted 3% of the vote.
Rispone, who made his devotion to President Donald Trump a key part of his campaign, said he got a congratulatory telephone call from the president late Saturday night.
“Isn’t it a great night for Louisiana!” Rispone said after clinching a spot in the runoff. “We’re going to turn this state around.”
During his remarks, Edwards foreshadowed his message during the runoff – painting Rispone as a clone of former Gov. Bobby Jindal and trying to blunt the impact of Trump by warning against “Washington-style partisan politics.”
“My fellow Louisianians, we are not going back,” Edwards told his supporters at his post-election gathering. “That is exactly what Eddie Rispone would have us do. He wants to put us right back on the path that led us straight into the ditch.”
When Abraham conceded Saturday night, he announced that he would endorse Rispone’s candidacy. Abraham said he will continue to serve in Congress.
A total of 1.3 million, or 45.3%, of the state’s 2.9 million registered voters participated Saturday night. That was up from the 1.1 million or 39.2% turnout in the 2015 gubernatorial primary.
The runoff is expected to attract much out-of-state attention and money. Trump is expected to visit again.
Active in backroom conservative politics for years — he’s given close to a million dollars in campaign contributions to GOP candidates and causes — Rispone said he threw himself into the race after finding through prayer that he needed to give something back. Through a raft of television commercials, Rispone, 70, introduced himself as an outsider with business skills who would change things, comparing himself to Trump.
While Abraham flew his personal airplane all over the state to festivals, rallies and luncheon events, Rispone eschewed that type of schedule, preferring instead to meet leaders behind closed doors and friendly Republicans at various events, often arriving home in time for bed at 9 p.m.
The 53-year-old Edwards focused on his record over the past four years, including expanding Medicaid health care coverage to include the working poor, and ending years of budget deficits, which was accomplished through negotiation with a Republican-majority Legislature. Once the budget stabilized, he was able to push through the first pay raise for teachers in a decade and provide more money for public schools and colleges….
…Rispone and Edwards meet again five weeks from now on Nov. 16 in a winner-take-all election. Early voting will run from Nov. 2 to Nov. 9.
Historically, runoff elections in Louisiana favor GOP candidates because far fewer voters participate and those who do tend to vote Republican. But Edwards is an incumbent with higher than usual popularity, for a Democrat, among moderate Republicans.
The only Democratic governor in the Deep South and only Democratic leader elected statewide, Edwards has embraced positions, such as anti-abortion and pro-guns, that are at odds with his national party. He worked well with moderate Republicans and proved a steady hand on the rudder through police shootings, deadly attacks on law enforcement, floods and hurricanes….
https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/elections/article_390424f2-eac6-11e9-ba30-0b452246298d.html