Not surprised. Risponi had all the attractiveness of a dead alligator...
TXnMA
Well, I guess the voters down there are hard pressed to gain any value from looking how bad other areas are that are run by Democrat leaders.
California anyone...
Why dems keep winning boggles the mind. Testing cheating for 2020?
Edwards ran as pro-gun and anti-abortion candidate. Are other Democrats gonna adopt these beliefs to win future elections? Democrats can’t run as who they really are, they have to pretend to be Republican to win in the South and Flyover States. This really has to cause them some concern for 2020 Presidential and down ballots.
Being a native of the state, I have some insights from family still living there. This was NOT a referendum on Trump, despite what anyone will hear from the media in the coming days/weeks. In the primary, there were two republicans running. Abraham, a doctor, was favored by MANY die-hard social conservatives. Rispone was not, as I understand it, as conservative.
Bel Edwards has run as a blue dog, so yes, miles apart from CA and Pelosi and what is happening on the Federal level. He has raised taxes (don’t they always?) and turned around and gave the money to the Teachers as a raise. Since there are many minorities in LA and especially as teachers, the outcome is somewhat predictable. Had Abraham run against Bel Edwards, it might have been different. In any case, BE had a harder road to climb this time and a quick look at the map will show more red across the state than blue. It remains to be seen what his popularity will be going forward, but I wouldn’t bet the farm on it staying high.
This is now 2 for 2, whereby in Kentucky, Bevin lost by a nose, while all the other positions (nearly) went full-on Republican with big margins.
Now the same pattern in Louisiana.
I just do not believe that both Gov races lost by a hair to the Dems, while all the rest (nearly) went to the Republicans with significant margins.
Something is rotten.
WTF HELL!!!! Maybe people don’t really care and the GOP is absolutely f-ing worthless!!!! These are looked at as small losses by us and great victories by them. We do not understand political war and how the left is killing us. I would simply say demographics again is key to the shrinking USA.
Can someone explain this because I DO NOT get it...
The GOP is failing bigly. I don’t me POTUS, I mean Romney’s niece of whatever she is.
In no way is Louisiana a harbinger of national politics.
In fact, Louisiana may be the exact opposite.
Not surprised. Risponi had all the attractiveness of a dead alligator...
TXnMA
I honestly think Trump should have stayed out of this race. This is one of those races where the R should have simply took the L and look forward to the next gubernatorial campaign.
I don't care if Edwards is a Democrat. Anyone who supports life and RKBA I'd vote for in a heartbeat.
Hard to win with a weak unknown candidate, even with Trump’s help. Like Kentucky, bad candidates will lose.
All candidates run in the same primary.
If no candidate gets above 50%, the top two face off in the general election.
In the 2015 primary, the combined total vote for three Republican candidates was 57%.
However, in the 2015 general election, John Bel Edwards, the Democrat, got 56%.
In the 2019 primary, the combined GOP vote was 50%.
In the 2019 general election, John Bel Edwards, the Democrat, got 51.3%.
At first glance, it looks like there is significant GOP in-fighting after the primaries.
And once again stupid people split their vote
Voting fraud must run as deep as Deep State in the Louisiana territory. Winning by a ‘narrow margin’ will be seen many times in the next year. d’rats are experts, having had so much practice. That they lost in 2016 was only a fluke or a Miracle and they will not allow that to happen again.
The party of sh## and needles in the streets and homelessness prevails!
Isn’t the message clear yet? President Trump’s supporters are mad as *ell about the limp support Republicans are providing for the President.
Ho hum...the state, along with Kentucky, might have a D governor but R are still in control...