Louisiana gubernatorial election returns (polls closed at 9 EST)

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Individual parish (county) results can be seen by rolling over the map at the link.

Still a little bit early to post any figures, though Rispone leads VERY early on. No results yet at all from Orleans Parish.

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Map Percent Candidate Party Votes Winner
51.8% Eddie Rispone GOP 267,367
48.2% John Bel Edwards* Dem 249,248
13.6% of precincts reporting (533/3,934) *Incumbent
516,615 total votes

Still nothing from Orleans Parish.

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Starting to get returns from Orleans Parish, so if it is going to swing to Edwards, it will probably do so soon.

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ELECTION RESULTS

Map Percent Candidate Party Votes Winner
50.5% John Bel Edwards* Dem 438,660
49.5% Eddie Rispone GOP 429,176
44.5% of precincts reporting (1,749/3,934) *Incumbent
867,836 total votes

It has swung over to Edwards, which is not a good sign for Rispone, as Orleans is still very early in reporting.

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Going off the list of governors (all 50 of them), looks like Louisiana swaps back and forth between Dem and Rep governorships. Dem’s have only had 2 years this time round (elected 2016), Rep before that was 8 years. before that 4 years for the Dem.

So a win by the D doesn’t look like it will be a major upset. And the R taking him to a runoff was bad for the D.

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Map Percent Candidate Party Votes Winner
50.3% Eddie Rispone GOP 564,814
49.7% John Bel Edwards* Dem 557,657
67% of precincts reporting (2,634/3,934) *Incumbent
1,122,471 total votes

Again, big caveat, Orleans is only 25% reported.

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Rispone was NOT the best candidate by any means either. No previous political experience. So that worked in Edwards favor.

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Should scare the crap out of D’s then. Unless there is something I don’t know about the D where he pissed off a bunch of Louisiana citizens.

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This is very much a State race. I wouldn’t draw too much from it in regards to national implications regardless of who wins.

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If Edwards doesn’t coast to an easy win I’ll be shocked, so too should the Democrats nationwide.

This should have been a slam dunk easy win.

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I looks like to me that the large remaining votes outstanding favor the Democrat. I would be surprised if he lost at this point. Unless I’m missing something.

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Depends mainly on turnout in NO I’d imagine.

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Right now the vote is virtually tied with 87% statewide reporting. But Orleans Parish is only 47% reported so I expect Edwards will win by 1% or 2%.

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And just as I posted the previous post, a big surge came in from Orleans Parish, pushing Edwards ahead.

Map Percent Candidate Party Votes Winner
50.4% John Bel Edwards* Dem 700,136
49.6% Eddie Rispone GOP 688,801
90.5% of precincts reporting (3,561/3,934) *Incumbent
1,388,937 total votes
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I personally feel comfortable calling this race for Edwards at this time. The few remaining Republican Parishes have negligible vote left to count.

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And called for Edwards by the media a moment ago.

Map Percent Candidate Party Votes Winner
50.7% John Bel Edwards* Dem 735,753 âś“
49.3% Eddie Rispone GOP 716,441
96.1% of precincts reporting (3,780/3,934) *Incumbent
1,452,194 total votes
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Everything trump touches dies.

https://twitter.com/ap/status/1195913217865920512?s=21

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I reject this overly simplistic analysis.

This was a State race on State issues. Rispone was FAR from the best candidate.

This particular race does not interpolate well to national races.

And I don’t think the GOP in Louisiana was stunned. They knew full well Rispone was a weak candidate.

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I would love to know how this was “stunning”.

It looks like the D got of lucky and should have ran away with it.

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With trump’s endorsement and two rallies within a couple of weeks, it should’ve been a cakewalk for the R candidate.