When U.S. Sen. John Kennedy defied conventional political wisdom in late November, announcing he wouldn’t be challenging Gov. John Bel Edwards in the fall election, some assumed the contest was over before it had really begun. Baton Rouge businessman Eddie Rispone, though well-funded and popular with hardcore conservatives, has little statewide name recognition. Similarly, first-term
2019 Louisiana politics: The calm before the gubernatorial storm
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