Gov. John Bel Edwards had to check off three boxes to win re-election Saturday over businessman Eddie Rispone, after narrowly falling short in the primary.
He needed to turn out dramatically more African-American voters, who form the core of the Democratic Party.
He needed to win at least 10% of the voters who had supported Republican U.S. Rep. Ralph Abraham, the third-place finisher in the primary.
And he needed to win over enough moderate, suburban Republicans in East Baton Rouge, Jefferson and St. Tammany parishes who were turned off by President Donald Trump and his tight embrace of Rispone.
Check. Check. Check.
And checkmate. CONT.
Tyler Bridges, The Advocate