Louisiana voters pick between Democratic governor and Trump
(WorldNews Politics)

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - In a race that has become a nail-biter, Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards battled Saturday to defy the partisan odds in the ruby red South and win reelection to a seat that President Donald Trump desperately wants returned to Republicans. Trump has made the runoff election between the Deep South´s only Democratic governor and GOP political donor and businessman Eddie Rispone a test of his own popularity and political prowess heading into the 2020 presidential race. The president particularly wants to capture Louisiana´s governorship for the GOP after Democrats ousted a Republican incumbent in Kentucky despite Trump´s intervention for the GOP. Trump made three trips to...