Louisiana Democratic Party hopes to duplicate governor’s race in future
Louisiana Democrats say they recognize that Gov.-elect John Bel Edwards had the perfect “three-legged stool” to boost his campaign from a potential afterthought in 2015 to winning the race.
Edwards, who will be sworn in Jan. 11, is the first Democrat to win a statewide election in Louisiana since 2008.
Now, Democrats are analyzing what went right for Edwards and whether they can re-create the magic political mix in what could be a heated U.S. Senate race in 2016.
“It was a lot of hard work that’s not very sexy,” said Louisiana Democratic Party Executive Director Stephen Handwerk. “That work and that investment and those relationships that were built paid off.”
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