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TexasTowelie

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Tue Dec 29, 2015, 08:33 AM Dec 2015

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.”

Read more: http://theadvocate.com/news/acadiana/14329107-123/louisiana-democratic-party-hopes-to-duplicate-governors-race-in-future

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