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'''Edward Lee Rispone''', known as '''Eddie Rispone'''(pronounced RISPONY) (born January 21, 1949),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/eddie-rispone/e720917170998|title=Eddie Risone|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=December 8, 2018}}</ref> a [[business]]man from the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]], who is the [[Republican Party|Republican]] choice to face [[Governor]] [[John Bel Edwards]], a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], in the [[Governor|gubernatorial]] runoff election set for for November 16, 2019. In the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 12, 2019, he edged out fellow Republican [[U.S. Representative]] [[Ralph Abraham]] of Louisiana's 5th congressional district, a medical doctor from Richland Parish. Edwards polled exactly 626,000 in the primary to Rispone's 368,318, and Abraham's 317,115.
'''Edward Lee Rispone''', known as '''Eddie Rispone'''(pronounced RISPONY) (born January 21, 1949),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/eddie-rispone/e720917170998|title=Eddie Risone|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=December 8, 2018}}</ref> a [[business]]man from the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]], who is the [[Republican Party|Republican]] choice to face [[Governor]] [[John Bel Edwards]], a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], in the [[Governor|gubernatorial]] runoff election set for for November 16, 2019. In the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 12, 2019, he edged out fellow Republican [[U.S. Representative]] [[Ralph Abraham]] of Louisiana's 5th congressional district, a medical doctor from Richland Parish. Edwards polled exactly 626,000 (47 percent) in the primary to Rispone's 368,318 (27 percent), and Abraham's 317,115 (24 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 12, 2019.</ref>
<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 12, 2019.</ref>
Republican state Senator Sharon Hewitt of Slidell in St. Tammany Parish had indicated that she was considering a gubernatorial campaign too but chose to run instead for the state Senate and potentially to seek to succeed [[Moderate Republican]] [[John Alario]] as the state Senate President. Hewitt vowed support for either Rispone or Abraham in the primary.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/2019/04/11/breaking-sen-hewitt-wont-run-governor/3438834002/|title=Sen. Hewitt won't run for Louisiana governor 'for now'|author=[[Greg Hilburn]]|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=April 11, 2019|accessdate=April 12, 2019}}</ref>
Republican state Senator Sharon Hewitt of Slidell in St. Tammany Parish had indicated that she was considering a gubernatorial campaign too but chose to run instead for the state Senate and potentially to seek to succeed [[Moderate Republican]] [[John Alario]] as the state Senate President. Hewitt vowed support for either Rispone or Abraham in the primary.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/2019/04/11/breaking-sen-hewitt-wont-run-governor/3438834002/|title=Sen. Hewitt won't run for Louisiana governor 'for now'|author=[[Greg Hilburn]]|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=April 11, 2019|accessdate=April 12, 2019}}</ref>
In mid-September, Rispone launched a controversial ad in which he accuses opponent Ralph Abraham of congressional disloyalty to President Trump. Moon Griffon voiced immediate opposition to the Rispone advertising and endorsed Abraham as his preference for governor. Griffon said that Abraham supporters dissuade by Rispone's ad could well support the Democrat John Bel Edwards.<ref>''The Moon Griffon Show,'' September 17, 2019.</ref>
In mid-September, Rispone launched a controversial ad in which he accuses opponent Ralph Abraham of congressional disloyalty to President Trump. Moon Griffon voiced immediate opposition to the Rispone advertising and endorsed Abraham as his preference for governor. Griffon said that Abraham supporters dissuade by Rispone's ad could well support the Democrat John Bel Edwards.<ref>''The Moon Griffon Show,'' September 17, 2019.</ref>
On the eve of the primary, [[U.S. President]] [[Donald Trump]] held a rally in [[Lake Charles]] to implore Louisiana Republicans to show up at the polls on October 12. Trump did not specifically endorse a candidate, but he said either Abraham or Rispone would be acceptable.
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