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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> is a [[business]]man from the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]], who was the [[Republican Party|Republican]] choice against [[Governor]] [[John Bel Edwards]], a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], in the [[Governor|gubernatorial]] runoff election held on November 16, 2019. With 96 percent of the ballots counted, Edwards was leading in the race by some 20,000 votes.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 16, 2019.</ref> It was a particular loss for state Republicans in that [[U.S. President]] [[Donald Trump]] had campaigned three times for the Republican candidates, including a final November 14 rally in [[Bossier City]], which drew a large crowd.

'''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> is a [[business]]man from the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]], who was the [[Republican Party|Republican]] choice against [[Governor]] [[John Bel Edwards]], a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], in the [[Governor|gubernatorial]] runoff election held on November 16, 2019. With 99 percent of the ballots counted, Edwards was leading in the race by some 32,000 votes.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 16, 2019.</ref> It was a particular loss for state Republicans in that [[U.S. President]] [[Donald Trump]] had campaigned three times for the Republican candidates, including a final November 14 rally in [[Bossier City]], which drew a large crowd.

In the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 12, 2019, Rispone 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 (46.6 percent) in the primary to Rispone's 368,318 (27.4 percent), and Abraham's 317,115 (23.6 percent). Voter turnout was just 45.3 percent.<ref name=primaryreturns>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 12, 2019.</ref>

In the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 12, 2019, Rispone 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 (46.6 percent) in the primary to Rispone's 368,318 (27.4 percent), and Abraham's 317,115 (23.6 percent). Voter turnout was just 45.3 percent.<ref name=primaryreturns>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 12, 2019.</ref>