| | '''Edward Lee Rispone''', known as '''Eddie Rispone''' (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]], is one of two [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Governor|Governor]] candidates currently seeking to unseat [[Louisiana]] [[Governor]] [[John Bel Edwards]], a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], in the 2019 nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] election. Also in the race as of December 8, 2018, is [[U.S. Representative]] [[Ralph Abraham]] of Louisiana's 5th congressional district. Republican state Senator Sharon Hewitt of Slidell in St. Tammany Parish, a [[conservative]], is a potential gubernatorial candidate. | | '''Edward Lee Rispone''', known as '''Eddie Rispone''' (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]], is one of two [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Governor|Governor]] candidates currently seeking to unseat [[Louisiana]] [[Governor]] [[John Bel Edwards]], a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], in the 2019 nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] election. Also in the race as of December 8, 2018, is [[U.S. Representative]] [[Ralph Abraham]] of Louisiana's 5th congressional district. Republican state Senator Sharon Hewitt of Slidell in St. Tammany Parish, a [[conservative]], is a potential gubernatorial candidate. |