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What They’re Saying: Louisiana Republicans Fight Each Other Before First Debate Tonight

As the first debate begins tonight, the Louisiana Republican Party is reeling from Eddie Rispone’s attack on his fellow Republican Rep. Ralph Abraham. It’s a recipe that divided the LA GOP in 2015, leading many to blame the infighting for Gov. Edwards’ victory. And now they’re at it again just in time for both men…

DGA Releases New Video: “Worst Nightmare”

Today, the Democratic Governors Association is releasing a new video, “Worst Nightmare,” highlighting how Louisiana Republicans infighting is the party’s worst nightmare. There’s less than a month left until the jungle primary and Eddie Rispone decided to go after his fellow Republican Rep. Ralph Abraham in a new TV ad. Louisiana Republicans warned Abraham…

Then/Now: Moody’s Upgrades Louisiana’s Credit Outlook To “Positive,” Way Up From “Negative” Rating In Jindal Years

Gov. John Bel Edwards has turned Louisiana’s budget crisis around from the failed Jindal era and one credit agency is taking notice. During the Jindal years, Louisiana had a $2 billion budget deficit and its credit outlook slipped from “stable” to “negative.” Thanks to Gov. Edwards’ bipartisan leadership that turned Jindal’s deficit into a surplus,…

Edwards, Beshear Outraised Their Republican Opponents Last Week

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards and Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear both outraised their Republican opponents in reports filed last week. Gov. Edwards raised more than both Ralph Abraham and Eddie Rispone combined and raised more than any candidate in history in the July to September fundraising period. Abraham and Rispone weren’t able to find…

With A Month To Go, Rispone And Abraham Take the Gloves Off

Louisiana Republican leaders warned Rep. Ralph Abraham and Eddie Rispone against attacking each other, but Rispone felt no reservations about throwing the first punch, airing an attack ad against Abraham tomorrow. So much for GOP unity. This isn’t the first infighting among Louisiana Republicans this year. In March, Rispone’s campaign circulated a website slamming Abraham.…

Edwards Cleaned Up Jindal’s Budget Mess As State Posts $500M Budget Surplus

When Louisiana Gov. Edwards took office, the state’s budget was in a ditch. Former Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal turned the state’s $1 billion surplus into a $2 billion deficit – the worst in 30 years. Higher education and health care were consistently on the chopping block. Louisiana cut more funding from colleges and universities than…

Govs Get It Done: Uninsured Rate Drops in Louisiana Thanks to Gov. Edwards’ Medicaid Expansion

Democratic Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards’ Medicaid expansion is lowering the uninsured rate in the state even as the national rate continues to rise. In the last year, an estimated 19,000 Louisiana residents gained health care coverage, dropping the uninsured rate from 8.4 percent to eight percent. Gov. Edwards enacted a Medicaid expansion…

Congress Is Back To Work…And Abraham’s Back To Skipping Work

Rep. Abraham had a month off work in August. And now that Congress is back in session, Abraham is skipping work…again. He missed two more votes last night and three votes today, keeping his title of most absent member of Congress this session. This year, Abraham has missed a total of 219 votes. Abraham has…

ICYMI: New Orleans Political Commentator Says Abraham And Rispone Are Tweedledum and Tweedledee

In case you missed it, prominent New Orleans political commentator Clancy DuBos panned Rep. Ralph Abraham and Eddie Risponse’s gubernatorial campaigns in The Gambit. DuBos breaks down what differentiates Abraham and Rispone and finds that “only an auditor could divine significant policy differences between them.” Rispone has no record of voting for anything of statewide…

ICYMI: Conservative Publisher And Columnist Bashes Campaigns Of Abraham, Rispone

Abraham and Rispone “appear to be competing with one another to see which candidate can put the worst commercial on television” In case you missed it, Ouachita Citizen publisher and columnist Sam Hanna Jr. wrote a blistering takedown of Republican Louisiana gubernatorial candidates Rep. Ralph Abraham and Eddie Rispone. Hanna issues both of them a…

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