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Democratic state Rep. John Bel Edwards will win the hard-fought and deeply negative battle for the Louisiana governorship against Republican Sen. David Vitter, CNN projects. With 92% of the vote in late Saturday, Edwards had 55% of the ballots cast, according to the Louisiana secretary of state's website. Edwards will succeed Gov. Bobby Jindal and becomes the first Democratic governor to be elected in the Deep South in 12 years. Vitter had been dogged from the start of his gubernatorial bid about his purported history with hookers. In the summer of 2007, he apologized for committing "a serious sin" after his phone number appeared on the client list of Deborah Jeane Palfrey, known as the "D.C. Madam." Democrats tried to make it an issue in Vitter's 2010 re-election bid. But in a heavily Republican year, he skated to victory. Running for state office, though, the charges stuck. A state trial lawyers' group ran an independent spot prior to the October 24 all-party "jungle primary" hitting Vitter for the alleged past solicitation. |
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Is this just a bad candidate issue or a trend of things to come?
Democrats pick up Louisiana governorship 2015 (Edwards defeats Vitter)