John Bel Edwards is likely to be reelected because he "embraces" the petrochemical industry and because the Republicans aren't really trying to beat him. They are trying to win supermajorities in the legislature, though. And they will at least come close to doing that. There are very serious consequences for Louisiana in both of those outcomes.
But we keep reading that this is a "policy barren" campaign where no one bothers to even go outside and talk to anybody. This means either that the money power dominates the state to such a degreee now that politics is entirely irrelevant or that there is a tremendous power vacuum waiting to be exploited. Not sure which is worse.
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