Louisiana’s Democratic governor reaching for primary win

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards is striving to hang on to a rare Democratic governorship in Deep South Trump territory against a national GOP offensive aimed at forcing him into a runoff.
Republicans are trying to hold Edwards under the 50% benchmark the region’s only Democratic governor needs Saturday to avoid another election on Nov. 16.
Edwards faces two main GOP challengers: U.S. Rep. Ralph Abraham and businessman Eddie Rispone. But three lesser-known cont