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scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Lieutenant</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Billy_Nungesser" title="Billy Nungesser">Billy Nungesser</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Jindal" title="Bobby Jindal">Bobby Jindal</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Landry" title="Jeff Landry">Jeff Landry</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Minority Leader of the <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_House_of_Representatives" title="Louisiana House of Representatives">Louisiana House of Representatives</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 10, 2012 – December 10, 2015</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Jane Smith</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Gene Reynolds</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Louisiana_House_of_Representatives" title="Louisiana House of Representatives">Louisiana House of Representatives</a></span><br />from the 72nd district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 14, 2008 – December 10, 2015</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Robby Carter</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Robby_Carter" title="Robby Carter">Robby Carter</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1966-09-16</span>) </span>September 16, 1966<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 58)</span></span><br /><a href="/wiki/East_Baton_Rouge_Parish,_Louisiana" title="East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana">East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Donna Hutto</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip" title="March 4, 1989">1989</span>)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">3</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Military_Academy" title="United States Military Academy">United States Military Academy</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Science" title="Bachelor of Science">BS</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Louisiana_State_University" title="Louisiana State University">Louisiana State University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">JD</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Signature</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Bel_Edwards_signature.png" class="mw-file-description" title="John Bel Edwards's signature"><img alt="" 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href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years of service</th><td class="infobox-data">1988–1996</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Captain_(United_States_O-3)" title="Captain (United States O-3)">Captain</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Unit</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/25th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="25th Infantry Division (United States)">25th Infantry Division</a><br /><a href="/wiki/82nd_Airborne_Division" title="82nd Airborne Division">82nd Airborne Division</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>John Bel Edwards</b> (born September 16, 1966) is an American politician and attorney who served as the 56th <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Louisiana" title="Governor of Louisiana">governor of Louisiana</a> from 2016 to 2024. A member of the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic Party</a>, he was the Democratic leader of the <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_House_of_Representatives" title="Louisiana House of Representatives">Louisiana House of Representatives</a> from 2012 to 2015. </p><p>First elected to the Louisiana House in <a href="/wiki/2007_Louisiana_elections" title="2007 Louisiana elections">2007</a>, Edwards became Democratic minority leader in 2012. He defeated <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. Senator</a> <a href="/wiki/David_Vitter" title="David Vitter">David Vitter</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Two-round_system" title="Two-round system">second round</a> of the <a href="/wiki/2015_Louisiana_gubernatorial_election" title="2015 Louisiana gubernatorial election">2015 gubernatorial election</a>, and became Louisiana governor in January 2016. He won a second term in <a href="/wiki/2019_Louisiana_gubernatorial_election" title="2019 Louisiana gubernatorial election">2019</a>, becoming the first Democrat to win reelection as governor of Louisiana since <a href="/wiki/Edwin_Edwards" title="Edwin Edwards">Edwin Edwards</a> (no relation) in <a href="/wiki/1975_Louisiana_gubernatorial_election" title="1975 Louisiana gubernatorial election">1975</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a> veteran, having served with the <a href="/wiki/82nd_Airborne_Division" title="82nd Airborne Division">82nd Airborne Division</a>, reaching the rank of <a href="/wiki/Captain_(United_States_O-3)" title="Captain (United States O-3)">captain</a>. He is the most recent Democrat to win or hold statewide office in Louisiana.<sup id="cite_ref-wrkf_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wrkf-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some political observers describe Edwards as a <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Democrat" title="Conservative Democrat">conservative Democrat</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-illum_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-illum-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After leaving office, Edwards joined the New Orleans–based law firm Fishman Haygood LLP, where his practice focuses primarily on renewable energy litigation.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Bel_Edwards&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>John Bel Edwards was born in <a href="/wiki/East_Baton_Rouge_Parish" class="mw-redirect" title="East Baton Rouge Parish">East Baton Rouge Parish</a>, Louisiana, on September 16, 1966.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was raised in <a href="/wiki/Amite_City,_Louisiana" title="Amite City, Louisiana">Amite</a>, Louisiana, the son of Dora Jean (née Miller) and <a href="/wiki/Tangipahoa_Parish" class="mw-redirect" title="Tangipahoa Parish">Tangipahoa Parish</a> <a href="/wiki/Sheriff" title="Sheriff">Sheriff</a> Frank M. Edwards, Jr. Born into an economically and politically well-established family in the parish, he graduated from <a href="/wiki/Amite_High_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Amite High School">Amite High School</a> in 1984 as valedictorian. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Bel_Edwards_West_Point.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/John_Bel_Edwards_West_Point.jpg/130px-John_Bel_Edwards_West_Point.jpg" decoding="async" width="130" height="168" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/John_Bel_Edwards_West_Point.jpg/195px-John_Bel_Edwards_West_Point.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/John_Bel_Edwards_West_Point.jpg/260px-John_Bel_Edwards_West_Point.jpg 2x" data-file-width="336" data-file-height="435" /></a><figcaption>Edwards as a West Point cadet</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1988, Edwards received a BA in engineering from the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Military_Academy" title="United States Military Academy">United States Military Academy</a>, where he was on the Dean's List and served as vice chairman of the panel that enforced the <a href="/wiki/Cadet_Honor_Code" title="Cadet Honor Code">West Point honor code</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Sentell_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sentell-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Edwards completed <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Airborne_School" title="United States Army Airborne School">Airborne School</a> in 1986, while a student at West Point. After receiving his commission, he completed the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Infantry_School" title="United States Army Infantry School">Infantry Officer Basic Course</a> at <a href="/wiki/Fort_Benning" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Benning">Fort Benning</a> in 1988, <a href="/wiki/Ranger_School" title="Ranger School">Ranger School</a> in 1989, and the Infantry Officer Advanced Course in 1992. </p><p>Edwards served in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a> for eight years, mostly in the <a href="/wiki/25th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="25th Infantry Division (United States)">25th Infantry Division</a> and <a href="/wiki/82nd_Airborne_Division" title="82nd Airborne Division">82nd Airborne Division</a>. He commanded a company in the 82nd's 3rd Brigade, <a href="/wiki/505th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)" title="505th Infantry Regiment (United States)">505th Parachute Infantry Regiment</a>. Edwards ultimately ended his military career to return to Louisiana because of family considerations. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legal_career">Legal career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Bel_Edwards&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Legal career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After leaving the Army, Edwards pursued a legal education at <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_State_University" title="Louisiana State University">Louisiana State University</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Paul_M._Hebert_Law_Center" title="Paul M. Hebert Law Center">Paul M. Hebert Law Center</a> (LSU Law). He received his <a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">J.D.</a> degree in 1999, and after graduation clerked for Judge <a href="/wiki/James_L._Dennis" title="James L. Dennis">James L. Dennis</a> of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Fifth_Circuit" title="United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit">United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit</a>. </p><p>Edwards went on to become a practicing attorney with the Edwards & Associates law firm in Amite.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He handled a variety of cases, but did not practice criminal law because his brother was the local sheriff.<sup id="cite_ref-Sentell_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sentell-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His nephew, Bradley Stevens, worked at the firm as a law partner.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Louisiana_House_of_Representatives">Louisiana House of Representatives</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Bel_Edwards&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Louisiana House of Representatives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2007, Edwards ran for a seat in the <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_House_of_Representatives" title="Louisiana House of Representatives">Louisiana House of Representatives</a> and was forced into a general election <a href="/wiki/Two-round_system" title="Two-round system">runoff</a> with fellow attorney George Tucker.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Edwards won every parish in the district.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was the only freshman lawmaker to chair a committee, the Veterans Affairs Committee, in the legislature. Edwards was also selected as chair of the Democratic House caucus, a rarity for a freshman legislator. Edwards criticized <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Louisiana" title="Governor of Louisiana">Governor</a> <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Jindal" title="Bobby Jindal">Bobby Jindal</a> for his frequent trips away from Louisiana to raise funds for Republicans elsewhere while Louisiana had been reducing its funding for higher education.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In 2011, Edwards was reelected to the Louisiana House of Representatives, defeating Johnny Duncan, 83% to 17%.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He chaired the Louisiana House Democratic Caucus, making him the House Minority Leader.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cities and towns that Edwards represented included <a href="/wiki/Amite_City,_Louisiana" title="Amite City, Louisiana">Amite</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greensburg,_Louisiana" title="Greensburg, Louisiana">Greensburg</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Kentwood,_Louisiana" title="Kentwood, Louisiana">Kentwood</a> as well as part of <a href="/wiki/Hammond,_Louisiana" title="Hammond, Louisiana">Hammond</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Governor_of_Louisiana">Governor of Louisiana</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Bel_Edwards&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Governor of Louisiana"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections">Elections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Bel_Edwards&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2015">2015</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Bel_Edwards&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 2015"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2015_Louisiana_gubernatorial_election" title="2015 Louisiana gubernatorial election">2015 Louisiana gubernatorial election</a></div> <p>On February 21, 2013, Edwards announced his candidacy for governor in <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_gubernatorial_election,_2015" class="mw-redirect" title="Louisiana gubernatorial election, 2015">2015</a>. He said that Louisiana needed "a healthy dose of common sense and compassion for ordinary people".<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The only major Democrat in the race, Edwards polled first in the nonpartisan blanket primary with 444,517 votes (39.9%), followed by <a href="/wiki/David_Vitter" title="David Vitter">Vitter</a>, who finished second with 256,300 votes (23%). In third place was <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_Public_Service_Commission" title="Louisiana Public Service Commission">Louisiana Public Service Commissioner</a> <a href="/wiki/Scott_Angelle" title="Scott Angelle">Scott Angelle</a> of <a href="/wiki/Breaux_Bridge,_Louisiana" title="Breaux Bridge, Louisiana">Breaux Bridge</a>, who received 214,982 votes (19.3%).<sup id="cite_ref-ereturns_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ereturns-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A JMC Analytics poll before the primary showed Edwards with a nine-point lead over Vitter, 28% to 19%.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the primary polls showed Edwards with a commanding lead. Market Research Insight pollster Verne Kennedy placed Edwards ahead, 54% to 38% or 51% to 40%, depending on the level of turnout among <a href="/wiki/African-American" class="mw-redirect" title="African-American">African-American</a> voters, 25% or 20%.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Edwards won the November 21 runoff with 56.1% of the vote.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> noted that the gubernatorial race was one "that many other Democrats once considered hopeless" early in the cycle.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2019">2019</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Bel_Edwards&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 2019"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2019_Louisiana_gubernatorial_election" title="2019 Louisiana gubernatorial election">2019 Louisiana gubernatorial election</a></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/2019_Louisiana_gubernatorial_election" title="2019 Louisiana gubernatorial election">2019</a>, Edwards ran for reelection to a second term as governor. In the runoff election, he faced Republican businessman <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Rispone" title="Eddie Rispone">Eddie Rispone</a>. As Louisiana voted overwhelmingly for <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election_in_Louisiana" title="2016 United States presidential election in Louisiana">2016 election</a>, the race drew national attention after Trump visited the state multiple times on Rispone's behalf.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Bel_Edwards.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/John_Bel_Edwards.jpg/220px-John_Bel_Edwards.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="247" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/John_Bel_Edwards.jpg/330px-John_Bel_Edwards.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/John_Bel_Edwards.jpg 2x" data-file-width="413" data-file-height="463" /></a><figcaption>Portrait of Edwards in 2013</figcaption></figure> <p>Edwards ultimately defeated Rispone, 51.33% to 48.67%. His victory made him the first Democratic governor of Louisiana to be elected to a second consecutive term in over four decades, since <a href="/wiki/Edwin_Edwards" title="Edwin Edwards">Edwin Edwards</a> in <a href="/wiki/1975_Louisiana_gubernatorial_election" title="1975 Louisiana gubernatorial election">1975</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tenure">Tenure</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Bel_Edwards&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Tenure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gov_John_Bel_Edwards_with_Louisiana_National_Guard_Ponchatoula.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Gov_John_Bel_Edwards_with_Louisiana_National_Guard_Ponchatoula.jpg/220px-Gov_John_Bel_Edwards_with_Louisiana_National_Guard_Ponchatoula.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Gov_John_Bel_Edwards_with_Louisiana_National_Guard_Ponchatoula.jpg/330px-Gov_John_Bel_Edwards_with_Louisiana_National_Guard_Ponchatoula.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Gov_John_Bel_Edwards_with_Louisiana_National_Guard_Ponchatoula.jpg/440px-Gov_John_Bel_Edwards_with_Louisiana_National_Guard_Ponchatoula.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1534" data-file-height="1024" /></a><figcaption>Edwards meeting with Louisiana National Guardsmen in Ponchatoula, Louisiana, March 2016</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Louisiana_Governor_John_Bel_Edwards_(original_uncropped_version).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Louisiana_Governor_John_Bel_Edwards_%28original_uncropped_version%29.jpg/220px-Louisiana_Governor_John_Bel_Edwards_%28original_uncropped_version%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Louisiana_Governor_John_Bel_Edwards_%28original_uncropped_version%29.jpg/330px-Louisiana_Governor_John_Bel_Edwards_%28original_uncropped_version%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Louisiana_Governor_John_Bel_Edwards_%28original_uncropped_version%29.jpg/440px-Louisiana_Governor_John_Bel_Edwards_%28original_uncropped_version%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>Edwards speaking at a press conference in Lafayette, Louisiana, August 2016</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:President_Trump_Meets_with_the_Governor_of_Louisiana_(49837589582).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/President_Trump_Meets_with_the_Governor_of_Louisiana_%2849837589582%29.jpg/220px-President_Trump_Meets_with_the_Governor_of_Louisiana_%2849837589582%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/President_Trump_Meets_with_the_Governor_of_Louisiana_%2849837589582%29.jpg/330px-President_Trump_Meets_with_the_Governor_of_Louisiana_%2849837589582%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/President_Trump_Meets_with_the_Governor_of_Louisiana_%2849837589582%29.jpg/440px-President_Trump_Meets_with_the_Governor_of_Louisiana_%2849837589582%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2500" data-file-height="1644" /></a><figcaption>Edwards meeting with <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President</a> <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> in April 2020</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:P20210903AS-3548_(51706502366).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/P20210903AS-3548_%2851706502366%29.jpg/220px-P20210903AS-3548_%2851706502366%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/P20210903AS-3548_%2851706502366%29.jpg/330px-P20210903AS-3548_%2851706502366%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/P20210903AS-3548_%2851706502366%29.jpg/440px-P20210903AS-3548_%2851706502366%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption>Edwards meeting with President <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a> in September 2021</figcaption></figure> <p>On his inauguration day, Edwards failed to persuade the majority-Republican Louisiana House to choose a Democrat, <a href="/wiki/Walt_Leger_III" title="Walt Leger III">Walt Leger III</a> of <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans" title="New Orleans">New Orleans</a>, as <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_Louisiana_House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives">Speaker</a>. On the second ballot, after Republican <a href="/wiki/Cameron_Henry" title="Cameron Henry">Cameron Henry</a>, an ally of Vitter, withdrew from consideration, a second Republican, <a href="/wiki/Taylor_Barras" title="Taylor Barras">Taylor Barras</a> of <a href="/wiki/New_Iberia,_Louisiana" title="New Iberia, Louisiana">New Iberia</a>, was named Speaker. Since <a href="/wiki/Huey_Long" title="Huey Long">Huey Long</a>, governors had traditionally handpicked the state house speakers. Barras's selection was considered a surprise because he had not been mentioned as a candidate until the voting started.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On April 13, 2016, Edwards signed an <a href="/wiki/Executive_order" title="Executive order">executive order</a> to protect <a href="/wiki/Lesbian,_gay,_bisexual,_and_transgender" class="mw-redirect" title="Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender">lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender</a> people from harassment or job dismissals. The order prohibits state agencies from discrimination based on either gender identity or <a href="/wiki/Sexual_orientation" title="Sexual orientation">sexual orientation</a>. The order allows an exception for religious organizations that claim that compliance would violate their religious beliefs. "We respect our fellow citizens for their beliefs, but we do not discriminate based on our disagreements. I believe in giving every Louisianan the opportunity to be successful and to thrive in our state", Edwards said.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Edwards also rescinded another executive order issued in 2015 by his predecessor, <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Jindal" title="Bobby Jindal">Bobby Jindal</a>, which protected businesses and nonprofit organizations that oppose <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage" title="Same-sex marriage">same-sex marriage</a> from being legally punished for acting on those views. This order had prohibited state agencies from penalizing businesses and individuals who refuse or limit service because of a "religious belief that marriage is or should be recognized as the union of one man and one woman."<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2016, Edwards enacted <a href="/wiki/Medicaid_expansion" class="mw-redirect" title="Medicaid expansion">Medicaid expansion</a>. By the next year, the number of Louisianans without health insurance was cut in half (11.4%, down from 22.7%).<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to a study conducted by LSU's E.J. Ourso College of Business, Edwards's Medicaid expansion made over 500,000 more adults eligible for Medicaid, of whom 327,000 were uninsured.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Edwards promised early in 2017 that he could work with the incoming <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> administration. He expressed eagerness to work with the <a href="/wiki/First_cabinet_of_Donald_Trump" title="First cabinet of Donald Trump">Trump Cabinet</a>, particularly on Medicaid expansion and federal <a href="/wiki/Infrastructure" title="Infrastructure">infrastructure</a> projects.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 2017, Edwards traveled to <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a> on a personal trip to discuss ways to combat <a href="/wiki/Human_trafficking" title="Human trafficking">human trafficking</a>. He traveled with members of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Hospitaller_Sisters_of_Mercy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hospitaller Sisters of Mercy (page does not exist)">Hospitaller Sisters of Mercy</a>, who established a shelter in Baton Rouge for child victims of human trafficking. Edwards met with <a href="/wiki/Pope_Francis" title="Pope Francis">Pope Francis</a> during the trip.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Crisp_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Crisp-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Edwards campaigned on a policy to reduce Louisiana's prison population.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One of his first actions as governor was to commute 22 sentences out of 56 that the state's Board of Pardons had identified for him.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since the end of 2016 and to July 2018, Edwards did not sign a single <a href="/wiki/Commutation_(law)" title="Commutation (law)">commutation</a> despite at least 70 cases that the state's Board of Pardons identified for him during the period.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_30-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2018, Edwards signed legislation that shortened the sentences for nonviolent, non-sex-crime offenders who showed good behavior while in prison.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2018, Edwards signed a bill into law banning <a href="/wiki/Abortion" title="Abortion">abortion</a> after 15 weeks of pregnancy.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In May 2019, he signed an even more restrictive <a href="/wiki/Six-week_abortion_ban" class="mw-redirect" title="Six-week abortion ban">six-week abortion ban</a>, although a similar bill in the <a href="/wiki/5th_Circuit" class="mw-redirect" title="5th Circuit">5th Circuit</a>, one with a similar predecessor, was blocked by Judge <a href="/wiki/Carlton_Reeves" class="mw-redirect" title="Carlton Reeves">Carlton Reeves</a> in the Southern District of Mississippi.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In response to backlash from his more progressive supporters, Edwards released a statement saying, "As governor, I have been true to my word and my beliefs on this issue. But it is also my sincere belief that being pro-life means more than just being pro-birth." He referenced his attempts to expand investment in education, reform Louisiana's criminal justice system, pass laws to protect LGBT citizens from discrimination in the workplace, raise the minimum wage, and ensure equal pay for men and women.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint noexcerpt Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTRS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTRS"><span title="This claim needs references to better sources. (May 2022)">better source needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>At the end of 2018, Edwards said that his top priority for 2019 was to achieve a $1,000 pay raise for teachers and a $500 raise for school support workers. For the first time in 10 years, the House passed a budget that included pay raises for teachers and support staff.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On September 8, 2021, Edwards delayed all upcoming Louisiana elections five weeks after excessive statewide infrastructure damage caused by <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Ida" title="Hurricane Ida">Hurricane Ida</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On September 12, 2021, less than two weeks after Ida crested, Edwards declared another statewide state of emergency in anticipation of <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Nicholas" title="Hurricane Nicholas">Hurricane Nicholas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On January 5, 2022, Edwards pardoned <a href="/wiki/Homer_Plessy" title="Homer Plessy">Homer Plessy</a>, subject of the 1896 <a href="/wiki/U.S._Supreme_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Supreme Court">U.S. Supreme Court</a> case <i><a href="/wiki/Plessy_v._Ferguson" title="Plessy v. Ferguson">Plessy v. Ferguson</a></i>, which upheld segregation laws.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2023, Edwards signed HB8, which requires public schools to display the national motto "In God We Trust" in classrooms.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cabinet_and_administration">Cabinet and administration</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Bel_Edwards&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Cabinet and administration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="2" style="float:margin:1em 1em 1em 0; border:1px solid #000; font-size:85%;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background:#dcdcdc;" colspan="3">The Edwards Cabinet<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>OFFICE</b></td> <td align="left"><b>NAME</b></td> <td align="left"><b>TERM</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#000;" colspan="3"> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Louisiana" title="Governor of Louisiana">Governor</a></td> <td align="left"><b>John Bel Edwards</b></td> <td align="left">2016–2024 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#000;" colspan="3"> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">Chief of Staff</td> <td align="left"><b>Ben Nevers</b> <p><b>Mark Cooper</b> </p> </td> <td align="left">2016-2017 <p>2017–2024 </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">Commissioner of Administration</td> <td align="left"><b><a href="/wiki/Jay_Dardenne" title="Jay Dardenne">Jay Dardenne</a></b></td> <td align="left">2016–2024 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">Executive Assistant to the Governor for Coastal Activities, Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Board Chairman</td> <td align="left"><b>Chip Kline</b></td> <td align="left">2019–present </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">Secretary of Economic Development</td> <td align="left"><b>Don Pierson</b></td> <td align="left">2016–2024 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">Secretary of Environmental Quality</td> <td align="left"><b>Dr. Chuck Brown</b></td> <td align="left">2016–2024 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">Director of the Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness</td> <td align="left"><b>Jim Waskom</b></td> <td align="left">2016–2024 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Louisiana_Department_of_Health" title="Louisiana Department of Health">Secretary of Health</a></td> <td align="left"><b>Dr. <a href="/wiki/Rebekah_Gee" title="Rebekah Gee">Rebekah Gee</a></b></td> <td align="left">2016–2020 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"></td> <td align="left"><b>Courtney N. Phillips</b></td> <td align="left">2020–2024 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">Executive Director of the Louisiana Workforce Commission</td> <td align="left"><b>Ava Dejoie</b></td> <td align="left">2016–2024 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">Secretary of Public Safety and Corrections</td> <td align="left"><b>Jimmy LeBlanc</b></td> <td align="left">2008–present </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">Secretary of Revenue</td> <td align="left"><b>Kimberly Lewis Robinson</b></td> <td align="left">2016–2024 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">Secretary of Transportation and Development</td> <td align="left"><b><a href="/wiki/Shawn_Wilson_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Shawn Wilson (politician)">Shawn Wilson</a></b></td> <td align="left">2016–2023 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">Superintendent of the <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_State_Police" title="Louisiana State Police">Louisiana State Police</a></td> <td align="left"><b>Colonel Michael "Mike" Edmonson</b></td> <td align="left">2008–2017 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"></td> <td align="left"><b>Colonel Kevin W. Reeves</b></td> <td align="left">2017–2024 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Louisiana_Department_of_Veterans_Affairs" title="Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs">Secretary of Veterans Affairs</a></td> <td align="left"><b><a href="/wiki/Joey_Strickland" title="Joey Strickland">Joey Strickland</a></b></td> <td align="left">2016–2024 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Louisiana_Department_of_Wildlife_and_Fisheries" title="Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries">Secretary of Wildlife and Fisheries</a></td> <td align="left"><b><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Melan%C3%A7on" title="Charlie Melançon">Charlie Melançon</a></b></td> <td align="left">2016–2017 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"></td> <td align="left"><b><a href="/wiki/Jack_Montoucet" title="Jack Montoucet">Jack Montoucet</a></b></td> <td align="left">2017–2024 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">Secretary of Natural Resources</td> <td align="left"><b>Thomas Harris</b></td> <td align="left">2016–2024 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">Secretary of Children and Family Services</td> <td align="left"><b>Marketa Garner Walters</b></td> <td align="left">2016–2024 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Bel_Edwards&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2015-03-08_Chef_Evening_Donna_Hutto_Edwards_%26_John_Bel_Edwards_1_cr_en.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/2015-03-08_Chef_Evening_Donna_Hutto_Edwards_%26_John_Bel_Edwards_1_cr_en.jpg/220px-2015-03-08_Chef_Evening_Donna_Hutto_Edwards_%26_John_Bel_Edwards_1_cr_en.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="204" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/2015-03-08_Chef_Evening_Donna_Hutto_Edwards_%26_John_Bel_Edwards_1_cr_en.jpg/330px-2015-03-08_Chef_Evening_Donna_Hutto_Edwards_%26_John_Bel_Edwards_1_cr_en.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/2015-03-08_Chef_Evening_Donna_Hutto_Edwards_%26_John_Bel_Edwards_1_cr_en.jpg/440px-2015-03-08_Chef_Evening_Donna_Hutto_Edwards_%26_John_Bel_Edwards_1_cr_en.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2512" data-file-height="2329" /></a><figcaption>Edwards and his wife, Donna Hutto Edwards, at a fundraising event in 2015</figcaption></figure> <p>Edwards is married to Donna Hutto.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She graduated from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Southern_Mississippi" title="University of Southern Mississippi">University of Southern Mississippi</a> in <a href="/wiki/Hattiesburg,_Mississippi" title="Hattiesburg, Mississippi">Hattiesburg</a> with a business degree in industrial management before training as a teacher.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They have two daughters, Sarah and Samantha Edwards, and a son, John Miller Edwards. </p><p>Edwards is a <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic</a><sup id="cite_ref-Crisp_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Crisp-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a parishioner of the St. Helena Roman Catholic Church in Amite.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Edwards is the brother of <a href="/wiki/Independence,_Louisiana" title="Independence, Louisiana">Independence, Louisiana</a>, chief of police Frank Millard Edwards, as well as <a href="/wiki/Tangipahoa_Parish,_Louisiana" title="Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana">Tangipahoa Parish</a> <a href="/wiki/Sheriffs_in_the_United_States" title="Sheriffs in the United States">Sheriff</a> Daniel H. Edwards. Edwards is brother-in-law to 21st Judicial District Court Juvenile Judge Blair Downing Edwards, a Republican. In 2011, one of Edwards's brothers, Christopher Edwards, died in a car crash after his vehicle veered into oncoming traffic and collided with a UPS truck.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Publications">Publications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Bel_Edwards&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Publications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Articles">Articles</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Bel_Edwards&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Articles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>How Democrats can win, everywhere, <a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Post" title="The Washington Post"><i>Washington Post</i></a>, November 25, 2019 (co-authored with <a href="/wiki/Andy_Beshear" title="Andy Beshear">Andy Beshear</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Electoral_history">Electoral history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Bel_Edwards&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Electoral history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Louisiana_House_of_Representatives_2">Louisiana House of Representatives</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Bel_Edwards&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Louisiana House of Representatives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>2007</dt></dl> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="6">Blanket primary </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Party </th> <th>Candidate </th> <th>Votes </th> <th>% </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#3333FF; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td><b>John Bel Edwards</b> </td> <td align="center"><b>6,142</b> </td> <td align="center"><b>44%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#3333FF; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td><b>George Tucker</b> </td> <td align="center"><b>2,499</b> </td> <td align="center"><b>18%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#3333FF; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td>Michael "Mike" Jackson </td> <td align="center">2,311 </td> <td align="center">16% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#3333FF; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td>Walter Daniels </td> <td align="center">1,979 </td> <td align="center">14% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#3333FF; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td>Ivory Dyson </td> <td align="center">1,088 </td> <td align="center">8% </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3;" style="text-align:right;">Total </th> <th align="center">14,019 </th> <th align="center">100% </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="6">Runoff </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Party </th> <th>Candidate </th> <th>Votes </th> <th>% </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#3333FF; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td><b>John Bel Edwards</b> </td> <td align="center"><b>6,825</b> </td> <td align="center"><b>66%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#3333FF; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td>George Tucker </td> <td align="center">3,541 </td> <td align="center">34% </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3;" style="text-align:right;">Total </th> <th align="center">10,366 </th> <th align="center">100% </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#3333FF; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td colspan="6;" style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dt>2011</dt></dl> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="6">2011 Louisiana House of Representatives 72nd district </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Party </th> <th>Candidate </th> <th>Votes </th> <th>% </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#3333FF; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td><b>John Bel Edwards (<a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">inc.</a>)</b> </td> <td align="center"><b>9,968</b> </td> <td align="center"><b>83%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">No party</a> </td> <td>Johnny "I Can" Duncan </td> <td align="center">2,032 </td> <td align="center">17% </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3;" style="text-align:right;">Total </th> <th align="center">12,000 </th> <th align="center">100% </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#3333FF; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td colspan="6;" style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Governor_of_Louisiana_2">Governor of Louisiana</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Bel_Edwards&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Governor of Louisiana"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>2015</dt></dl> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="6">Blanket primary </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Party </th> <th>Candidate </th> <th>Votes </th> <th>% </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#3333FF; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td><b>John Bel Edwards</b> </td> <td align="center"><b>444,517</b> </td> <td align="center"><b>39.89%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#E81B23; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/David_Vitter" title="David Vitter">David Vitter</a></b> </td> <td align="center"><b>256,300</b> </td> <td align="center"><b>23.00%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#E81B23; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scott_Angelle" title="Scott Angelle">Scott Angelle</a> </td> <td align="center">214,982 </td> <td align="center">19.29% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#E81B23; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jay_Dardenne" title="Jay Dardenne">Jay Dardenne</a> </td> <td align="center">166,656 </td> <td align="center">14.96% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#3333FF; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td>Cary Deaton </td> <td align="center">11,763 </td> <td align="center">1.06% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#3333FF; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td>S. L. Simpson </td> <td align="center">7,420 </td> <td align="center">0.67% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">No party</a> </td> <td>Beryl Billiot </td> <td align="center">5,694 </td> <td align="center">0.51% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#DDDDBB; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Other</a> </td> <td>Jeremy Odom </td> <td align="center">4,756 </td> <td align="center">0.43% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#DDDDBB; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Other</a> </td> <td>Eric Paul Orgeron </td> <td align="center">2,248 </td> <td align="center">0.20% </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3;" style="text-align:right;">Total </th> <th align="center">1,114,336 </th> <th align="center">100% </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="6">Runoff </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Party </th> <th>Candidate </th> <th>Votes </th> <th>% </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#3333FF; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td><b>John Bel Edwards</b> </td> <td align="center"><b>646,924</b> </td> <td align="center"><b>56.1%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#E81B23; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Vitter" title="David Vitter">David Vitter</a> </td> <td align="center">505,940 </td> <td align="center">43.9% </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3;" style="text-align:right;">Total </th> <th align="center">1,152,864 </th> <th align="center">100% </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#3333FF; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td colspan="6;" style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dt>2019</dt></dl> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="6">Blanket primary </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Party </th> <th>Candidate </th> <th>Votes </th> <th>% </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#3333FF; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td><b>John Bel Edwards</b> <b>(incumbent)</b> </td> <td align="center"><b>625,970</b> </td> <td align="center"><b>46.59%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#E81B23; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Rispone" title="Eddie Rispone">Eddie Rispone</a></b> </td> <td align="center"><b>368,319</b> </td> <td align="center"><b>27.42%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#E81B23; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Abraham_(politician)" title="Ralph Abraham (politician)">Ralph Abraham</a> </td> <td align="center">317,149 </td> <td align="center">23.61% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#3333FF; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td>Oscar Dantzler </td> <td align="center">10,993 </td> <td align="center">0.82% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#E81B23; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td>Patrick Landry </td> <td align="center">10,966 </td> <td align="center">0.82% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Other</a> </td> <td>Gary Landrieu </td> <td align="center">10,084 </td> <td align="center">0.75% </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3;" style="text-align:right;">Total </th> <th align="center">1,343,481 </th> <th align="center">100% </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="6">Runoff </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Party </th> <th>Candidate </th> <th>Votes </th> <th>% </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#3333FF; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td><b>John Bel Edwards</b> <b>(incumbent)</b> </td> <td align="center"><b>774,469</b> </td> <td align="center"><b>51.3%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#E81B23; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Rispone" title="Eddie Rispone">Eddie Rispone</a> </td> <td align="center">734,128 </td> <td align="center">48.7% </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3;" style="text-align:right;">Total </th> <th align="center">1,508,597 </th> <th align="center">100% </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#3333FF; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td colspan="6;" style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Bel_Edwards&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/elections/article_826f3a20-098c-11ea-9023-df69630e40d5.html">"John Bel Edwards earned a remarkable win for reelection; 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Jones">Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmie_Davis" title="Jimmie Davis">Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Long" title="Earl Long">E. Long</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Kennon" title="Robert F. Kennon">Kennon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Long" title="Earl Long">E. Long</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmie_Davis" title="Jimmie Davis">Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_McKeithen" title="John McKeithen">McKeithen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edwin_Edwards" title="Edwin Edwards">E. Edwards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Treen" title="Dave Treen">Treen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edwin_Edwards" title="Edwin Edwards">E. Edwards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddy_Roemer" title="Buddy Roemer">Roemer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edwin_Edwards" title="Edwin Edwards">E. Edwards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Foster_(American_politician)" title="Mike Foster (American politician)">M. 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Edwards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Landry" title="Jeff Landry">Landry</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Louisiana_Political_Museum_and_Hall_of_Fame" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Louisiana_Political_Museum_and_Hall_of_Fame" title="Template:Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Louisiana_Political_Museum_and_Hall_of_Fame" title="Template talk:Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Louisiana_Political_Museum_and_Hall_of_Fame" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Louisiana_Political_Museum_and_Hall_of_Fame" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Louisiana_Political_Museum_and_Hall_of_Fame" title="Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame">Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="1990s" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">1990s</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1993</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hale_Boggs" title="Hale Boggs">Hale Boggs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_C._C._Claiborne" title="William C. C. Claiborne">William C. C. Claiborne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmie_Davis" title="Jimmie Davis">Jimmie Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pap_Dean&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pap Dean (page does not exist)">Pap Dean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edwin_Edwards" title="Edwin Edwards">Edwin Edwards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dudley_LeBlanc" class="mw-redirect" title="Dudley LeBlanc">Dudley LeBlanc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Long" title="Earl Long">Earl Long</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huey_Long" title="Huey Long">Huey Long</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russell_B._Long" title="Russell B. Long">Russell B. Long</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1994</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/A._Leonard_Allen" title="A. Leonard Allen">A. Leonard Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lindy_Boggs" title="Lindy Boggs">Lindy Boggs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victor_Bussie" title="Victor Bussie">Victor Bussie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allen_J._Ellender" title="Allen J. Ellender">Allen J. Ellender</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gillis_William_Long" title="Gillis William Long">Gillis William Long</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1995</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Camille_Gravel&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Camille Gravel (page does not exist)">Camille Gravel</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sam_Hanna_Sr.&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sam Hanna Sr. (page does not exist)">Sam Hanna Sr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DeLesseps_Story_Morrison" title="DeLesseps Story Morrison">deLesseps Story Morrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zachary_Taylor" title="Zachary Taylor">Zachary Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Douglass_White" title="Edward Douglass White">Edward Douglass White</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1996</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Louis_Berry" title="Louis Berry">Louis Berry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Carville" title="James Carville">James Carville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Evelyn_Parker" title="Mary Evelyn Parker">Mary Evelyn Parker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leander_Perez" title="Leander Perez">Leander Perez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gus_Weill" title="Gus Weill">Gus Weill</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1997</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Oscar_K._Allen" title="Oscar K. Allen">Oscar K. Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murphy_J._Foster" title="Murphy J. Foster">Murphy J. Foster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Bennett_Johnston" title="J. Bennett Johnston">J. Bennett Johnston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melinda_Schwegmann" title="Melinda Schwegmann">Melinda Schwegmann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Treen" title="Dave Treen">David C. Treen</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1998</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Speedy_Long" title="Speedy Long">Speedy Long</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_H._Overton" title="John H. Overton">John H. Overton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Waggonner" title="Joe Waggonner">Joe Waggonner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._Harry_Williams" title="T. Harry Williams">T. Harry Williams</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1999</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cat_Doucet" title="Cat Doucet">Cat Doucet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Fitzmorris" title="Jimmy Fitzmorris">Jimmy Fitzmorris</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Douglas_Fowler&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Douglas Fowler (page does not exist)">Douglas Fowler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iris_Kelso" title="Iris Kelso">Iris Kelso</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ed_Renwick&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ed Renwick (page does not exist)">Ed Renwick</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="2000s" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">2000s</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jefferson_Caffery" title="Jefferson Caffery">Jefferson Caffery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_J._Jefferson" class="mw-redirect" title="William J. Jefferson">William J. Jefferson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeannette_Knoll" title="Jeannette Knoll">Jeannette Knoll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_D._Long" title="Jimmy D. Long">Jimmy D. Long</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddy_Roemer" title="Buddy Roemer">Buddy Roemer</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2001</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wiley_W._Hilburn&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wiley W. Hilburn (page does not exist)">Wiley W. Hilburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Kennon" title="Robert F. Kennon">Robert F. Kennon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Lee_(sheriff)" title="Harry Lee (sheriff)">Harry Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_McSween" class="mw-redirect" title="Harold McSween">Harold McSween</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wade_O._Martin_Jr." title="Wade O. Martin Jr.">Wade O. Martin Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victor_H._Schiro" title="Victor H. Schiro">Victor H. Schiro</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2002</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jesse_Bankston&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jesse Bankston (page does not exist)">Jesse Bankston</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kenny_Bowen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kenny Bowen (page does not exist)">Kenny Bowen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harley_Bozeman" title="Harley Bozeman">Harley Bozeman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burl_Cain" title="Burl Cain">Nathan Burl Cain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Dodd" title="Bill Dodd">Bill Dodd</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Francis_Grevemberg&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Francis Grevemberg (page does not exist)">Francis Grevemberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Hainkel" class="mw-redirect" title="John Hainkel">John Hainkel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henson_Moore" title="Henson Moore">Henson Moore</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joe_Sampite&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Joe Sampite (page does not exist)">Joe Sampite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lillian_Walker_(politician)" title="Lillian Walker (politician)">Lillian Walker</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2003</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Alario" title="John Alario">John Alario</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Breaux" title="John Breaux">John Breaux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jay_Chevalier" title="Jay Chevalier">Jay Chevalier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Connick_Sr." title="Harry Connick Sr.">Harry Connick Sr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Foster_(American_politician)" title="Mike Foster (American politician)">Mike Foster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carolyn_Huntoon" title="Carolyn Huntoon">Carolyn Huntoon</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Raymond_Laborde&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Raymond Laborde (page does not exist)">Raymond Laborde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Livingston" title="Bob Livingston">Bob Livingston</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Stalder&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Richard Stalder (page does not exist)">Richard Stalder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Tauzin" title="Billy Tauzin">Billy Tauzin</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2004</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Boles_(politician)" title="Billy Boles (politician)">Billy Boles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_W._DeWitt_Jr." title="Charles W. DeWitt Jr.">Charles W. DeWitt Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dudley_A._Guglielmo" title="Dudley A. Guglielmo">Dudley A. Guglielmo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moon_Landrieu" title="Moon Landrieu">Moon Landrieu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edgar_G._%22Sonny%22_Mouton_Jr." title="Edgar G. "Sonny" Mouton Jr.">Edgar G. "Sonny" Mouton Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doris_Lindsey_Holland_Rhodes" title="Doris Lindsey Holland Rhodes">Doris Lindsey Holland Rhodes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Shehee" title="Virginia Shehee">Virginia Shehee</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jack_Wardlaw&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jack Wardlaw (page does not exist)">Jack Wardlaw</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2005</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_W._Bates&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Robert W. Bates (page does not exist)">Robert W. Bates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlos_Roberto_Flores" title="Carlos Roberto Flores">Carlos Roberto Flores</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mary_Flake_Flores&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mary Flake Flores (page does not exist)">Mary Flake Flores</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Jordan_(attorney)" title="Eddie Jordan (attorney)">Eddie J. Jordan Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Curtis_Joubert&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Curtis Joubert (page does not exist)">Curtis Joubert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Boggs_Sigmund" title="Barbara Boggs Sigmund">Barbara Boggs Sigmund</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_C._Thompson" title="Francis C. Thompson">Francis C. Thompson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2006</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kathleen_Babineaux_Blanco" class="mw-redirect" title="Kathleen Babineaux Blanco">Kathleen Babineaux Blanco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Cook" title="Charlie Cook">Charlie Cook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sylvan_Friedman" title="Sylvan Friedman">Sylvan Friedman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donald_E._Hines" title="Donald E. Hines">Donald E. Hines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W._Fox_McKeithen" title="W. Fox McKeithen">W. Fox McKeithen</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cecil_J._Picard&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cecil J. Picard (page does not exist)">Cecil J. Picard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vic_Stelly" title="Vic Stelly">Vic Stelly</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2007</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Diana_Bajoie" title="Diana Bajoie">Diana E. Bajoie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sally_Clausen" title="Sally Clausen">Sally Clausen</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_deGravelles&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Charles deGravelles (page does not exist)">Charles deGravelles</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Virginia_deGravelles&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Virginia deGravelles (page does not exist)">Virginia deGravelles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunt_Downer" title="Hunt Downer">Hunt Downer</a></li> <li>Theodore "Ted" Jones</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Landrieu" title="Mary Landrieu">Mary Landrieu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sean_O%27Keefe" title="Sean O'Keefe">Sean O'Keefe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2008</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Baker_(American_politician)" title="Richard Baker (American politician)">Richard Baker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Louis_Freeman_Sr." title="Robert Louis Freeman Sr.">Bobby Freeman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kip_Holden" title="Kip Holden">Melvin "Kip" Holden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_A._Joseph" title="James A. Joseph">James A. Joseph</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Donald_G._Kelly&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Donald G. Kelly (page does not exist)">Donald G. Kelly</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_LaPlante&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John LaPlante (page does not exist)">John LaPlante</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Odom" title="Bob Odom">Bob Odom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ned_Randolph" title="Ned Randolph">Ned Randolph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_R._Salter" class="mw-redirect" title="Joe R. Salter">Joe R. Salter</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2009</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Al_Ater" title="Al Ater">Al Ater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foster_Campbell" title="Foster Campbell">Foster Campbell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_John_(politician)" title="Chris John (politician)">Chris John</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Walter_Lee_(Louisiana_politician)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Walter Lee (Louisiana politician) (page does not exist)">Walter Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jessel_Ourso" title="Jessel Ourso">Jessel Ourso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_F._Taylor" title="Patrick F. Taylor">Patrick F. Taylor</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="2010s" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">2010s</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rodney_Alexander" title="Rodney Alexander">Rodney Alexander</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Randy_Ewing&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Randy Ewing (page does not exist)">Randy Ewing</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charlton_Lyons&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Charlton Lyons (page does not exist)">Charlton Lyons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_B._Nunez_Jr." title="Samuel B. Nunez Jr.">Samuel B. Nunez Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Nungesser_Sr.&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="William Nungesser Sr. (page does not exist)">William Nungesser</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Risley_C._Triche&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Risley C. Triche (page does not exist)">Risley C. Triche</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2011</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/James_H._Brown_(politician)" title="James H. Brown (politician)">James H. Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucille_May_Grace" title="Lucille May Grace">Lucille May Grace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catherine_D._Kimball" title="Catherine D. Kimball">Catherine D. Kimball</a></li> <li>J. Kelly Nix</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Perlman" title="Ralph Perlman">Ralph Perlman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Smith_(Louisiana_lobbyist)" title="Charlie Smith (Louisiana lobbyist)">Charlie Smith</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2012</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fred_Baden&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fred Baden (page does not exist)">Fred Baden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Felix_Edward_H%C3%A9bert" class="mw-redirect" title="Felix Edward Hébert">Felix Edward Hébert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/E._L._Henry" title="E. L. Henry">E. L. Henry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Huckaby" title="Jerry Huckaby">Jerry Huckaby</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Adras_LaBorde&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Adras LaBorde (page does not exist)">Adras LaBorde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Montgomery" title="Billy Montgomery">Billy Montgomery</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2013</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Charles_C._Barham" title="Charles C. Barham">Charles C. Barham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leonard_J._Chabert" title="Leonard J. Chabert">Leonard J. Chabert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marty_J._Chabert" title="Marty J. Chabert">Marty J. Chabert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norby_Chabert" title="Norby Chabert">Norby Chabert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Dement" title="George Dement">George Dement</a></li> <li>Leonard R. "Pop" Hataway</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Angelo_Roppolo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Angelo Roppolo (page does not exist)">Angelo Roppolo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raymond_Strother" title="Raymond Strother">Raymond Strother</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2014</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/J._Marshall_Brown" title="J. Marshall Brown">J. Marshall Brown</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">John Bel Edwards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_B._Fournet" title="John B. Fournet">John B. Fournet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Guidry" title="Dick Guidry">Richard P. "Dick" Guidry</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_S._Hunt_II&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John S. Hunt II (page does not exist)">John S. Hunt II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rose_McConnell_Long" title="Rose McConnell Long">Rose McConnell Long</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Mann_(Louisiana_historian)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Robert Mann (Louisiana historian) (page does not exist)">Robert "Bob" Mann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harvey_Peltier_Jr." title="Harvey Peltier Jr.">Harvey Peltier Jr.</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2015</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peppi_Bruneau&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Peppi Bruneau (page does not exist)">Peppi Bruneau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddy_Caldwell" title="Buddy Caldwell">Buddy Caldwell</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Juba_Diez&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Juba Diez (page does not exist)">Juba Diez</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Noble_Ellington&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Noble Ellington (page does not exist)">Noble Ellington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Maginnis_(Louisiana_political_writer)" title="John Maginnis (Louisiana political writer)">John Maginnis</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_A._Marvin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Charles A. Marvin (page does not exist)">Charles A. Marvin</a></li> <li>Scott family: <a href="/wiki/Albin_Provosty" title="Albin Provosty">Albin Provosty</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nauman_Scott" title="Nauman Scott">Nauman Scott</a> and Jock Scott</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2016</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boysie_Bollinger&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Boysie Bollinger (page does not exist)">Boysie Bollinger</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Randy_K._Haynie&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Randy K. Haynie (page does not exist)">Randy K. 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