MELINDA DESLATTE
Associated Press
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — In a race that has become a nail-biter, Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards battled Saturday to defy the partisan odds in the ruby red South and win reelection to a seat that President Donald Trump desperately wants returned to Republicans.
Trump has made the runoff election between the Deep South’s only Democratic governor and GOP political donor and businessman Eddie Rispone a test of his own popularity and political prowess heading into the 2020 presidential race. On Saturday Trump went on Twitter in a vigorous plug for Rispone.
“Get out and VOTE for @EddieRispone to be your next Gov!” he said in one tweet. In others, Trump provided a link to polling locations and said: “LOUISIANA, VOTE @EddieRispone TODAY! He will be
