Radio ads from the New Orleans-based Black Organization for Leadership Development are targeting minority voters around Louisiana with anti-Trump messages
BATON ROUGE, La. — To win a second term in his Southern state, Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards needs strong turnout from Louisiana's black voters, who form the core of his party and who lagged in getting to the polls for the primary election.
Edwards and his supporters are laboring to reverse that trend ahead of the Nov. 16 runoff election against Republican businessman Eddie Rispone. The intensified outreach shows signs of generating more enthusiasm from African American voters, with early voting numbers showing a higher black turnout than in the primary.
"It's a whole new game," said Baton Rouge Rep. Ted James, a black Democratic state lawmaker and close ally of Edwards. "The sense of urgency is just totally different now."
