{"id":1869170,"date":"2023-03-06T13:12:43","date_gmt":"2023-03-06T18:12:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/first-major-democrat-enters-louisiana-governors-race\/"},"modified":"2023-03-06T13:16:30","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T18:16:30","slug":"first-major-democrat-enters-louisiana-governors-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/first-major-democrat-enters-louisiana-governors-race\/","title":{"rendered":"First major Democrat enters Louisiana governor&#8217;s race"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffirst-major-democrat-enters-louisiana-governors-race%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1869170&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<div id=\"Brid_75971250\" class=\"brid\" style=\"width:16; height:9;\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\">                <meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"DeSantis eyeing summertime presidential announcement: Report\">               <meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Gov. 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Incumbent Gov. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/john-bel-edwards-louisiana-governor-uses-patriotism-as-false-refuge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Bel Edwards<\/a> (D) cannot be used in conjunction with another term because it is not term-limited. <\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/senate-republicans-sour-trump-warm-up-alternatives\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;HIS DAY IS PAST&#8217;: SENATE REPUBLICAN SLAMS TRUMP, SAYS GOP SHOULD RALLY AROUND 2024 ALTERNATIVE<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Louisiana needs a governor who will build bridges, not burn them,&#8221; Wilson <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8iv564ROxWc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">declared<\/a> An announcement video. &#8220;I&#8217;m Shawn Wilson, that&#8217;s the kind of leader that I&#8217;ve been, and that is exactly the kind of governor that I promise to be.&#8221; <\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<figure class=\"Figure mb-1 mb-sm-3 mb-md-1 article-lead-photo data_invisible\" data-align=\"center\" data-image-size=\"fixed\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n<div class=\"Figure-container\"> <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"767\" height=\"575\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_md\"><\/source><source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" width=\"767\" height=\"575\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_md\"><\/source><source media=\"(max-width: 1440px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"645\" height=\"484\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_xl\"><\/source><source media=\"(max-width: 1440px)\" width=\"645\" height=\"484\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_xl\"><\/source><source type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"1060\" height=\"795\" data-image-size=\"1060x600\"><\/source><source width=\"1060\" height=\"795\" data-image-size=\"1060x600\"><\/source>                                 <\/picture><figcaption class=\"Figure-caption\" itemprop=\"caption\"> FILE \u2013 Transportation and Development Secretary Shawn Wilson talks about the proposed excess spending for roadwork in Louisiana as Louisiana Governor. John Bel Edwards listening in, March 28, 2018 at Baton Rouge, La. Wilson is being considered as a Democratic candidate for the gubernatorial election. He informed Edwards, Wednesday February 15, 2023 that he was retiring from his position at state DOTD. (AP Photo\/Melinda Deslatte, File)                <\/figcaption><div class=\"Figure-credit\" itemprop=\"author\">                 Melinda Deslatte\/AP                <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Trump won the Bayou State easily in 2020, which shows the difficulty Democrats face in state elections. Edwards was also blocked from running for a second term. <\/p>\n<p>Pastor and Special Educator Daniel is the other Democrat on this field &#8220;Danny&#8221; Cole. There were other Democrats that had been speculated to run for office, like East Baton Rouge District attorney Hillar Moore III or Louisiana Democratic Party chairwoman Katie Bernhardt. But they chose to not. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile,<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Click Here to Read More <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/major-democrat-enters-louisiana-governors-race\">First major Democrat enters Louisiana governor&#8217;s race<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><em>&#8220;The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author of the article and not necessarily shared or endorsed by Conservative News Daily&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FOrmer Louisiana Transportation Secretary Shawn Wilson is the first major Democrat who jumped into this office Louisiana&#8217;s The 2023 race for the gubernatorial seat, currently dominated by Republican candidates. Wilson led the Department of Transportation and Development in Washington for seven years before stepping down as governor last week. Incumbent Gov. 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