State Rep. John Bel Edwards (D) was elected the governor of Louisiana in a runoff election on Saturday, defeating U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R).
Edwards, currently the minority leader in the Louisiana House of Representatives, is a conservative Democrat who opposes abortion and supports gun rights.
Vitter was once considered a clear favorite to win the governorship, but had a difficult race, with Republican challengers repeatedly bringing up the prostitution scandal that surfaced in 2007. In addition, a private investigator working for Vitter's campaign was arrested in October after allegedly recording a conversation between a local sheriff and his associates in a cafe.
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