John Bel Edwards (born September 16, 1966) is an American politician and attorney who served as the 56th governor of Louisiana from 2016 to 2024. A Southern Democrat, he previously served in …

Oct 13, 2025 · BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — After much speculation, John Bel Edwards — a Democrat who defied near-universal predictions by being elected governor twice in the reliably red state of …

Gov. Edwards graduated in 1988 from the United States Military Academy at West Point. The governor served eight years as an Airborne Ranger on active duty with the United States Army and …

Former Democratic Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards said he wouldn’t run for Senate in 2026. The announcement could be a death blow for Democratic hopes in the deep-red state as they search for …

Edwards was a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, representing District 72. He was first elected to the chamber in 2007; he left office to become governor after the 2015 election.

He later became the House Minority Leader and in 2016, he assumed the governorship, securing re-election in 2019. Edwards’ tenure marked significant milestones, notably expanding Medicaid …

Edwards, an attorney from Amite and a U.S. Army veteran, was elected governor in November 2015. He defeated Republican U.S. Sen. David Vitter and succeeded Bobby Jindal.

Jan 4, 2024 · BATON ROUGE - John Bel Edwards, the soon-to-be former governor of Louisiana, will be accepting two new positions once his term is over on Jan. 8.

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, currently the lone Democratic governor in the Deep South, has reached his final two days in office after eight years.

John Bel Edwards served as the 56th Governor of Louisiana from 2016 until January 2024. In 2008, he was elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives, where he represented the people of Amite, …