Louisiana Governor Race 2025 Candidates. John bel edwards (d)—who was first elected in 2015. Five major candidates for governor sought to break through a crowded field and catch up to the absent frontrunner thursday in the first televised debate ahead of an october primary, an hourlong.
Seven individuals are hoping to become official candidates this week in the race to be louisiana’s next governor. From left, gubernatorial candidates john schroder, sharon hewitt, stephen waguespack, hunter lundy and shawn wilson take part in the first televised debate of the.