Louisiana governor race heads into the gutter as Democrats invoke David Duke's name

With Louisiana’s gubernatorial election less than two weeks away, what had been a rather boring campaign has suddenly veered into the gutter. The desperate, late plays of the “race card” are a disgrace, and all parties involved should be ashamed.

Incumbent Gov. John Bel Edwards, usually described as a relatively moderate Democrat, is in a tight reelection race against Republican businessman Eddie Rispone, who has promoted himself as a Trump-like outsider who will jump-start a state that still ranks low or last in numerous measures of civic health. Polls show a very tight race for the Nov. 16 election, with Edwards perhaps slightly in the lead, but he has reason to fear, given his failure to reach 50% in the first round of voting last month.