John Bel Edwards (born September 16, 1966) is an American politician, attorney, and Army veteran who served as the 56th governor of Louisiana from 2016 to 2024. A Southern Democrat, he previously served in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 2008 to 2015.

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Jan 6, 2024 · 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.

On Jan. 11, 2016, John Bel Edwards was sworn in as the 56th governor of Louisiana. The governor grew up in Amite, La. as one of eight children. With four Tangipahoa Parish sheriffs in his lineage, he learned the importance of public service at an early age. Gov. Edwards graduated in 1988 from the United States Military Academy at West Point.

Jan 4, 2024 · Gov. John Bel Edwards has used his farewell speech to recount his administration’s accomplishments over the last eight years, including the state’s Medicaid expansion, climbing out of a historic budget deficit, advancing criminal justice reform, increasing teacher salaries and implementing coastal r

John Bel Edwards (Democratic Party) was the Governor of Louisiana. He assumed office on January 11, 2016. He left office on January 8, 2024. Edwards (Democratic Party) ran for re-election for Governor of Louisiana. He won in the general election on November 16, 2019.

John Bel Edwards, Louisiana’s 56th Governor, embodies a life dedicated to service. John was the seventh of eight children born in Tangipahoa Parish to Sheriff Frank Jr. and Dora Jean Edwards.

John Bel Edwards (born September 16, 1966) is an American attorney and Democratic Party politician. He was the Governor of Louisiana from 2016 to 2024. [1] He was elected on November 21, 2015. He was a member of and the Minority Leader of the Louisiana House of Representatives, having represented the 72nd District from 2008 through 2016.

Nov 10, 2023 · Gov. John Bel Edwards has used his farewell speech to recount his administration’s accomplishments over the last eight years, including the state’s Medicaid expansion, climbing out of a historic budget deficit, advancing criminal justice reform, increasing teacher salaries and implementing coastal r

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, Greensburg, Kentwood, and Hammond for …