Gov’s Chief of Staff Talks Campaign’s Final Days [VIDEO]
Mark Cooper, Chief of Staff for Governor John Bel Edwards, talks with 101.7 / 710 KEEL's Robert J Wright and Erin McCarty about the final says of the gubernatorial campaign and polls that have the race between the incumbent and challenger Eddie Rispone as "too close to call."
"We actually had a poll that came out last night," says Cooper commenting on a poll that has the race tied at 49% to 49%. "It's an outside poll that we've been looking at. It has the governor doing very well." The poll Cooper cites was done by nationally known pollster Larry Sabado. "Yesterday it was a tossup, but today has it leaning toward the governor."
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