As governor, John Bel Edwards led Louisiana through crisis after crisis 

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Gov. John Bel Edwards at COVID press briefing in April 2020. (Collin Richie)

On Jan. 11, 2016, the same day he was sworn into office, John Bel Edwards received his first briefing as governor about a weather-related disaster headed for Louisiana. 


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