After Gov.-elect John Bel Edwards' victory, election for state Democratic chair has new importance

What’s normally a little-watched insider election could have a deeper impact for the Democratic Party in Louisiana this spring after a Democrat, Gov.-elect John Bel Edwards, defied most predictions and won the governor’s race.

Louisiana Democrats will elect members of the Democratic State Central Committee on March 5. That group will go on to decide the state party’s chairperson for the next four years.

Sen. Karen Carter Peterson, of New Orleans, has announced that she wants to keep her role as the party chairwoman, and she’s being backed by some high-profile Democrats.

“We have come a long way together, and we have so much more to accomplish. I would be honored and humbled to serve for another term,” she said in a statement.

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