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John Bel Edwards: “I need you, every one of you. I don't mean as a group. If I could reach out in those chairs and grab you, I would.”

On the recordJanuary 12, 2004
I need you, every one of you. I don't mean as a group. If I could reach out in those chairs and grab you, I would.
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John Bel Edwards
Democratic · Louisiana

Editor's note · Context

Edwards makes an emotional appeal to voters during his campaign.

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