WVLA.“In eight years as a Democratic governor with a Republican legislature, I have issued 319 vetoes. More than 99% of those vetoes have been sustained.
Usually, we have been able to find common ground to move Louisiana forward, and I am thankful to the legislature for all the good we have accomplished together.
But we have also had profound disagreements,” Edwards said in a statement on Tuesday following the override. “Just two of my vetoes have been overridden.
The first time I was overridden, on the Congressional district map, I said the bill was illegal and I expected the courts would throw it out.