casey stegall is following the race from baton rouge. >> good evening. a little less than three hours to be exact until the polls here across the state of louisiana will close and a very strong voter turnout is being reported in all of the parishes across the bayou states. the question is will this increase turnout benefit the republican or the democratic incumbent in this race. the republican a self-made billionaire businessman who is new to politics at a respond me a candidate president trump has campaigned hard for holding multiple rallies to help energize the state's gop base. he has dumped more than 11 or 12 million of his own money into the race vowing to get louisiana back to its conservative roots or again the democrat here and incumbent in a ruby red state john bel edwards. he has been crisscrossing