'Pay to play?' Large donation bundled by John Bel Edwards' brother raises questions

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Daniel Edwards’ campaign fundraising totals are remarkable for a sheriff in a parish that ranks 11th in Louisiana by population. His campaign in 2016, the first year his brother became governor, marked a huge haul when he took in $320,350 with tens of thousands of dollars coming from out-of-parish sources, records show.

At least $50,000 of that total came from out-of-parish lawyers involved in coastal erosion lawsuits against the oil and gas industry, ongoing litigation that has the support of the Edwards administration but does not involve Tangipahoa, which sits more than 100 miles from the Gulf of Mexico.

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