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Alford, Bridges team up on election book To be released in the late spring of 2016, book promises a “fascinating glimpse behind the scenes of this year’s elections.”

Jeremy Alford and Tyler Bridges

What started out as two books — one Jeremy Alford began reporting on at Washington Mardi Gras earlier this year and another Tyler Bridges undertook following his Nov. 28 story on the governor-elect’s improbable victory — will now be one book on Louisiana politics. The duo is teaming up as co-authors for what they promise to be a fascinating glimpse behind the scenes of this year’s elections.

Bridges and Alford say they will take readers through a political odyssey that was equal parts strange and unpredictable. The book, set to be released in the late spring of 2016, will cover all of the intriguing politics of this unforgettable year, but will focus primarily on the governor’s race between John Bel Edwards and David Vitter.

A broad overview of the forthcoming book will be offered to subscribers of LaPolitics Weekly Thursday, but you can play a role right away. Have an anecdote from the governor’s race the co-authors might be interested in? Were you part of a critical decision readers should know about? Were you a staffer in another race that shouldn’t be overlooked?

They want to hear from you, on or off the record. Become part of the process by emailing [email protected] or [email protected].

Based in Baton Rouge, Alford is publisher and editor of LaPolitics and LaPolitics Weekly.

Bridges is a freelance journalist based in New Orleans and Lima, Peru, who covers politics for The Advocate. He is a former reporter for The Miami Herald — where he was twice a member of Pulitzer Prize-winning teams — and The Times-Picayune. He is also the author of Bad Bet on the Bayou: The Rise of Gambling in Louisiana and the Fall of Governor Edwin Edwards and The Rise of David Duke. A 2012 Nieman Fellow at Harvard University, his work appears regularly in The Washington Post and Politico Magazine.