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Republicans Score ‘Major Victory’ as Trump-Backed Landry Wins in Louisiana

Posted on | October 15, 2023 | Comments Off on Republicans Score ‘Major Victory’ as Trump-Backed Landry Wins in Louisiana

WDSU-TV in New Orleans reports:

Attorney General Jeff Landry, a Republican backed by former President Donald Trump, has won the Louisiana governor’s race, holding off a crowded field of candidates. The win is a major victory for the GOP as they reclaim the governor’s mansion for the first time in eight years.

Louisiana has a so-called “jungle primary,” with all candidates from every party, and this usually results in a run-off to decide the election because no candidate gets a majority, but Landry got 52% to win outright. His nearest Democratic rival got 26%, while four other GOP candidates split 13% of the votes between them. In other words, this was at least a 2-to-1 GOP landslide. What do you think this suggests for 2024? Perhaps it’s merely a local election that signifies nothing as a nationwide trend, but we’ll wait and see what happens in Kentucky next month.



 

Category: Election, Louisiana

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