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City Judge, City Court Election Dist. 2, Div. C, City of Shreveport Brittany Bass Arvie, Democrat Justice of the Peace, Justice of the Peace Ward 2, Oil City Dist.
The governor-elect, who celebrated with supporters during a watch party in Broussard, Louisiana, described the election as “historic.” Landry, 52, has raised the profile of attorney general ...
The 2023 Louisiana gubernatorial election was held on October 14, 2023, to elect the governor of Louisiana. Incumbent Governor John Bel Edwards was term-limited and could not seek re-election to a third consecutive term in office. [1] This race was one of two Democratic-held governorships up for election in 2023 in a state that voted for Donald ...
Republicans will reclaim the Louisiana governor’s office, CNN projects, with state Attorney General Jeff Landry winning a majority of the vote Saturday in the state’s “jungle primary” and ...
Jeffrey Martin Landry (/ ˈ l æ n d r i / LAN-dree; [1] born December 23, 1970) is an American politician and attorney who has served as the 57th governor of Louisiana since 2024. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 45th attorney general of Louisiana from 2016 to 2024 and as the U.S. representative for Louisiana's 3rd congressional district from 2011 to 2013.
In June 2006, Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco signed Senate Bill No. 18 (later Act No. 560) into law, which took effect in 2008 and returned Congressional races to the closed primary system. In 2010, the legislature voted to revert federal elections to the nonpartisan blanket primary system with the passage of House Bill 292, which was ...
Jeff Landry is sworn in as Louisiana Governor on the steps of the State Capital in Baton Rouge La. Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024. The Special Session will begin Feb. 19 and must end March 6.
John Bel Edwards was born in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, on September 16, 1966. [10] He was raised in Amite, Louisiana, the son of Dora Jean (née Miller) and Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Frank M. Edwards, Jr. Born into an economically and politically well-established family in the parish, he graduated from Amite High School in 1984 as valedictorian.