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BROUSSARD, La. − Republican Jeff Landry will be Louisiana's next
governor after a stunning victory in Saturday's primary election,
deepening the GOP stronghold in the state.


Landry, the state's attorney general and a Donald Trump disciple who
secured the former president's endorsement, has led the race from
the start, but few predicted he'd win the primary outright without
going to a runoff.

Landry swamped the crowded field, including second-place finisher
Shawn Wilson, the state's former transportation secretary, despite
Wilson having consolidated Democratic support.

He finished with 52% of the vote to avoid having to run in the Nov.
18 general election. Wilson was second with 26%. Nobody else got
more than 6%.

Wilson conceded the race from his election night event in New
Orleans, telling reporters there, "While we might not understand
everything that Jeff Landry wants to do as governor, I believe he
wants to try to do the right thing, and it's our job as Louisianans
to make that happen."

Landry will replace Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards, who was term-
limited and couldn't run again after eight years in office.

Landry, the state's two-term attorney general, led the race wire to
wire after announcing his campaign last year and securing the early
endorsement of the Louisiana Republican Party, easily vanquishing a
handful of other GOP hopefuls who never really threatened to catch
him.

Wilson, who was Edwards' transportation secretary for most of his
two terms, had his former boss' backing, but it wasn't enough to
send him to a runoff.

Landry's victory seals a Republican monopoly in the state.

Edwards is the only statewide elected Democrat, and Republicans hold
a supermajority in the state House and Senate.

Louisiana's governor's race is one of only three in the nation this
year. The others are in Kentucky and Mississippi.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2023/10/15/re publican-jeff-landry-louisiana-gop/71194695007/

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