The Republican state attorney general won a majority of the vote Saturday, averting an expected runoff election next month.
10/14/2023 11:17 PM EDTRepublican Jeff Landry won the Louisiana governorship on Saturday, flipping the seat currently held by a Democrat.
Landry emerged from a field that included a number of notable Republicans, including state Treasurer John Schroder and Stephen Waguespack, a former executive at the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry and one-time aide to former GOP Gov. Bobby Jindal. There was one big-name Democrat in the race: Shawn Wilson, who previously served in Edwards’ administration as transportation secretary and had 25 percent of the vote when the AP called the race.
By receiving more than 50 percent of the vote, Landry, who is also a former member of Congress, avoids a November runoff. Most expected Landry and Wilson to advance to that contest, making Landry’s outright win on Saturday an even bigger surprise — and potentially an early marker of Republican voters’ enthusiasm heading into 2024.
In the run-up to Saturday’s contest, Landry well outstripped the field in terms of resources. Landry’s campaign spent more than $9 million on advertisements, according to data from the ad tracking firm AdImpact, making him easily the top spender in the race. And outside groups poured in millions more.
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