Duplessis worked as a busboy at Mandina’s while attending St. Augustine High, before going on to Xavier and Howard University ...

The job of lieutenant governor is open after Juliana Stratton announced she would instead run for retiring U.S. Sen. Dick ...

The case is being closely watched because at arguments in March several of the court’s conservative justices suggested they ...

With Agriculture Commissioner Andy Gipson's announcement of his candidacy for Mississippi governor, are others likely to ...

“There are a lot of similarities” in Democrats’ current position and the 2018 campaigns, said Sen. Ben Ray Luján, D-N.M., who ...

Catch up on the political news of the past week in the latest At the Races newsletter, including war politics and Virginia ...

Former Del. Jay Jones has won the Democratic nomination in the race for Virginia attorney general. He fended off a challenge ...

Six candidates running for Louisiana Governor share their thoughts on how they plan to address minimum wage laws if elected. During Governor John Bel Edwards’s final Louisiana Legislative ...

Louisiana gubernatorial candidate Jeff Landry speaks to supporters during a watch party at Broussard Ballroom, Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023. AP. Landry, 52, has raised the profile of attorney general ...

Jeff Landry, the Louisiana attorney general and a hard-line conservative, trounced a crowded field of candidates on Saturday to become the state’s next governor, cementing Republican control of ...

Trump-backed candidate wins Louisiana governor’s race. Jeff Landry, who also had the endorsement of Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.), received 52 percent of the vote, avoiding the need for a runoff ...