BATON ROUGE, La. ( Louisiana First) — Qualifying for the Oct. 11 election started Wednesday. The qualifying period for ...

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Louisiana Governor Landry signed bills to bring down insurance rates, made it illegal to use cell phones while driving, and ...

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This is not the first time in history that a single candidate has won outright for governor in the primary election. In 2007 and 2011 Bobby Jindal won the majority of the vote in both his races.

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.

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 ...

The race to replace term-limited Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards tops the list of contests Louisiana voters will decide this Saturday in one of only three gubernatorial elections scheduled for ...

Should Jeff Landry, the state attorney general and front-runner, win, he will likely drive Louisiana further right on issues such as crime and L.G.B.T.Q. rights.

Louisiana’s six major candidates for governor agree that mental health services and preventative health care need to be priorities for whoever takes the office next year.The lion’s share of ...

Across Louisiana, voters will cast ballots for the governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state and treasurer. Qualifying for state and local races was Aug. 8-10.

The six candidates running for Louisiana governor will have to tackle the state’s insurance crisis if elected. Photo courtesy Rachel Mipro/Louisiana Illuminator. One of the most pressing issues ...