Jeff Landry wins Louisiana governorship, flipping the state for Republicans

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: NBC News

Oct. 14, 2023, 11:27 PM EDT


Democrats’ two-term hold on the governorship of Louisiana will come to an end next year after Republican state Attorney General Jeff Landry won the seat Saturday by capturing a majority in an all-party primary.

Landry had more than 51% of the vote when The Associated Press called the race after 11 p.m. ET, running far ahead on a ballot that featured 16 candidates, including Democrats, independents and Republicans.

The victory precedes two more red state governor’s elections this fall, including one in which Republicans hope to flip a seat. Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear of Kentucky is seeking a second term on Nov. 7, while Republican Gov. Tate Reeves is doing the same in Mississippi.

The large number of Republicans in the Louisiana race was expected to make it difficult for Landry to gain a majority in the first round, instead forcing a one-on-one runoff with the leading Democratic candidate, former state Transportation Secretary Shawn Wilson. But Landry, who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump, consolidated support.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/jeff-landry-wins-louisiana-governorship-flipping-state-gop-rcna119882

[AZLD4Candidate]

1. Vote Republican. . .get Republican policies. Time for Red State Democrats to get out.

[czarjak]

2. Unbelievable!

[azureblue]

5. as in

Someone needs to verify that vote count.

[czarjak]

6. Rigged. Who TF votes R?

[Lonestarblue]

3. Well, I guess Louisiana's voters want to finally succeed Mississippi as the worst in the nation.

It’s close already.

[BumRushDaShow]

4. I think after Katrina

quite a few in and around New Orleans ended up fleeing to, and many eventually permanently moving to your state (as well as to AL and even GA). And although N.O. is repopulating, I expect it's a whole different crowd.

[ificandream]

7. The stupids win again.

[DownriverDem]

8. The first thing

he's going to do is end Medicaid expansion. Life in red states suck.

[machoneman]

9. Sad, odd, stupid and more! Beware of what you (vote) desire, it can bite you in your ass.

[SouthernDem4ever]

10. Glad I don't live in Lousyana.

Too much mold from floods. Too many dangerous reptiles and the only people I know that live there are viral racists.

[walkingman]

11. I would love to find a decent place to live in the South. Any suggestions?

[SouthernDem4ever]

12. Southwest, like New Mexico

Southeast is pretty much screwed up right now.

[walkingman]

29. New Mexico does sound pretty nice. Especially of late.

I've never lived in a semiarid region before but I'm liking what I read about NM politics which is a big plus.

[Rebl2]

13. Don't think

there are any

[walkingman]

33. I'm thinking the same.

[Karma13612]

18. That's a tall order.

I’ve been trying to figure it out for years.

And the southwest is facing water problems. So, I cross off all the states out there that would still be good for Dems. And the Pacific Northwest is sooooo expensive.

As much as I hate winters, I’m staying in NY. We are fortunate that we keep expenses low during the summers so we can winter in North Carolina very reasonably. I’m annoyed and dismayed over the abortion restrictions and other atrocities, so I would not move to NC permanently. We have been renting the same sound side house in Emerald Isle NC for a few years. The owners live in PA and come down in the summer. Winters are Beautiful, with moderate temps, and reasonably quiet. The area is not popular in the winter months because you can get cold, winds, rain, etc. But we see it as better than -10F with blizzard conditions in NY-21. Yea, I am one of Elise “she lies” Stefanik’s disgruntled constituents.

🤷‍♀️🙋‍♀️

[walkingman]

32. You are very lucky!! I worked in NYC back in 72-73 and it was an amazing experience.

I love the White Mountain area but not so sure about the winters. But since I am retired and don't have to worry about getting to work that would make a difference.

[Karma13612]

37. I grew up in NY-21

And then left to explore the NYC area “ala Mary Tyler Moore!”

Also ventured to Connecticut and then England. Moved back to NY-21 in my mid forties because hubby wanted to fish the St Lawrence River.

NYC has different weather compare to NY-21. The white mountains are actually in New Hampshire. For NYS, you have the Catskills below Albany and the Adirondacks up in NY-21 where we are.

[DownriverDem]

26. The south?

No way. No how. I prefer the great State of Michigan. Before folks talk about the warm weather, it's not a biggie for me. I'm not into the sun.

[walkingman]

31. I always use Michigan as an example to my friends that have given up on Texas.

The turnaround has been amazing and sets a good example for the nation. But living in the Bible Belt makes it kind of unlikely it will happen here. But I'm not giving up. ☮

[GreenWave]

14. What can you expect after centuries of poop floating down the Mississippi?

The shit for brains have won again.

[LenaBaby61]

24. My niece lived down there, and is an RN.....

And she told me that Louisiana was going to flip red months ago ..

Because many Dems she came across being a nurse were lethargic, non-caring "about that election," seemingly oblivious for whatever reason, and that there more than enough dumb racist 'necks to pull the defacto klansman in as governor. I say lived there because she'll be out by March 2024, already landed a job because she thought way ahead & planned to leave, she'll be living in the bottom half of a duplex that a cousin owns and thankfully she landed a job at a hospital in her new blue state. Louisiana and many other southern states as you know are losing a LOT of doctors, nurses due to Roe's overturn. She stayed on the attack, and knew she'd have to make plans to leave Louisiana well before time. She told me "Auntie, I'm on the attack like you, Mom & Dad always taught me to be." SO proud of her.

[PortTack]

15. Sad!

[dsharp88]

16. We were the last Southern state with a Democratic governor, and we lost to...

the worst Republican on the ballot. This former Attorney General wasted millions of our tax dollars chasing radical right-wing lawsuits he didn't have a chance to win just for his own personal media hype. In this stupid, backward, neanderthal state, it worked.

[BumRushDaShow]

17. "We were the last Southern state with a Democratic governor"

KY still has Andy Beshear who is also up for election this year and I know they are battling to keep him in.

Also MD has a Democratic governor.

[Polybius]

20. Interesting

I've never thought of MD and DE to be the South.

[BumRushDaShow]

21. Anyone here in Philly, post-Civil War, who was black and wanted to get on the train "down south"

had to move out of the main train cars and into the "colored car" when they crossed the Mason-Dixon line from PA into MD.

This Segregated Railway Car Offers a Visceral Reminder of the Jim Crow Era

Subtle and not-so-subtle reminders of a time when local and state laws forced racial segration
Alex Palmer

Alex Palmer
June 13, 2016

(snip)

One of the largest artifacts to demonstrate the cruel effectiveness of segregation under Jim Crow is 77-ton segregation-era railway car that goes on view at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture when the museum opens in September. It will give visitors the unsettling experience of actually stepping inside the segregated past when they walk through it to view it.

The restored Pullman Palace passenger car, which ran along the Southern Railway route during the first half of the 20th century, serves as a central artifact in the museum’s vast inaugural exhibition “Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: Era of Segregation 1876-1968.”

(snip)

Crew adds that the car speaks particularly to the challenges that African-Americans faced as they tried to move around the country. Train travel was the primary way people covered long distances in the United States until at least the 1950s. Since the segregation laws were almost entirely implemented in the South, this created strange situations for travelers moving between the two parts of the country.

“If you were coming from New York, when you got to Washington, D.C. you would have to make that switch,” says Crew. “Or in the Midwest, if you were traveling through Cincinnati when you got to the border with Kentucky, you have to make that switch.”

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/segregated-railway-car-offers-visceral-reminder-jim-crow-era-180959383/

My mother ran into that in the early '50s when she went to Howard U her first couple years and then left there and finished here in Philly at Temple U.

[Igel]

34. Before I moved in the early '82 away from MD

most Marylanders didn't either.

Pre-Civil-War it was much more Southern in terms of trade and culture than it was Northern.

After the war, Baltimore's economy was North-oriented and the culture shifted.

If you look at the isoglosses that predated the squelching of a lot of linguistic diversity by schools and the media, Baltimore was a tangled mess. Granted, isoglosses don't line up in nice, clean, neat bundles, but this bundle was insane by most standards.

Some traits were just Balamorese and strictly Baltimore-internal (e.g. calling strangers "hon" regardless of sex of who was speaking or being addressed, for example). But I had an [ s ] in "Towson" and "greasy" and a bunch of other words--from just SE of Baltimore--but if you were from Towson or lived there or north of there you had a [ z ]. (Lots of other words, too.) It was said back then that you could almost say what Baltimore block somebody grew up on just by listening the speech.

[BumRushDaShow]

40. In other words for "Baldimorians"

they sound like us "Fluffians" (as many times as I've been down there, I've actually been surprised)...

[Cha]

41. Yeah, I was thinking of

Gov Beshear when I read the previous post.

May he Win in Nov!

[question everything]

42. And now, if you are awake, join the celebration on the Lounge. You can't miss it

[Polybius]

19. Wow, I didn't even know that yesterday was the primary

I was on here early yesterday and no one mentioned it.

[BumRushDaShow]

22. That's why I try to dig through to find the "buried" news

I didn't even realize that Louisiana had some variation of a "jungle primary" either (it didn't sound like a "ranked choice" like AK has)...

[Solly Mack]

23. Yeah. :(

[CaptainTruth]

25. I feel sorry for all the sane people in Louisiana.

Stupidity wins again.

[DownriverDem]

27. It would be so hard

to live in a red state.

[patphil]

28. An all-party primary?

I thought primaries were for picking the candidates for the actual election.
I guess they do thing differently in Louisiana. Of course that's the state where they call counties parishes, and they call their parish government a police jury.
Totally Fubar, and I lives there for 2 years.

[BumRushDaShow]

30. They did that in AK and ME

and a variation in CA. Some are "ranked choice" and others are dubbed "jungle primaries" and the top 2 vote-getters end up running in the general election (regardless of party).

[LuvLoogie]

35. It seems the American South is like Australia.

And vice versa.

Tick Tock you racist Nazi fucks.

You can run, but you can't hide.

We've got operatives on the inside.

We will leave no one behind

And you will be steamrolled

Have faith

[Pototan]

36. 50% of voters voted "R" in Louisianna...

Oh, the shock of it. Next thing we know, West Virginia will be voting Republican.

This is the same as an open Massachusetts Governor seat, which was held by a moderate Republican, elected a progressive Democrat. It should surprise no one.

[kwolf68]

38. Yea I really don't get the outrage

So Democrats lost in the South. Ho Hum. We need to really concentrate on the battleground areas, only way for a Dem to win in the South is if the Republican is a pedophile and even then it will be close.

[Polybius]

39. Republican candidates got around 70% of the vote

I knew LA was Red, but it keeps getting Redder.