Trump-backed Republican Jeff Landry wins Louisiana governor’s race

Attorney General Jeff Landry, a rightwing Republican backed by Donald Trump, has won the Louisiana governor’s race, holding off a crowded field of candidates.

The win is a major victory for the Republican party as they reclaim the governor’s mansion for the first time in eight years. Landry will replace current governor John Bel Edwards, who was unable to seek re-election due to consecutive term limits.

Edwards is the only Democratic governor in the south.

Snapz,

If you need a window into Landry’s (lack of) character;

"Landry’s brother, Nick, who is openly gay, opposes the attorney general on LGBT issues: “I can’t remain silent any longer, because although I am not political, I am a human being, and I just want my rights, my unalienable rights. Those of you who are worried, who are in the same position as me and who may not have an attorney general for a brother, I want you to know I stand with you guys and those who want to be married, and I’ll do anything I can do to support anyone and any organization.”

PrincessLeiasCat,

From someone originally from Louisiana, this is so bad. He’s young enough to have learned all the tips & tricks from his older cohorts. He actively opposed & stalled/stopped a lot of the previous governor’s ideas. There is nothing good to say about him…he will suck up to the people on the Hill like Steve Scalise & Ted Cruz & try to ride their coattails higher. He is a true piece of shit.

Rhoeri,
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Sucks to be Louisiana.

vanontom,
@vanontom@lemmy.world avatar

Yup. Sorry, New Orleans. I guess they will soon find out (again) why they need to make the effort to vote. Was being Mississippi not enough of a threat?

Techmaster,

Always has.

Snapz,

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/3d517c02-5a15-494d-b974-56ffe3f84517.jpeg

Any reason to believe this pile of dump actually pushed him over the line? versus just latching on when it was obvious candidate would already win (in however broken I imagine the system in Louisiana is)?

Pixelle3D,

That was definitely a shart.

IamRoot, (edited )

Let them suffer under their vote.

RippleEffect,

Turnout was terrible, the leading dem had a very very lackluster campaign, it’s a jungle primary system so there was hope if there was a runoff but people didn’t show up to the polls and this is our reckoning. Hopefully it’s not as bad as it appears it can be.

TheDoozer,

If Democrats are good at anything, it’s snatching defeat from the jaws if victory.

Yokozuna,

But I didn’t vote for this man.

IamRoot,

Did you vote in this election?

Yokozuna,

I never miss a chance to get my sticker.

Rapidcreek,

He’s atrocious even by LA standards, a cross of David Duke and Ken Paxton.

FlyingSquid,
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Edwards is the only Democratic governor in the south.

Did Andy Bershear stop being a Democrat or did Kentucky stop being in the South?

PoastRotato,
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Had the same thought. We got Roy Cooper here in NC as well

TheJims,

Deep South would be more accurate

DocCrankenstein,

People believe the reason TN/KY border is flat is because it lines up with the Mason-Dixon line, but people don’t really critically analyse history, so KY often gets called the North even though that state is where the line began shifting northward to the Virginias

DocCrankenstein,

Rephrase in an edit.

The north south divide used to run from Texas across to north Caroline’s coast. But the mason-dixon line shifted things.

It is complicated history and the more I read the less I can keep track of enough to make a summary of it.

PeleSpirit,

I’m not sure of what you’re considering the South, but this map says Kentucky didn’t join the confederacy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America#/media/File:CSA_states_evolution.gif

FlyingSquid,
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It’s still in the South.

states considered regionally South, according to the Census Bureau (Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Delaware, Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas.)

fivethirtyeight.com/…/which-states-are-in-the-sou…

PeleSpirit,

That’s interesting that they consider it that according to the census, I wonder why it meets the criteria.

lemmy,

Probably referring to the “Mason and Dixon line” that was coined during the Compromise of 1820 that signified the separation between slave and free. The line separates Pennsylvania and Maryland. Kentucky is under that line. Here’s a archives page about it. web.archive.org/web/…/mason_dixon/

PeleSpirit,

That’s probably it, thanks. My school was lacking in geography and history, if that isn’t already obvious, lol.

Stovetop,

Unfortunate but unsurprising.

worldwidewave,

Edwards is the only Democratic governor in the south.

Like Manchin being replaced by a Republican in WV, this was only a matter of time for Louisiana

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