Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry has won the governor’s election, giving Republicans control of the state’s highest executive office for the first time since 2016.
Landry competed with more than a dozen others in the jungle primary, in which candidates from all parties appear on the same ballot. If no candidate received more than 50 percent of the vote, a runoff between the top two vote-getters would have occurred.
However, since Landry received more than fifty percent of the vote as of late Saturday night, he is expected to win the election uncontested. Wilson drew just 26 percent, while other Republican candidates combined for about 15 percent.
While Landry, a Trump-backed Republican, was widely viewed as the favorite heading into Saturday, many political observers anticipated he would face Democrat Shawn Wilson in a November runoff.
Louisiana’s crime rates have skyrocketed over the past decade, and it became a significant issue in the campaign. The state’s largest metropolis and primary tourist destination, New Orleans, has descended into turmoil under the leadership of the far-left Democrat Mayor LaToya Cantrell. Landry has pledged to initiate a crackdown on crime and restore order.
Wilson positioned himself as a centrist