ANALYSIS | From redistricting casualty to likely governor, it’s been quite a journey for Louisiana Republican Jeff Landry.
The former Acadiana police officer was first elected to Congress in 2010 to Louisiana’s 3rd District. But it wasn’t long before redistricting pitted him against GOP incumbent Charles Boustany in a redrawn seat in 2012. Boustany finished first in the jungle primary and defeated Landry 61-39 percent in the general election runoff.
But Landry bounced back to get elected state attorney general in 2015 and reelected four years later. This year, fellow Rep. Garret Graves and Sens. Bill Cassidy and John Kennedy chose not to run for governor, leaving Landry as the early front-runner.
