Louisiana 2023 gubernatorial election megathread

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https://twitter.com/samkarlin/status/1612531671269609472?s=46&t=9CjqgP6OvSle...

Well, at least we're spared 10 months of olawakandi absolutely butchering this guy's name.

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No reason to be doing anything yet with only one Democrat running in the top-two primary against a series of well-funded Republicans who will spend all their time dragging each other down.

Real question is whether a serious effort is made during the runoff - no definitive signs yet that there will or won't be.

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I do have to wonder if Jeff Landry is being overestimated here, in both the primary and runoff. He seems to have a lot of enemies, significant institutional players who don't want him to be in the Governor's office, and has the profile/rhetorical style of the exact type of Republican who can put off the exact types of voters that John Bel won in places like Jefferson Parish. He benefits in a runoff of course from the state that he's running in but it feels like Wags or Schroder should be able to gain ground as the ~20-25% of voters who seems stably undecided in polls here begin to engage and real money gets spent.