Louisiana’s Gubernatorial Primary Coming Down to a Race for Second Place

Attorney General Jeff Landry could win governor election outright, but Democrat Shawn Wilson appears likely to garner enough support to force a November runoff.

Louisiana Attorney General and Republican gubernatorial frontrunner Jeff Landry casts an early-vote ballot in Broussard, Louisiana, on Oct. 2, in the state’s Oct. 14 primary. Landry For Louisiana

Early voting has been underway since Sept. 30 in Louisiana’s Oct. 14 primaries for state legislature, attorney general, secretary of state, and governor in “off-year” elections being watched nationwide for possible portends of 2024 trends.

Under the Bayou State’s “jungle primary” system, where all contenders are on the same ballot, discernible undertows in voter sentiment could surface quickly and decisively.