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Background
Jeff Landry is a Republican candidate for Governor in Louisiana in the 2027 election cycle. Jeff Landry served as Louisiana's Attorney General and was involved in a dispute over a 'flunky' comment that led to an attempt to punish a LSU professor. Jeff Landry sued a reporter from The Advocate over a public-records request and claimed New Orleans was more dangerous than Chicago. Jeff Landry signed bills to expand the Louisiana death penalty and eliminate parole, and announced Louisiana would resume executions after 15 years using nitrogen gas. Jeff Landry opposed a governor's pro-LGBT executive order, opposed LGBT studies at the University of Louisiana, and supported keeping a controversial law despite GOP support for change.
Summary compiled from cited public records. Sources: Official candidate filing records; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Landry.
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