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While the Landry Administration has made a proposed constitutional convention a focal point of the regular session, and even though the resulting document would be up for ratification on the same ballot as former President Donald Trump, the governor said he has not coordinated with the Republican heavyweight on the issue.
Has he already asked Trump to endorse such a document, should one be approved by delegates?
“No, no, no,” Landry said in a new episode of the LaPolitics Report podcast (Spotify/Apple). Landry said he preferred a proposed constitution be on the fall ballot because the presidential election would draw more voters, based on historic trends. When later asked if he would be willing to bend on the legislation’s timeline and perimeters to satisfy critics, Landry attempted to make a distinction between supporter and lead architect.
“I didn’t set a timeline for this convention,” the governor said, adding those details are up to the Legislature.
—NEW JUDGE: Jackie Maloney garnered 55% of the vote to defeat fellow Republican Lindsey Valenti last weekend in the runoff to become the next district judge for the 24th Judicial District, based in Jefferson Parish. Maloney replaces Judge Scott Schlegel, who was elected to the Court of Appeals last year.
—NEW MAYOR: Also on Saturday, incumbent Natchitoches Mayor Ronnie Williams Jr., a Democrat, got 53% of the vote to knock off former Mayor Lee Posey, an independent. Williams also defeated Posey in 2020.
—THEY SAID IT: “For an agency to come up here and tell me they can’t work together… hogwash.” —Appropriations Chair Jack McFarland, on agencies’ efforts to implement a summer food program, in The Illuminator
Jeremy Alford publishes LaPolitics Weekly, a newsletter on Louisiana politics, at LaPolitics.com. Follow him on Twitter, or Facebook. He can be reached at JJA@LaPolitics.com.
