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First non-incumbent to claim seat in primary since Bobby Jindal in 2007
Republican Attorney General Jeff Landry will become Louisiana’s 57th governor, claiming the seat outright in Saturday’s primary in a field with three other GOP candidates, a conservative independent and a lone Democrat who was expected to force a runoff.
“Tonight’s election was historic. …Tonight’s election says we are united,” Landry told a crowd of supporters at the victory party in Broussard…