It's been a spooky year, and a totally terrifying campaign season......let's try to finish out these last two months on a positive or at least less scary note.
Friends outside of New Orleans: I decided to send this to you as well, since it's been a while since you've heard from me. Seasons greetings, and yes there is another hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico this week - its name is Zeta. I'll start with information of interest to y'all first. (If you ever miss me, click here. Cash works too. :)
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THE NEW JOB
This session I tried, along with friends and advocates, to put some teeth into Louisiana's worker misclassification laws, in order to help out workers and state funds; it crashed and burned on partisan lines in committee. On a positive note, next door neighbor D98 Rep. Aimee Freeman passed legislation to assist students with EBT during the covid crisis - a big win.
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Local paper The Gambit voted me their favorite legislator! Best part of the year hands down. They also commented on the earlier tort reform battle in this piece.
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NOVEMBER 3rd
The day. The big day. What we have all been waiting on, for 4 long years. If you haven't early voted, double check your (Louisiana) registration here. Send encouraging thoughts to Florida voters, and mentally apologize once again to Hillary Clinton.
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ABSOLUTELY VOTE NO ON AMENDMENT ONE in Louisiana. This heinous proposition would include a prohibition on abortion in the Louisiana state constitution; it's not necessary, and it doesn't include an exception for rape or the life of the mother. Given the likely new SCOTUS justice (*head in hands*), this is even more important. Louisiana is basically the worst state to be a woman, or to be pregnant.
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National candidates to watch: based in part on the urgency of his emails and our buddy Cat McKinney of LAVBM, please send Jamie Harrison some money. Also my mom loves him.
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LOUISIANA CANDIDATES
There are so many good candidates this year in Louisiana! Adrian Perkins would be such an upgrade to our current U.S. senator, it's not even a close call. He is a super star. I'm co-chairing this PAC that supports him, along with Rep. Matt Willard. (That's Matt and me with him at the Capitol a few weeks ago.)
For judicial races, I'm a big fan of Piper Griffin for state supreme court (fellow Notre Dame grad!), Meg Garvey for municipal court (a serious, serious upgrade to the current occupant of that seat), Nandi Campbell (quite possibly the easiest decision on the entire ballot), *Graham Bosworth*, stellar Emerge Louisiana alumnae LaKeisha Jefferson and Rhonda Goode-Douglas, wild man Steve Singer (End Money Bail), Tenee Felix cares about kids so much, Zulu president and fellow Georgetown grad Elroy James, and Judge Chris Bruno (the oppo campaign against him is pure slime)........there are many good candidates, message me here or on social media if you have questions on a specific race, I did not include them all.
For Orleans Parish School Board, District 91 primarily spans Districts 5 and 6, and I support friends and fantastic candidates Katie Baudouin and Carlos Zervigon in those races. I also love, love, love the hard work and genuineness of Dr. Chanel Payne in District 2. (And don't forget Olin Parker, cool dad, educator, cake baker in District 3.)
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Geaux Vote.
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Representative Mandie Landry
Louisiana House of Representatives
District 91
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Paid for by Mandie Landry Campaign Committee |
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