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Jeff Landry
Jeffrey Martin Landry (/ˈlændri/ LAN-dree; born December 23, 1970) is an American politician and attorney who has served as the 57th governor of Louisiana since 2024. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 45th attorney general of Louisiana from 2016 to 2024 and as the U.S. representative for Louisiana's 3rd congressional district from 2011 to 2013.
Born in St. Martinville, Louisiana, Landry graduated from the University of Louisiana, Lafayette and Loyola University New Orleans College of Law. He was a member of the Louisiana National Guard, which he joined while in high school, for 11 years. While in college, Landry worked as a police officer and sheriff's deputy. He ran for a seat in the Louisiana State Senate in 2007 but narrowly lost. He was elected to the U.S. Congress in 2010, serving one term until he lost his seat after redistricting.
Landry defeated incumbent Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell in 2015, and was reelected four years later with over 66% of the vote. During his tenure, he supported Louisiana's abortion ban, advocated for prayer in public schools, and challenged Governor John Bel Edwards on LGBT issues. Landry won the 2023 Louisiana gubernatorial election with a majority of the vote in the first round. As governor, Landry has signed several criminal justice bills, as well as legislation allowing the carrying of concealed weapons without a permit. He signed legislation requiring that the Ten Commandments be displayed in public school classrooms; that bill is currently blocked by the courts on the grounds that it unconstitutionally violates the separation of church and state.
Landry was born in St. Martinville, Louisiana, on December 23, 1970, to Al and Edna (née Bienvenu) Landry. He is the oldest of four children. His mother was a teacher at Trinity Catholic School in St. Martinville. His father was an architect and businessman.
Landry graduated from St. Martinville High School, where he was a wide receiver on the high school football team. After graduating from high school, he held various jobs, including sugarcane farm worker, police officer for the village of Parks, and St. Martin Parish sheriff's deputy. He also spent 11 years in the Louisiana Army National Guard.
During his time as a St. Martin Parish deputy, he shared a rental home in St. Martinville with two friends, one a childhood friend, and the other a fellow deputy. The fellow deputy smuggled about $10,000 worth of cocaine and stashed it underneath their home. Once his roommates caught on to the crime, they turned him in to the police, who executed a search warrant, which Landry signed. After the 1993 search of the home, his roommate lost his job and went to prison. After Landry's opponent in an acrimonious 2010 Republican primary election raised the incident, District Attorney J. Phil Haney said that Landry was never implicated in any crime, and Landry said he remained a reserve deputy until 2004.
Landry attended the University of Southwestern Louisiana (which later became the University of Louisiana at Lafayette), graduating in 1999 with an environmental science degree. In 2001, he enrolled in Southern University Law School as a part-time student; he transferred to Loyola University New Orleans College of Law in 2003 as a full-time student, and received his J.D. in December 2004. He then became an attorney and businessman in New Iberia.
In 2007, Landry ran for Louisiana's 22nd Senate district when incumbent Republican state senator Craig Romero was term-limited. In the general election, he faced Democratic state Representative Troy Hebert of Jeanerette; Hebert later declared himself an Independent. Hebert defeated Landry, 51% to 49%.
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Jeff Landry
Jeffrey Martin Landry (/ˈlændri/ LAN-dree; born December 23, 1970) is an American politician and attorney who has served as the 57th governor of Louisiana since 2024. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 45th attorney general of Louisiana from 2016 to 2024 and as the U.S. representative for Louisiana's 3rd congressional district from 2011 to 2013.
Born in St. Martinville, Louisiana, Landry graduated from the University of Louisiana, Lafayette and Loyola University New Orleans College of Law. He was a member of the Louisiana National Guard, which he joined while in high school, for 11 years. While in college, Landry worked as a police officer and sheriff's deputy. He ran for a seat in the Louisiana State Senate in 2007 but narrowly lost. He was elected to the U.S. Congress in 2010, serving one term until he lost his seat after redistricting.
Landry defeated incumbent Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell in 2015, and was reelected four years later with over 66% of the vote. During his tenure, he supported Louisiana's abortion ban, advocated for prayer in public schools, and challenged Governor John Bel Edwards on LGBT issues. Landry won the 2023 Louisiana gubernatorial election with a majority of the vote in the first round. As governor, Landry has signed several criminal justice bills, as well as legislation allowing the carrying of concealed weapons without a permit. He signed legislation requiring that the Ten Commandments be displayed in public school classrooms; that bill is currently blocked by the courts on the grounds that it unconstitutionally violates the separation of church and state.
Landry was born in St. Martinville, Louisiana, on December 23, 1970, to Al and Edna (née Bienvenu) Landry. He is the oldest of four children. His mother was a teacher at Trinity Catholic School in St. Martinville. His father was an architect and businessman.
Landry graduated from St. Martinville High School, where he was a wide receiver on the high school football team. After graduating from high school, he held various jobs, including sugarcane farm worker, police officer for the village of Parks, and St. Martin Parish sheriff's deputy. He also spent 11 years in the Louisiana Army National Guard.
During his time as a St. Martin Parish deputy, he shared a rental home in St. Martinville with two friends, one a childhood friend, and the other a fellow deputy. The fellow deputy smuggled about $10,000 worth of cocaine and stashed it underneath their home. Once his roommates caught on to the crime, they turned him in to the police, who executed a search warrant, which Landry signed. After the 1993 search of the home, his roommate lost his job and went to prison. After Landry's opponent in an acrimonious 2010 Republican primary election raised the incident, District Attorney J. Phil Haney said that Landry was never implicated in any crime, and Landry said he remained a reserve deputy until 2004.
Landry attended the University of Southwestern Louisiana (which later became the University of Louisiana at Lafayette), graduating in 1999 with an environmental science degree. In 2001, he enrolled in Southern University Law School as a part-time student; he transferred to Loyola University New Orleans College of Law in 2003 as a full-time student, and received his J.D. in December 2004. He then became an attorney and businessman in New Iberia.
In 2007, Landry ran for Louisiana's 22nd Senate district when incumbent Republican state senator Craig Romero was term-limited. In the general election, he faced Democratic state Representative Troy Hebert of Jeanerette; Hebert later declared himself an Independent. Hebert defeated Landry, 51% to 49%.