Republicans in Louisiana have swept three runoff races for powerful statewide offices: attorney general, secretary of state and treasurer. The GOP success secures control over all of Louisiana's statewide elected positions.

Come January, the GOP will control every elected statewide office in Louisiana after Republicans swept three runoff races for attorney general, secretary of state and treasurer Saturday night.

The GOP success, in a state that has had a Democrat in the governor’s office for the past eight years, means that Republicans secured all of Louisiana’s statewide offices for the first time since 2015. In addition, the GOP holds a two-third supermajority in the House and Senate.

Liz Murrill was elected as attorney general, Nancy Landry as secretary of state and John Fleming as treasurer. The results also mean Louisiana will have its first female attorney general and first woman elected as secretary of state.

Saturday’s election completes the shaping of Louisiana’s executive branch, where most incumbents didn’t seek reelection and opened the door for new leadership in some of the most powerful positions.

  • SCB@lemmy.world
    11·
    1 year ago

    Clinton was pushing a series of policies derided as “Hillary Care” in 1993.

    Starting on September 28, 1993, Hillary Clinton appeared for several days of testimony before five congressional committees on health care.[13] Opponents of the bill organized against it before it was presented to the Democratic-controlled Congress on November 20, 1993.[13] The bill was a complex proposal of more than 1,000 pages, the core element of which was an enforced mandate for employers to provide health insurance coverage to all of their employees. The full text of the November 20 bill (the Health Security Act) is available online.[

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinton_health_care_plan_of_1993

    She then, in 2004, put forth the basis for her more comprehensive plan, which by 08 became her health care proposal in the 2008 primary.

    It’s neat what you learn when you’re born before the year 2000.

    • SoylentBlake@lemm.ee
      2·
      1 year ago

      Well shit, I was born in 81 whatdya know. I fucking graduated before 2000, you ain’t got any footing there. You wanna talk about Jnco’s? No Fear shirts? Matt Shepard being drug behind a truck and tied to a fence to die? What were you doin when news of Cobain came out? Shit my first concert was Rage Against the Machine in 96. Fucking good times.

      And I knew all that, but all of that means fuckall. She was First lady, then ran for senator of NY, then secretary of state in 2012. But soooo what. What power did she really have?

      Who gives a shit what HRC was trying to whip support of while first lady. She couldn’t get the support, but fuck her for trying right? I’m not even a democrat, or a fan of Democrats, but I won’t knock Americans for trying to help Americans. Even if I disagree with their direction. Motive is important, whole different kinds of laws come into play around it. I don’t think anyone ever questioned HRCs patriotism. Hard to argue with the optics of the zero dark thirty war room. She didn’t openly call for foreign aid attacking opponents in a political campaign, in and of itself is sedition. Was she a bitch? Probably. Given a choice of a leader who is a bitch vs say Mrs Butterworth, I’ll take the bitch, thanks. For fucks sake, you people are impossible. Move to the south and secede. I’ll stay in the NW and even vote to pay for your move.

      • SCB@lemmy.world
        11·
        1 year ago

        You wanna talk about Jnco’s? No Fear shirts?

        Literally always.

        Was she a bitch? Probably. Given a choice of a leader who is a bitch vs say Mrs Butterworth, I’ll take the bitch, thanks

        100% man