Tyler Bridges
Baton Rouge Advocate
New Orleans, LA, United States
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Troy Carter endorses Shawn Wilson's campaign for governor. Here's why it matters
Shawn Wilson continued to consolidate Democratic support in his first week as a gubernatorial candidate when he received the endorsement on Wednesday of U.S. Rep. Troy Carter, the only Democrat → Read More
Garret Graves won't run for governor, says he has work to do in Congress
U.S. Rep. Garret Graves told supporters Tuesday what most people had expected: he will not run for governor this year. → Read More
Dan Richey, one-time ultra conservative state lawmaker from Ferriday, is dead
Dan Richey, who earned the enmity of the governor and Louisiana’s two U.S. senators for attacking them relentlessly in the 1970s and 1980s while he was an ultra-conservative member of → Read More
Jeff Landry to travel to Mar-a-Lago to receive endorsement from Donald Trump
Attorney General Jeff Landry will travel to Florida to receive Donald Trump’s blessing in this year’s gubernatorial campaign, according to the Landry campaign. → Read More
District Attorney Hillar Moore will stay out of the governor's race
Hillar Moore III said Tuesday he won’t run for governor. → Read More
Dustin Granger announces for treasurer, calls for investments in clean energy
Financial planner Dustin Granger will run for state treasurer, he said Tuesday, saying he would make a clean break with tradition by shifting that office's investments from the oil-based economy → Read More
Derek Myers confronted David Vitter in 2015. Now he says George Santos sexually harassed him.
A young TV reporter made a one-day splash in the governor’s race eight years ago by confronting then-U.S. Sen. David Vitter in Baton Rouge with questions about his sex life. → Read More
Jeff Landry leads other Republican candidates in early Louisiana governor's race poll
Jeff Landry had a big lead over his Republican opponents last month in the governor’s race, according to a poll. → Read More
'It was like a reuniting:' Billy Nungesser and Jeff Landry mend fences in private meeting
Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser has had harsh words about Attorney General Jeff Landry and his ambitions to be elected governor. → Read More
Jeff Landry has raised $5M for his bid to be governor
Jeff Landry will report $5 million in cash on hand Wednesday when he files his first finance report for the governor’s race, a campaign spokesperson said Tuesday. → Read More
Louisiana's Democratic Party, facing challenges on all fronts, is 'in disarray'
Six months before the qualifying period for this fall’s governor’s race, Louisiana Democrats have no announced candidate for any statewide office yet – other than a little-known teacher in LaSalle → Read More
Douglas Emhoff, the Second Gentleman, raises money for Democrats in New Orleans
Douglas Emhoff, the first second gentleman in U.S. history, had little good to say about Republicans while raising money for the national Democratic Party on Friday in New Orleans. → Read More
John Schroder announces for governor, promises to restore faith in government
John Schroder kicked off his campaign for governor Thursday night with broad calls to improve public faith in government, tackle violent crime, better the state’s schools and govern in a → Read More
Jim Donelon, with 5 decades in politics, is under rare spotlight as insurance commissioner
In 1972, Richard Nixon was president, Elvis Presley remained the king – and Jim Donelon narrowly lost a race to be district attorney in Jefferson Parish. → Read More
Chairs of both state political parties in Louisiana, under fire, facing calls to resign
Fights within the Republican and Democratic parties of Louisiana are nothing new. → Read More
Liz Murrill, top aide to AG Jeff Landry, will run for attorney general
Liz Murrill, a senior lawyer for Attorney General Jeff Landry, is running to replace her boss, who is a candidate to be governor. → Read More
Garret Graves faces intense pressure on whether to run for governor of Louisiana
The likely Republican candidates for governor have each said that they’re in or out, except one: Garret Graves, the congressman from Baton Rouge. → Read More
Katie Bernhardt, Democratic party chair, signals interest in running for governor
John Bel Edwards showed the Democrats’ path to the Governor’s Mansion in both 2015 and 2019 — have the party unite behind a single person, watch the Republicans tear each → Read More
John Bel Edwards says one GOP gubernatorial candidate is "extreme and partisan"
Gov. John Bel Edwards had something good to say about all the major Republicans who want his job — except one. → Read More
One lap to go: John Bel Edwards looks to his final year with a full slate of plans
Eight years ago, he was a long-shot candidate to be elected governor, a Democrat running for Louisiana’s top job in a deeply Republican state. → Read More