Conservative Jeff Landry elected as Louisiana’s next governor

Republican Jeff Landry beat out a full slate of other hopefuls to become Louisiana’s next governor, replacing Democrat John Bel Edwards.

Landry, who is the current state attorney general, will be sworn in as governor in January, taking over from Bel Edwards, who was term-limited out.

He beat out a wide slate of other candidates on .

The race to replace him as state treasurer will go to a runoff after two Republicans split the vote in a three-way race. Republican John Fleming will replace Democrat Dustin Granger in November.

Landry served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2011 to 2013 and was a lawyer in private practice until he was elected as attorney general in 2015.

He was born in Louisiana and served in the U.S. Army and then in the state National Guard. He is also a former sheriff’s deputy and police officer.