Landry has played an active role in voting rights and making sure people have the chance to cast their ballots.
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“People are going to lose their homes if the state doesn’t do something about homeowners’ insurance immediately,” said State Representative Landry. “We know that a strong fortified roof program will help significantly – we need to fund it properly.”
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State Rep. Mandie Landry and Public Service Commissioner Davante Lewis are likely two of the state’s highest-profile progressive elected officials. Both successfully ran races in recent years that outflanked more centrist, party-backed competitors.
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All things considered, I think we should add the voters in District 91 as "winnas" because we reelected our much loved and respected Landry.
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There’s loads of state House and Senate races — including local progressive Rep. Mandie Landry vs. Madison O’Malley, a newcomer who in some ways has become a stalking horse for Landry’s establishment enemies.
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“They go elect people to school board or parish council or little things, and then the next time that person runs for the legislature, and the next time they're parish president, and then suddenly they're Jeff Landry and they're in Congress,” she says. “That's what they do, and [Democrats] just, it seems like, expect someone to fall out of the sky.”
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Even before the Nov. 18 election, some liberals are pushing the state party to confront its internal divisions and paltry fundraising.
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Landry said her triumph should be seen as an indictment of the Democratic establishment in Louisiana.
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Landry seized 66% of votes on election day with all 47 precincts of her House District 91 reporting, ensuring there would be no runoff against challenger Madison O'Malley, who finished with 26% of the votes.
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Landry is perhaps the most progressive member of the Legislature, with a four-year history of vocally fighting Republican efforts to restrict abortion access and advocating for rights of LGBTQ+ people and sex workers.
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In her first term as a legislator, Landry has gotten the legislature to pass several of her bills related to pregnancy, including a ban on solitary confinement for people in prison who are pregnant or have just given birth, a bill expanding post-partum Medicaid care from 60 days to one year and a requirement that public high schools have policies in place for pregnant or parenting students.
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7. New Orleans Progressives — Incumbent state Rep. Mandie Landry overcame significant opposition from fellow Dems (including Gov. John Bel Edwards) to trounce newbie challenger Madison O’Malley in House District 91, and defense attorney Leon Roché easily bested former prosecutor Melanie Talia to win a special election for Criminal District Court judge. Which brings us to…
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The turnout math was devastating to Democrats, and party bigwigs did themselves no favors by punting in races up and down the ballot, even as they aggressively pursued a losing challenge to progressive state Rep. Mandie Landry of New Orleans.
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On Sunday, even as she celebrated her own win, Mandie Landry said she was preparing for a “sobering” stretch for her city. “I think there is going to be more of a push from Baton Rouge to interfere in New Orleans than usual,” she told Bolts. “I am not under any delusions.”
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"It is devastating to Louisiana women, but no surprise, that our violently anti-choice governor would endorse a former Republican who was endorsed by the Republican Party," she said in a statement. "What an embarrassment to our state."
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Proposed by state Rep. Mandie Landry, D-New Orleans, House Bill 165 would have put a constitutional amendment before voters this fall asking if they wanted a process that would allow the public to put issues directly on the ballot.
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Proposed by state Rep. Mandie Landry, D-New Orleans, House Bill 165 would have put a constitutional amendment before voters this fall asking if they wanted a process that would allow the public to put issues directly on the ballot.
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“I ran it by them because I know they’re also in favor of proper handling of guns and proper storage. And one of them literally said I don’t know how anybody could be against this,” said Rep. Landry.
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The plaudits heaped on Landry are evidence enough that any meeting of the minds is regarded as little short of a miracle in Baton Rouge.
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As the argument raged, Landry dug deeper into gun policy, and eventually found an approach that might actually gain bipartisan support on an emotional issue where shared opinion is rare.
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