Louisiana Gov.-elect Jeff Landry calls for applications to work in his administration

Louisiana Gov.-elect Jeff Landry is calling for applications to work in his administration, asking for people inside and outside of the state from both parties to consider applying.

During his second transition press conference Wednesday, Landry announced his transition website at oneteam.la and an online application portal for people who want to work in his administration. Deviating from the rhetoric during his campaign and his time as the state’s attorney general, Landry pushed for input from Louisianans “no matter your party affiliation” during the press conference.

“One of the things we know is that we have some of the hardest-working people here in this state, and what we want to assemble are servant leaders to give Louisiana a government that people deserve,” Landry said. “No matter your party affiliation, if you love Louisiana and you’re interested in working with us, then we want to hear from you.”

The portal is available on the oneteam.la website.

In the two transition team news conferences Landry has held since being elected Oct. 14, Landry has generally focused the conversation on building a strong team and has not made many comments related to his political opponents or detractors. During his first news conference a week ago, Landry was complimentary of Gov. John Bel Edwards — whom he often butted heads with in the past several years — and the way his office is handling the transition.

When asked Wednesday about how his rhetoric during the campaign and his time as attorney general could impact his ability to bring together different parties across the state, Landry said he’s “always respected everyone’s views.”

“I might not have agreed with them, but certainly if you look at the records we have, if you’ve looked at the cases that we’ve taken on, we always tried to serve the best interests of the State of Louisiana,” Landry said. “I think the voters responded to that.”

As attorney general, Landry often struck a harsh tone in his disagreements with Edwards and other Democrats, both in Louisiana and nationwide. After the legislature overrode Edwards’ veto of a bill banning gender-affirming care for those under 18 years of age, Landry celebrated the override as a “clear signal that woke liberal agendas that are destructive to children will not be tolerated in Louisiana” in a statement released by his office.

Last year, after a judge allowed Louisiana’s abortion ban to go into effect, Landry told reporters that people who didn’t like Louisiana’s laws “can go to another state.”

During his campaign, he also decried “woke” agendas.

On Tuesday, the governor-elect announced additional appointments and committees for his transition team. The committees and their leadership include:

• Agriculture, Fisheries and Land Management - Joel Broussard

• Coast and Environment - Tony Alford and Tim Hardy

• Constitutional Reform - Lane Grigsby

• Crime and Public Safety - Tony Clayton and Laura Rodrigue

• Economic Development and Fiscal Policy - Ben Bordelon and Mandi Mitchell

• Energy, Chemical and Maritime Industry - Gray Stream

• Healthcare and Hospitals - Keith Myers and Allyson Pharr

• Infrastructure - David Madden

• Insurance Crisis - Tim Temple and Ross Laris

• K-12 Education - Eddie Rispone and Rebecca Boniol

• Local and Municipal Affairs - Guy Cormier and Jason Willis

• Military Issues - Doug Judice

• New Orleans - Boysie Bollinger

• Workforce Development and Higher Education - Lee Mallett

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