The man who signed the Bill
His Democratic opponent
Apparently Louisiana hasn't had a black governor since Reconstruction.
Landry won with 547,827 votes vs 275,525 for Shawn Wilson.
------------REGISTERED VOTERS------------ | -------------DEMOCRATS------- | ---------------REPUBLICANS--------------- | ---------------OTHER PARTIES-------------- |
TOTAL | WHITE | BLACK | OTHER | TOTAL | WHITE | BLACK | OTHER | TOTAL | WHITE | BLACK | OTHER | TOTAL | WHITE | BLACK | OTHER |
2,977,408 | 1,869,573 | 928,891 | 178,944 | 1,139,683 | 388,924 | 700,511 | 50248 | 1,013,896 | 949,618 | 22,179 | 42,099 | 823,829 | 531,031 | 206,201 | 86,597 |
The formatting is off but this came from the Secretary of State site for this year, not last year.
Registration Statistics - Statewide
www.sos.la.gov
That said, 928,891 total black voters, 700k of which are Black Dems. 206,201 are other or independent. We can sit here and talk about other races engagement, but will it be other races getting the brunt of Gov. Landry's fukkery? It is what it is.