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(Citizens for a New Louisiana) — Governor Jeff Landry’s address to the Louisiana Republican Party on Saturday, November 1, was a call to maturity. Standing before a packed LAGOP crowd in Alexandria, he waved his prepared notes and joked that he might not even need them. “There’s so much to talk about,” he said. “So many things I want to tell you.”

Between the laughter and his playful jabs at Will — “Write that down!” — Landry’s message landed squarely: the season of fighting is over. Louisiana conservatives have won more than elections; they’ve won the responsibility of governing.

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He listed achievement after achievement, each one a reminder of how far Louisiana has come under unified conservative leadership:

Crime: “We took the handcuffs off police and put them on bad people.” Violent crime is down statewide, with New Orleans reporting a fifty-year low in murders.
Education: Louisiana’s fourth graders now rank first in the nation in reading and second in math.
Taxes: The largest tax cut in state history. “Mississippi says they’ll get to three percent by 2030,” Landry said. “We’re at three percent today.”
Jobs and Investment: 114,000 new job opportunities and $70 billion in private investment — the largest in Louisiana history.
Insurance Reform: Twenty companies have filed for rate decreases, including Farm Bureau’s 11% reduction — something the state hasn’t seen in three decades.
Infrastructure: Record numbers of bridges and roads under construction — and yes, the inspection sticker is finally going away.

“We’ve done so much, so fast,” Landry said, “that it’s hard to remember what it used to be like.”

The governor’s speech underscored what many conservatives have quietly realized: Louisiana is no longer the underdog. The Republican Party is governing — and that changes everything.

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Landry ended with the optimism of a man who believes Louisiana has turned a corner. “For the first time in 30 years,” he said, “more people moved into Louisiana than out. This isn’t the end — it’s finally the beginning. We’re no longer defined by what we were, but by what we are becoming: a state where families thrive, businesses grow, and children learn.”

And then came his final challenge to every Republican in that room: “It’s up to you to tell the world the greatest story yet to be told about Louisiana.”

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