A New Orleans legislator is questioning the proposed congressional district map favored by Governor Jeff Landry.
In fact, that lawmaker is echoing some of the same complaints made by Republican Congressman Garrett Graves regarding how that proposal would force out certain incumbents, including Graves himself.
"These are some big power plays going on," Rep. Mandie Landry (D-New Orleans) told WWL's Tommy Tucker. "There are quite a few elected officials who are not shy that they want to get rid of Congressman Graves's seat."
Rep. Landry says the proposal to move Louisiana's elections to a closed primary system would also hurt Graves's chances at regaining his seat in November. She also acknowledge that the bill would hurt many of the lawmakers debating it.
"There are a lot of members here who know they probably won't be reelected if that happens," Rep. Landry said. "Probably not New Orleans and Baton Rouge, but other parts of the state. So there's a lot of personal issues coming into play, party issues. There's the new governor and the people around him. Probably the center of debate around here is what's going to happen with that bill."
Rep. Landry lamented that the closed primary bill is flying under the public's radar despite it being the bill with the greatest effect on the state's voters.
"I think some of us are concerned that the partisan primaries are not getting much attention and people don't understand what they are when they are most likely to have a long-term effect," Landry said.
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