Exclusive: Inside Jeff Landry’s Victory — How Early Voting, Effective Voter Targeting, and a ‘Terrific Candidate’ Landed GOP Jungle Primary Win, by Nick Gilbertson

A number of key strategists and advisers involved in Gov.-elect Jeff Landry’s (R-LA) stunning primary victory that won him the governorship outright told Breitbart News the success was fueled by a number of factors headlined by Landry’s strength as a candidate and a very effective voter targeting operation.

Landry, the current attorney general of Louisiana who was a Trump-endorsed candidate, took over 50 percent of support in what is referred to as a “Jungle Primary” wherein a candidate wins elected office outright if they garner over 50 percent of the vote in the primary, avoiding a runoff.

Landry won nearly 52 percent of the vote in a field where 15 candidates drew over 1,000 votes — marking a stunning victory that surprised local and national media alike. As grassroots conservative activist Debbie Dooley pointed out, not one poll showed Landry winning the primary outright, which indicated a subsequent runoff was likely. …

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