| By JAMES FINN | Staff writer |
Unpacking Landry's win: Political correspondent Tyler Bridges takes us behind the scenes of Jeff Landry's victory in Louisiana's gubernatorial primary, unpacking how Landry outspent and outflanked his opponents over months before his stunning win. Bridges interviewed a dozen campaign strategists for Landry, key officials in the Republican and Democratic Party and opposing candidates for the story. Inside Louisiana Democrats' stunning collapse: Democrats in Louisiana for years prided themselves on retaining power in a region enveloped by deepening conservatism. But the Louisiana Democratic Party's failure earlier this month to even force a runoff against Landry has raised existential questions about how the party can regain a foothold in state politics, Sam Karlin and James Finn report. How Steve Scalise's speaker bid got squashed: Steve Scalise’s lifelong dream of being speaker of the U.S. House was sidetracked by hardball tactics of a group of über-conservatives with assists from former Speaker Kevin McCarthy and at least one colleague in Louisiana’s GOP delegation. Reporting from Washington, Mark Ballard unpacks how Scalise's chances crumbled. | 