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Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 03:46 Written by rslcpol Thursday, 28 January 2010 04:54
From Nola:
Gov. Bobby Jindal, who would have the option of nominating a new lieutenant governor should New Orleanians elect Mitch Landrieu as mayor, said today that he may push for eliminating the lieutenant governorship altogether.
Jindal’s remarks echo statements offered by his chief of staff Timmy Teepell and published first in The Advocate newspaper of Baton Rouge.
The move would require a state constitutional amendment, meaning the Republican governor would have to convince two thirds of each legislative chamber and a majority of the electorate to scrap one of Louisiana’s six statewide offices.
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