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'''Jeffrey Martin Landry''', known as '''Jeff Landry''' (born December 23, 1970), is the attorney general of his native U.S. state of [[Louisiana]].

'''Jeffrey Martin Landry''', known as '''Jeff Landry''' (born December 23, 1970), is the attorney general of his native U.S. state of [[Louisiana]].

Earlier, Landry was a one-term [[Republican Party|Republican]] in the 112th Congress for Louisiana's 3rd congressional district. He succeeding [[Democrat Party|Democrat]] [[Charlie Melancon]], who stepped down to run unsuccessfully for the [[United States Senate]] against Republican [[David Vitter]]. Landry served with honor as an [[Operation Desert Storm]] veteran. he attained the rank of sergeant. He received the Army Achievement Medal, the Army Commendation Medal, a National Defense Ribbon, an Overseas Training Ribbon, and the Louisiana War Cross from his eleven years of service as a member of the Louisiana National Guard.

Earlier, Landry was a one-term [[Republican Party|Republican]] in the 112th Congress for Louisiana's 3rd congressional district. He succeeding [[Democrat Party|Democrat]] [[Charlie Melancon]], who stepped down to run unsuccessfully for the [[United States Senate]] against Republican [[David Vitter]]. Landry served with honor as an [[Operation Desert Storm]] veteran. he attained the rank of sergeant. He received the Army Achievement Medal, the Army Commendation Medal, a National Defense Ribbon, an Overseas Training Ribbon, and the Louisiana War Cross from his eleven years of service as a member of the Louisiana National Guard.

Landry has a [[Juris Doctorate]] from the [[Roman Catholic]] Loyola University in [[New Orleans]] and was a small business owner. Prior to his election to Congress, he was a former state Senate aide, a sheriff’s deputy in St. Martin Parish, and a police officer in the Village of Parks.

Landry holds a [[Juris Doctorate]] from the [[Roman Catholic]] Loyola University in [[New Orleans]] and was a small business owner. Prior to his election to Congress, he was a former state Senate aide, a sheriff’s deputy in St. Martin Parish, and a police officer in the Village of Parks. Landry is married to the former Sharon LeBlanc and has one son, J. T. Landry. In February 2018, he broke six ribs in a snowboarding accident caused by whiteout conditions while on a family vacation in [[Montana]]. He worked from his home in Broussard in Lafayette Parish during his recovery.<ref name=snowboarding>{{cite web|url=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/local/louisiana/2018/02/20/jeff-landry-recovering-broken-ribs-after-snowboarding-accident/355984002/|title=Jeff Landry recovering from broken ribs after snowboarding accident|publisher=''The Shreveort Times''|date=February 20, 2018|accessdate=February 21, 2018}}</ref>

 

Landry was unseated in 2012 through reapportionment. He was pitted against fellow Republican Representative [[Charles Boustany]], a retired physician from [[Lafayette]], Louisiana, whose wife is a niece of former [[Governor]] [[Edwin Edwards]]. Boustany relinquished the seat in January 2017 after a failed bid for the U.S. Senate in 2016 against the eventual winner, Republican [[John Neely Kennedy]], who filled the seat that Vitter vacated to return to private life.

Landry lost his U.S. House seat in 2012 through reapportionment. He was pitted against fellow Republican Representative [[Charles Boustany]], a retired physician from [[Lafayette]], whose wife is a niece of [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] former [[Governor]] [[Edwin Edwards]]. Boustany relinquished the seat in January 2017 after a failed bid for the U.S. Senate in 2016 against the eventual winner, Republican [[John Neely Kennedy]], who filled the seat that Vitter vacated to return to private life.

Landry scored a comeback to win the office of attorney general in the general election held on November 21, 2015, in which he, a lifelong Republican, unseated the incumbent James David "Buddy" Caldwell, Sr. (born 1946), a Democrat-turned-Republican. Since his election as attorney general, Landry has been in frequent legal disputes with the Democratic Governor [[John Bel Edwards]] (no relation to Edwin Edwards). Early in 2018, Landry announced that an agreement had been reached with the governor's office about control of Louisiana's lawsuit against opioid manufacturers.<ref name=snowboarding/>

Landry scored a comeback to win the office of attorney general in the general election held on November 21, 2015, in which he, a lifelong Republican, unseated the incumbent James David "Buddy" Caldwell, Sr. (born 1946), a Democrat-turned-Republican. Since his election as attorney general, Landry has been in frequent legal disputes with the Democratic Governor [[John Bel Edwards]] (no relation to Edwin Edwards). Early in 2018, Landry announced that an agreement had been reached with the governor's office about control of Louisiana's lawsuit against opioid manufacturers.<ref name=snowboarding/>

In a 2018 dispute over gun control, Landry denied $600 million in state funds to Citibank and the Bank of America. The two companies were scheduled to participate in a road-financing plan, but both were yanked from the plan after each placed new gun control restrictions on their customers. Landry and State Treasurer [[John Schroder]] have been working on the state’s response to corporate gun control. Omitting the two banks m from the $600 million is part of that response. On March 23, 2018, ''Breitbart News'' reported that Citibank’s new gun control regulations require customers to cease selling “high capacity” magazines. Citibank demanded bank store customers refuse long gun sales to anyone between the ages of eighteen and twenty even though such sales are legal. Moreover, it is noted that 18-20-year-olds can use fully automatic weapons while serving in the military. Earlier in the year Bank of America announced that it would not accept customers “who make military-style firearms for civilians”. The financial institution does consider that military rifles are fully automatic, but civilian firearms are semiautomatic.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/08/16/louisiana-attorney-general-denies-600-million-to-citibank-bank-of-america-over-gun-control/|title=Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry and the state’s Bond Commission denied $600 million to Citibank and Bank of America over the gun control stance adopted by both companies|publisher=Breitbart.com|date=August 16, 2018|author=A. W. R. Hawkins|accessdate=August 19, 2018}}</ref>

In a 2018 dispute over gun control, Landry denied $600 million in state funds to Citibank and the Bank of America. The two companies were scheduled to participate in a road-financing plan, but both were yanked from the plan after each placed new gun control restrictions on their customers. Landry and State Treasurer [[John Schroder]] have been working on the state’s response to corporate gun control. Omitting the two banks m from the $600 million is part of that response. On March 23, 2018, ''Breitbart News'' reported that Citibank’s new gun control regulations require customers to cease selling “high capacity” magazines. Citibank demanded bank store customers refuse long gun sales to anyone between the ages of eighteen and twenty even though such sales are legal. Moreover, it is noted that 18-20-year-olds can use fully automatic weapons while serving in the military. Earlier in the year Bank of America announced that it would not accept customers “who make military-style firearms for civilians”. The financial institution does consider that military rifles are fully automatic, but civilian firearms are semiautomatic.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/08/16/louisiana-attorney-general-denies-600-million-to-citibank-bank-of-america-over-gun-control/|title=Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry and the state’s Bond Commission denied $600 million to Citibank and Bank of America over the gun control stance adopted by both companies|publisher=Breitbart.com|date=August 16, 2018|author=A. W. R. Hawkins|accessdate=August 19, 2018}}</ref>

Landry is married to the former Sharon LeBlanc and has one son, J. T. Landry. In February 2018, he broke six ribs in a snowboarding accident caused by whiteout conditions while on a family vacation in [[Montana]]. He worked from his home in Broussard in Lafayette Parish during his recovery.<ref name=snowboarding>{{cite web|url=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/local/louisiana/2018/02/20/jeff-landry-recovering-broken-ribs-after-snowboarding-accident/355984002/|title=Jeff Landry recovering from broken ribs after snowboarding accident|publisher=''The Shreveort Times''|date=February 20, 2018|accessdate=February 21, 2018}}</ref>

In September 2018, Landry said Governor John Bel Edwards' refusal to appoint Carolyn Prator, wife of Caddo Parish [[Sheriff]] [[Steve Prator]], to the Red River Waterways Commission is illegal because state law requires that the appointment must come from the nominating agencies' choice or choices. "Nothing authorizes the governor to ignore the nomination," Landry said. Instead Edwards chose a nominee from Rapides Parish. Any legal business that the board does is therefore questionable, Landry said.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenewsstar.com/story/news/2018/09/19/ag-governors-red-river-appointment-illegal/1356519002/|title=AG: Governor's Red River appointment illegal|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star''|author=Greg Hilburn|date=September 19, 2018|accessdate=September 21, 2018}}</ref> Governor Edwards, however, disputes Landry's opinion and claimed that the attorney general engaged in "a cheap political stunt."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://710keel.com/gov-edwards-ag-landry-guilty-of-cheap-political-stunt-video/|title=Gov. Edwards:AG Landry guilty of "cheap political stunt" (video)|publisher=KEEL Radio|date=September 20, 2018|accessdate=September 21, 2018}}</ref>

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