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In September 2018, Landry said Governor John Bel Edwards' refusal to appoint Carolyn Prator, wife of popular 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> Thereafter, Landry filed a lawsuit to unseat two of Edwards' appointments to the commission, nominations that Landry considers illegal.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/2018/09/25/ag-jeff-landry-sues-gov-edwards-over-board-appointment/1420838002/|title=Landry sues to unseat Gov. Edwards' board appointments: Governor's spokesman accuses attorney general of conducting 'political stunt'|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|author=Greg Hilburn|date=September 25, 2018}}</ref>

In September 2018, Landry said Governor John Bel Edwards' refusal to appoint Carolyn Prator, wife of popular 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> Thereafter, Landry filed a lawsuit to unseat two of Edwards' appointments to the commission, nominations that Landry considers illegal.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/2018/09/25/ag-jeff-landry-sues-gov-edwards-over-board-appointment/1420838002/|title=Landry sues to unseat Gov. Edwards' board appointments: Governor's spokesman accuses attorney general of conducting 'political stunt'|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|author=Greg Hilburn|date=September 25, 2018}}</ref>

Landry won his second term as attorney general with ease in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 12, 2019. With 855,338 (66 percent), he topped the Democrat "Ike" Jackson, Jr., wo finished with 436,531 (34 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 12, 2019.</ref>

Landry won his second term as attorney general with ease in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 12, 2019. With 855,338 votes (66 percent), he topped the Democrat "Ike" Jackson, Jr., wo finished with 436,531 (34 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 12, 2019.</ref>

 

In February 2020, a ''Baton Rouge Advocate'' investigative piece claimed that Landry and his brother had engaged in questionable hiring practices at the Cameron LNG facility in Hackberry in Cameron Parish in far southwestern Louisiana. The Louisiana Family Forum speculated that the timing of the article came to discredit Landry, as he goes before the [[United States Supreme Court]] to argue in favor of the state statute that requires doctors to have admitting privileges at local hospitals. This case, ''June Medical Services v. Gee,''(the defendant is former state health director [[Rebekah Gee]], who is an abortion supporter), is seen as a harbinger of where the court could  head on future challenges to ''[[Roe v. Wade]]''.<ref>"Family Facts: AG Landry in the News, Biology Isn't Bending," Louisiana Family Forum, February 18, 2020.</ref>

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