BATON ROUGE — An effort to recall Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry has ended without obtaining the signatures required to trigger a recall election, according to reporting Monday citing the Louisiana Secretary of State’s office.
The unsuccessful petition does not remove Landry from office or place a recall question before voters. Recall drives are governed by statutory signature requirements and deadlines; organizing a petition is not the same as qualifying an election.
Landry responded by pointing to the results of last week’s elections as evidence of support for Republicans in Louisiana. That is his political interpretation of the results, not a measure of how every voter viewed the recall effort.
A separate recall petition involving Attorney General Liz Murrill remains active, with a November 13 signature deadline, according to Secretary of State spokesman Trey Williams as quoted by Axios New Orleans.
The distinction matters: the conclusion of the Landry petition is a confirmed procedural development, while the Murrill petition has not yet reached its reported deadline. Whether that effort qualifies for further action remains unresolved.
Landry is scheduled to face voters in the next gubernatorial election in 2027. The end of the recall campaign does not determine that election’s outcome.
For now, the immediate consequence is straightforward: the Landry recall petition did not qualify for a vote.
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Axios New Orleans, Nov. 9, 2026
https://www.axios.com/local/new-orleans/2026/11/09/recall-campaign-jeff-landry-liz-murrill
