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一 | BATON ROUGE, La. -- As Louisiana’s gubernatorial election commences Saturday, Republicans are hoping to reclaim the governor’s mansion after an eight-year hiatus while Democrats try to keep the coveted position in a state where Donald Trump garnered a majority of the votes during the last two presidential elections. Six major candidates — four Republicans, one Democrat and one independent — are vying for the seat that is being vacated by Gov. John Bel Edwards, the only Democratic governor in the Deep South. With Edwards unable to run due to consecutive term limits, the election opens a huge opportunity for Republicans to win Louisiana’s top position.Louisiana is one of three states with a gubernatorial election this fall, along with Mississippi and Kentucky.In total, 14 candidates are competing to succeed Edwards under a “ jungle primary " system in which all candidates, regardless of party affiliation, appear together on the same ballot on Saturday. If no candidate tops 50% of the votes, the top two vote-getters will advance to a runoff on Nov. 18. Among the Republican candidates is Attorney General Jeff Landry, who earned the endorsement of high profile Republicans including former President Trump and U.S. Rep Steve Scalise, as well as a controversial early endorsement from the state GOP. Throughout the race, Landry has enjoyed a sizable fundraising advantage over the rest of the field. He has also faced political attacks from opponents on social media and in interviews, calling him a bully and making accusations of backroom deals to gain support.The other major candidates running for governor are GOP state Sen. Sharon Hewitt; Hunter Lundy, a Lake Charles-based attorney running as an independent; Republican state Treasurer John Schroder; Stephen Waguespack, the Republican former head of a powerful business group and former senior aide to then-Gov. Bobby Jindal; and Shawn Wilson, a Democrat and former head of Louisiana’s Transportation and Development Department. State Rep. Richard Nelson withdrew from the race in September and endorsed Landry but will remain on the ballot per state election laws.With four significant GOP candidates vying for the position, Democrats are hopeful that Wilson, their sole major candidate, will succeed. In the past the Democratic Party has coalesced behind one candidate, instead of splitting votes, to push their candidate through to a runoff and hopefully face a Republican who is limping into the general election following scrutiny and targeted political attack ads.Saturday’s election also features a slew of statewide contests, four ballot measures and localized races, including all 39 Senate seats and 105 House seats, although a significant number of incumbents are running unopposed. The governor’s race is not the only statewide office up for grabs without an incumbent on the ballot. There is also the attorney general, secretary of state, treasurer and insurance commissioner. Tim Temple, a former insurance executive vying for insurance commissioner, is running unopposed.One closely watched race is for the job of secretary of state. Republican Kyle Ardoin holds the position but opted not to seek reelection.Whoever is elected will take on the crucial task of replacing Louisiana’s outdated voting machines, which don’t produce the paper ballots critical to ensuring accurate election results.The lengthy and ongoing replacement process was thrust into the national spotlight after allegations of bid-rigging. Voting machine companies claimed favoritism, and conspiracy theorists, who support Trump’s lies that the 2020 presidential election was stolen, inserted themselves into the conversation. Conspiracy theorists urged Ardoin to ditch voting machines altogether and instead rely on hand-counted paper ballots.Among the candidates running for secretary of state are GOP state House Speaker Clay Schexnayder; First Assistant Secretary of State Nancy Landry, a Republican; Mike Francis, a public service commissioner and former chair of the state GOP; and Gwen Collins-Greenup, a Democrat and attorney. All four say they are against hand-counting paper ballots. Also running for the position is grocery store owner Brandon Trosclair, who has aligned himself with a movement of conservative activists who believe there has been widespread fraud in Louisiana’s elections. The Republican supports hand-counted paper ballots, a notion that election clerks have spoken against as it would involve counting tens of thousands of ballots in many parishes.。 이란 TV, 트럼프 막내 아들 암살 위협 아바스 아라그치 이란 외무장관(오른쪽)과 바드르 알부사이디 오만 외무장관. 로이터연합뉴스 이란과 오만이 호르무즈 해협 공동 임시항로 개설과 기뢰 제거 등에 합의하고 향후 기술적 협의를 이어가기로 했다. 이란은 해협이 완전히 개방되려면 미국이 양해각서(MOU) 의무를 이행해야 한다고 밝혔다. 오만 외교부는 25일(현지시간) 바드르 알부사이디 외무장관이 이란을 방문해 아바스 아라그치 이란 외무장관과 호르무즈 해협에 대한 건설적 협의를 했다고 밝혔다. 이들은 공동 임시항로 개설과 기뢰 제거 프로젝트 진행 등에 합의했다. 오만 외교부는 “이후 기술적 협상은 영구적 항행 통로와 향후 관리 방안, 정보 공유·선박 통행 관리 등에 합의하기 위해 계속될 것”이라고 밝혔다. 알부사이디 오만 외무장관은 엑스에 “해협의 향후 관리 및 영구적 해결책은 적절한 시기에 마련될 것”이라고 덧붙였다. 다만 양국 간 합의가 호르무즈 해협 개방을 의미하는 건 아니다. 카젬 가리바바디 이란 외무차관은 이란 국영 IRIB방송과의 인터뷰에서 “해협이 완전히 개방되려면 미국이 종전 MOU 의무를 이행해야 한다”고 밝혔다. 같은 날 러시아 관영 리아노보스티 통신이 이란과 파키스탄의 소식통을 인용해 “워싱턴과 테헤란이 휴전에 합의했다”며 “여기에는 호르무즈 해협에서의 자유로운 항해가 포함된다”고 보도하기도 했다. 한편 미국 비밀경호국(SS)은 도널드 트럼프 대통령의 막내아들 배런을 겨냥한 이란 측의 암살 위협을 확인하고 조사에 나섰다. CNN은 지난 주말 이란 IRIB방송이 방영한 “배런 트럼프를 어디서 죽일까”라는 내용의 영상을 SS가 확인하고 조사에 착수했다고 전했다. 그간 영부인 멜라니아 여사 등에 대한 위협은 있었지만 트럼프 대통령과 멜라니아 여사 사이에 태어난 배런에 대한 위협은 이번이 처음이다.。
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