Pro Politics with Zac McCrary Senator Mary Landrieu on a Lifetime in Louisiana Politics
Mary Landrieu served 3 terms in the US Senate from Louisiana, after a term as State Treasurer and time in the State Legislature. In this conversation, she talks growing up in New Orleans as the daughter of Mayor Moon Landrieu, the equation that drew her to political service, several rough-and-tumble statewide campaigns, memories from 18 years in the Senate, and what she’s focused on since leaving the Senate in 2015.
IN THIS EPISODE
Growing up the eldest of 9 siblings to New Orleans Mayor Moon Landrieu…
The process of elimination that led to pursuing a political career…
A 23-year old Mary Landrieu serves in the virtually all-male Louisiana legislature…
Senator Landrieu remembers Louisiana political giants Russell Long, Lindy Boggs, and Edwin Edwards…
Memories of her first US Senate win in 1996 as an underdog…
What happened when the New Orleans Archbishop declared it would be “a sin” to vote for pro-choice Mary Landrieu…
What surprised her upon entering the US Senate…
Her memories of serving 12 years in the Senate with Joe Biden…
What it’s like being a swing vote in the US Senate…
Her strategy to winning 3 tough statewide in Louisiana…
The current work that excites her the most…
Senator Landrieu provides the agenda for the next time you’re in New Orleans…
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