BATON ROUGE, La. -- Secretary of State Jay Dardenne has made it official: he's running for lieutenant governor in the fall.
Dardenne said Friday that he'll run for the post being vacated by Mitch Landrieu, who was recently elected mayor of New Orleans.
A list of politicians has expressed interest in the lieutenant governor's job, though Dardenne is among the first to confirm a plan to run. Dardenne says he's already been raising campaign cash and has several fundraising events planned in the coming weeks.
But there's still a question of whether the job will exist after this year. Gov. Bobby Jindal is proposing to abolish the position as a cost-cutting move. Lawmakers will debate the idea in the upcoming legislative session.
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