Add another name to the list of candidates who are running for governor. Slidell Senator Sharon Hewitt made her candidacy official today. The Republican has served in the state senate since 2016 and she’s also an engineering executive.
“I have a long, proven track record both in the business world, in our community, and in the legislature of action and results,” said Hewitt.
She is the chairwoman of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee and led the Senate GOP’s redistricting efforts last year.
If elected Hewitt would be the state’s first woman Republican governor. The 64-year-old says she one of the first female executives at Shell Oil as she oversaw Shell’s central deepwater assets in the Gulf.
“I’ve negotiated big deals with multinational companies and so I’m prepared to bring new companies and opportunities to our state,” said Hewitt.
Hewitt has been married for 40 years and helped raised two sons and she’s a grandmother. Hewitt says she’ll put her business experience to work growing the economy, cutting taxes and creating more opportunity across Louisiana.
“So, I understand how hard it is for families everyday to stretch a dollar and to manage their family budget and the heartache when your kids leave the state to go to school or get a job because of a lack of opportunities in the state of Louisiana,” said Hewitt.
Republican Attorney General Jeff Landry, GOP State Treasurer John Schroder and Lake Charles Hunter Lundy are also running. Lundy will listed on the ballot as an Independent.
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