I wonder what Billy was threatened with

Until very very recently, Billy Nungesser was very very certain he would be running for governor.  And then all of a sudden he wasn't.  Wonder how that went down?  

I just had the Lt. Governor on, and he didn’t mince words regarding Louis Gurvich of @LAGOP.
“He is a disgrace to the Republican party. He’s a disgrace to Louisiana. He’s a dictator. He ought to resign. He is an embarrassment.”
-@BillyNungesser

— Newell Normand (@NewellWWL) January 19, 2023

Update:

Meanwhile, back in the much less dysfunctional Louisiana Democratic Party, their chairperson is set to launch a (perhaps her own?) campaign... 

NEWS: Team Louisiana PAC has placed a $300K statewide TV buy for a spot featuring Dem Chair Katie Bernhardt, according to AP Marullo, the PAC's underwriter. Ad offers a bit of a cliffhanger in terms of what to expect on Dem side of #LaGov race. Major air time begins Mon. #LaLege pic.twitter.com/PmmT47IdOU

— Jeremy Alford (@LaPoliticsNow) January 20, 2023

That seems super-ethicsy.  Nothing like what the disgraced former chair would have done, I'm sure...