Democratic senator Mary Landrieu of Louisiana lists her parents’ New Orleans address as her primary residence for voting purposes. But it’s clear she and her husband consider their primary residence to be their multimillion-dollar home on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. These revelations have provided fodder for Landrieu’s political opponents (the Louisiana Democrat is up for reelection this year), with one conservative super PAC releasing an ad suggesting the Democrat is more representative of the District of Columbia than Louisiana. Landrieu faces a tough reelection battle this November.
The increased scrutiny of Landrieu’s residency raises an obvious question: Why doesn’t Landrieu own and live in a home in Louisiana?
After all, as the Washington Post‘s Philip Rucker reported, Landrieu owns “two separate plots of undeveloped land” in Slidell, near New Orleans. The addresses for the plots are 425 Carr Drive and 504 Carr Drive, two seemingly empty lots on a residential street that runs right along the shore of Lake Pontchartrain.
Here’s a recent photograph, obtained by THE WEEKLY STANDARD, of 425 Carr Drive:
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And here’s one of 504 Carr Drive:
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Instead of building a home on either of these plots in Louisiana, Landrieu and her husband purchased a lot in Washington and built their home there. Here’s a video of their home, on leafy East Capitol Street:
