Morning Digest: Louisiana's governor wants to rewrite his state's constitution—but won't say why

_{The Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, and Stephen Wolf, with additional contributions from the Daily Kos Elections team.}

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● LA Ballot: The Louisiana House of Representatives voted Tuesday to advance Republican Gov. Jeff Landry's plan to replace the current state constitution with a new governing document even though the governor has yet to explain exactly how he wants to transform state government.

However, convincing two-thirds of the House to vote Landry's way may have been the easier part of the governor's ongoing goal to consolidate even more power within his office. A supermajority in the 39-member Senate also needs to agree to a constitutional convention, and while the GOP holds a 28-11 edge there, its assent isn't guaranteed.