Nancy R. Landry is a Lafayette

Lafayette, Louisiana

Lafayette is a city in and the parish seat of Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, United States, on the Vermilion River. The population was 120,623 at the 2010 census...

 family practice lawyer

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 and a Republican

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 member of the Louisiana House of Representatives

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 from District 31 (Lafayette Parish

Lafayette Parish, Louisiana

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 and Vermilion Parish

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). She won the seat in a special election in 2008 upon the resignation of Republican Donald Trahan. In the 2007 nonpartisan blanket primary, Landry had come within thirty-three votes of defeating Trajan..

Electoral history

Louisiana State Representative, 31st Representative District, 2007

October 20, 2007

Candidate	Affiliation	Support	Outcome
Nancy Landry	Independent	7,332 (49.89%)	Defeated
Donald M. "Don" Trahan	Republican	7,365 (50.11%)	Elected

Special Election, Louisiana State Representative, 31st Representative District, 2008

November 4, 2008

Candidate	Affiliation	Support	Outcome
Nancy Landry	Republican	11,528 (66.34%)	Elected
Troy Theriot	Republican	5,850 (33.66%)	Defeated

External links

• Louisiana House of Representatives - Nancy R. Landry official government website
• Nancy Landry Campaign official campaign website