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| name = Robert Johnston "Robby" Carter

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| birth_date =October 1960

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| occupation=[[Lawyer]]

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| party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]  

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| residence=Greensburg, [[Louisiana]], USA

| residence=Greensburg, [[Louisiana]], USA

| religion=[[Methodist]]

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| spouse=Kerry Anthony Carter

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| alma_mater=[[Louisiana State University]] Law Center

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Carter graduated in 1978 from Greensburg High School in St. Helena Parish. He received his undergraduate degree from Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond and his law degree from the [[Louisiana State University]] Law Center in Baton Rouge. He and his wife, the former Kerry Anthony, have three children.<ref name=bio/> 

Carter graduated in 1978 from Greensburg High School in St. Helena Parish. He received his undergraduate degree from Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond and his law degree from the [[Louisiana State University]] Law Center in Baton Rouge. He and his wife, the former Kerry Anthony, have three children.<ref name=bio/> 

 

 

He is the former chairman of the board of the Lallie Kemp Medical Center in Independence in Tangipahoa Parish, which is named for the wife of Bolivar E. Kemp, former member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] for Louisiana's 6th congressional district. Carter is a member of the Louisiana Cattleman’s and Forestry associations. He serves on the board of trustees of Greensburg [[Methodist]] Church.<ref name=bio/> 

He is the former chairman of the board of the Lallie Kemp Medical Center in Independence in Tangipahoa Parish, which is named for the wife of Bolivar E. Kemp, former member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] for Louisiana's 6th congressional district. Carter is a member of the Louisiana Cattleman’s and Forestry associations. He serves on the board of trustees of Greensburg [[United Methodist]] Church.<ref name=bio/> 

 

 

Carter has also been the town attorney for Greensburg and Montpelier, also in St. Helena Parish.<ref name=bio/>

Carter has also been the town attorney for Greensburg and Montpelier, also in St. Helena Parish.<ref name=bio/>

==Political life==

==Political life==

Carter represented District 72 from 1996 to 2008 and again beginning on January 11, 2016. Sandwiched from 2008 to 2016 between Carter's terms was former Representative [[John Bel Edwards]] of Amite in Tangipahoa Parish, who was instead elected governor in the [[general election]] held on November 21, 2015. In that same election, Carter defeated another Democrat also named "Carter", Hunter Carter, 8,156 votes (63 percent) to 4,748 (37 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical|title=Election Returns|date=November 21, 2015|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=April 3, 2016}}</ref>

Carter represented District 72 from 1996 to 2008 and again beginning on January 11, 2016. Sandwiched from 2008 to 2016 between Carter's terms was former Representative [[John Bel Edwards]] of Amite in Tangipahoa Parish, who was instead elected [[governor]] in the [[general election]] held on November 21, 2015. In that same election, Carter defeated another Democrat also named "Carter", Hunter Carter, 8,156 votes (63 percent) to 4,748 (37 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical|title=Election Returns|date=November 21, 2015|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=April 3, 2016}}</ref>

 

 

Carter was first elected to the legislature on August 17, 1996, when in a special election he defeated the [[Republican Party|Republican]] Rhett Bergeron, 63 to 37 percent.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical|title= State Representative -- 72nd Representative District|date=August 17, 1996|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|date=April 3, 2016}}</ref>The seat had previously been held by the Democrat Buster J. Guzzardo, Sr., who resigned mid-way in the first year of his third term.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2020|publisher=house.louisiana.gov|accessdate=April 3, 2016}}</ref> In 2003, for his third term, Carter defeated the Republican R. J. Saia, 82 to 18 percent.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical|title=Election Returns|date=October 4, 2016|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=April 3, 2016}}</ref>

Carter was first elected to the legislature on August 17, 1996, when in a special election he defeated the [[Republican Party|Republican]] Rhett Bergeron, 63 to 37 percent.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical|title= State Representative -- 72nd Representative District|date=August 17, 1996|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|date=April 3, 2016}}</ref>The seat had previously been held by the Democrat Buster J. Guzzardo, Sr., who resigned mid-way in the first year of his third term.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2020|publisher=house.louisiana.gov|accessdate=April 3, 2016}}</ref> In 2003, for his third term, Carter defeated the Republican R. J. Saia, 82 to 18 percent.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical|title=Election Returns|date=October 4, 2016|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=April 3, 2016}}</ref>

 

 

In his first legislative stint, Carter was vice chairman of the House Judiciary Committee,  chairman of the Rural Caucus, and floor leader for then Democratic Governor [[Kathleen Blanco]]. He co-authored the Taylor Opportunity Program for Students, known as the TOPS program and named for the late [[New Orleans]] [[business]]man Patrick F.Taylor. Carter worked to increase pay of teachers and university professors and to fund the Florida Parishes Technical College. He penned the legislation which halted the construction of an industrial landfill in St. Helena Parish. He pushed for completion of the Florida Parishes Arena in Amite, the FAARM Arena in Clinton, and the Interstate 55 Welcome Center in Kentwood in Tangipahoa Parish.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.actionnews17.com/Politics/former-representative-robby-carter-announces-for-district-72-1131075

In his first legislative stint, Carter was vice chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, chairman of the Rural Caucus, and floor leader for then Democratic Governor [[Kathleen Blanco]]. He co-authored the Taylor Opportunity Program for Students, known as the TOPS program and named for the late [[New Orleans]] [[business]]man Patrick F. Taylor. Carter worked to increase pay of teachers and university professors and to fund the Florida Parishes Technical College. He penned the legislation which halted the construction of an industrial landfill in St. Helena Parish. He pushed for completion of the Florida Parishes Arena in Amite, the FAARM Arena in Clinton, and the Interstate 55 Welcome Center in Kentwood in Tangipahoa Parish.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.actionnews17.com/Politics/former-representative-robby-carter-announces-for-district-72-1131075|title=Former Representative Robby Carter announces for District 72|date=July 31, 2015|publisher=Action News 17|accessdate=April 3, 2016}}</ref>

|title=Former Representative Robby Carter announces for District 72|date=July 31, 2015|publisher=Action News 17|accessdate=April 3, 2016}}</ref>

 

 

In March 2016, Carter joined a House bipartisan majority to enact a one-cent increase in the state [[sales tax]]. State representatives voted 76 to 28 for the tax hike, a part of the revenue-raising measures pushed by Governor Edwards.

In March 2016, Carter joined a House bipartisan majority to enact a one-cent increase in the state [[sales tax]]. State representatives voted 76 to 28 for the tax hike, a part of the revenue-raising measures pushed by Governor Edwards.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://710keel.com/state-house-of-representatives-vote-to-increase-sales-tax/|title=State House of Representatives Vote to Increase Sales Tax|date=February 25, 2016|publisher=KEEL|accessdate=March 28, 2016}}</ref> A House and Senate conference committee subsequently trimmed the duration of the tax from five years to twenty-seven months, effective from April 1, 2016 to June 30, 2018. Even the sale of [[Bible]]s and religious publications and Girl Scouts cookies are now subject to the tax.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theadvocate.com/news/15356825-127/see-the-list-examples-of-goods-services-that'll-now-be-taxed-in-louisiana|title=See the list: Examples of goods, services that'll now be taxed in Louisiana|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|accessdate=April 1, 2016}}</ref>

<ref>{{cite web|url=http://710keel.com/state-house-of-representatives-vote-to-increase-sales-tax/|title=State House of Representatives Vote to Increase Sales Tax|date=February 25, 2016|publisher=KEEL|accessdate=March 28, 2016}}</ref> A House and Senate conference committee subsequently trimmed the duration of the tax from five years to twenty-seven months, effective from April 1, 2016 to June 30, 2018. Even the sale of [[Bible]]s and religious publications and Girl Scouts cookies are now subject to the tax.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theadvocate.com/news/15356825-127/see-the-list-examples-of-goods-services-that'll-now-be-taxed-in-louisiana|title=See the list: Examples of goods, services that'll now be taxed in Louisiana|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|accessdate=April 1, 2016}}</ref>

==References==

==References==

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