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A native of Gulfport on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, Ladner attended Pearl River Community College in Poplarville. He is a [[Baptist]].<ref name=pvs>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/130301/timmy-ladner#|title=Noah Sanford's Biography|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 13, 2017}}</ref> He may be related to Heber Austin Ladner, Sr. (1902-1989), of Poplarville, a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], who was from 1948 to 1980 the secretary of state for Mississippi and the namesake of the Heber Ladner Building in the capital city of [[Jackson]]. However, the author cannot verify the relationship, possibly a grandson or a great-nephew, or a distant cousin.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1989/06/16/obituaries/heber-ladner-mississippi-official-86.html|title=Heber Ladner, Mississippi Official, 86|publisher=''[[New York Times]]''|date=June 16, 1989|accessdate=October 13, 2017}}</ref>

A native of Gulfport on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, Ladner attended Pearl River Community College in Poplarville. He is a [[Baptist]].<ref name=pvs>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/130301/timmy-ladner#|title=Noah Sanford's Biography|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 13, 2017}}</ref> He may be related to Heber Austin Ladner, Sr. (1902-1989), of Poplarville, a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], who was from 1948 to 1980 the secretary of state for Mississippi and the namesake of the Heber Ladner Building in the capital city of [[Jackson]]. However, the author cannot verify the relationship, possibly a grandson or a great-nephew, or a distant cousin.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1989/06/16/obituaries/heber-ladner-mississippi-official-86.html|title=Heber Ladner, Mississippi Official, 86|publisher=''[[New York Times]]''|date=June 16, 1989|accessdate=October 13, 2017}}</ref>

In the 2011 [[primary]] election for the District 93 House seat, Ladner defeated his intra-party rival, Kent Alexander, 3,036 votes (60.3 percent) to 2,003 (39.7 percent). In the [[general election]] on November 8, he narrowly unseated Democratic incumbent Dirk Dedeaux, 4,297 (51.5 percent) to 4,040 (48.5 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Timmy_Ladner|name=Timmy Ladner|publisher=Ballotpedia.org|accessdate=October 13, 2017}]</ref> In the subsequent general election held on November 3, 2015, Ladner defeated a Democrat named Billy Joe Ladner (born c. 1960) of Pass Christian, 3,307 (67.6 percent) to 1,582 (32.4 percent).

In the 2011 [[primary]] election for the District 93 House seat, Ladner defeated his intra-party rival, Kent Alexander, 3,036 votes (60.3 percent) to 2,003 (39.7 percent). In the [[general election]] on November 8, he narrowly unseated Democratic incumbent Dirk Dedeaux, 4,297 (51.5 percent) to 4,040 (48.5 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Timmy_Ladner|name=Timmy Ladner|publisher=Ballotpedia.org|accessdate=October 13, 2017}}</ref> In the subsequent general election held on November 3, 2015, Ladner defeated a Democrat named Billy Joe Ladner (born c. 1960) of Pass Christian, 3,307 (67.6 percent) to 1,582 (32.4 percent).

<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.ms.gov/Elections-Voting/Pages/2015-General-Election.aspx|title=General election returns|date=November 3, 2015|publisher=Mississippi Secretary of State|accessdate=October 13, 2017}}</ref> Billy Joe Ladner ran unsuccessfully in 2011 for a supervisor's seat for Hancock County. It is unclear if these two Ladners are related.

<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.ms.gov/Elections-Voting/Pages/2015-General-Election.aspx|title=General election returns|date=November 3, 2015|publisher=Mississippi Secretary of State|accessdate=October 13, 2017}}</ref> Billy Joe Ladner ran unsuccessfully in 2011 for a supervisor's seat for Hancock County. It is unclear if these two Ladners are related.