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Line 21: − − Earlier, Landry was a one-term [[Republican Party|Republican]] in the 112th Congress for Louisiana's 3rd congressional district. He succeeding [[Democrat Party|Democrat]] [[Charlie Melancon]], who stepped down to run unsuccessfully for the [[United States Senate]] against Republican [[David Vitter]]. Landry served with honor as an [[Operation Desert Storm]] veteran. he attained the rank of sergeant. He received the Army Achievement Medal, the Army Commendation Medal, a National Defense Ribbon, an Overseas Training Ribbon, and the Louisiana War Cross from his eleven years of service as a member of the Louisiana National Guard. + +
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==Background==
==Background==
Landry holds a [[Juris Doctorate]] from the [[Roman Catholic]] Loyola University in [[New Orleans]] and was a small business owner. Prior to his election to Congress, he was a former state Senate aide, a sheriff’s deputy in St. Martin Parish, and a police officer in the Village of Parks. Landry is married to the former Sharon LeBlanc and has one son, J. T. Landry. In February 2018, he broke six ribs in a snowboarding accident caused by whiteout conditions while on a family vacation in [[Montana]]. He worked from his home in Broussard in Lafayette Parish during his recovery.<ref name=snowboarding>{{cite web|url=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/local/louisiana/2018/02/20/jeff-landry-recovering-broken-ribs-after-snowboarding-accident/355984002/|title=Jeff Landry recovering from broken ribs after snowboarding accident|publisher=''The Shreveort Times''|date=February 20, 2018|accessdate=February 21, 2018}}</ref>
Landry holds a [[Juris Doctorate]] from the [[Roman Catholic]] Loyola University in [[New Orleans]] and was a small business owner. Prior to his election to Congress, he was a former state Senate aide, a sheriff’s deputy in St. Martin Parish, and a police officer in the Village of Parks. Landry is married to the former Sharon LeBlanc and has one son, J. T. Landry. In February 2018, he broke six ribs in a snowboarding accident caused by whiteout conditions while on a family vacation in [[Montana]]. He worked from his home in Broussard in Lafayette Parish during his recovery.<ref name=snowboarding>{{cite web|url=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/local/louisiana/2018/02/20/jeff-landry-recovering-broken-ribs-after-snowboarding-accident/355984002/|title=Jeff Landry recovering from broken ribs after snowboarding accident|publisher=''The Shreveort Times''|date=February 20, 2018|accessdate=February 21, 2018}}</ref>
==Political life==
==Political life==
Landry is a former one-term [[Republican Party|Republican]] in the 112th Congress for Louisiana's 3rd congressional district. He succeeded [[Democrat Party|Democrat]] [[Charlie Melancon]], who stepped down to run unsuccessfully for the [[United States Senate]] against Republican [[David Vitter]]. Landry served with honor as an [[Operation Desert Storm]] veteran. he attained the rank of sergeant. He received the Army Achievement Medal, the Army Commendation Medal, a National Defense Ribbon, an Overseas Training Ribbon, and the Louisiana War Cross from his eleven years of service as a member of the Louisiana National Guard.
Landry lost his U.S. House seat in 2012 through reapportionment. He was pitted against fellow Republican Representative [[Charles Boustany]], a retired physician from [[Lafayette]], whose wife is a niece of [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] former [[Governor]] [[Edwin Edwards]]. Boustany relinquished the seat in January 2017 after a failed bid for the U.S. Senate in 2016 against the eventual winner, Republican [[John Neely Kennedy]], who filled the seat that Vitter vacated to return to private life.
Landry lost his U.S. House seat in 2012 through reapportionment. He was pitted against fellow Republican Representative [[Charles Boustany]], a retired physician from [[Lafayette]], whose wife is a niece of [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] former [[Governor]] [[Edwin Edwards]]. Boustany relinquished the seat in January 2017 after a failed bid for the U.S. Senate in 2016 against the eventual winner, Republican [[John Neely Kennedy]], who filled the seat that Vitter vacated to return to private life.