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==Political life==
==Political life==
===As U.S. Representative===
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 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.
===As attorney general===
Landry scored a comeback to win the office of attorney general in the general election held on November 21, 2015, in which he, a lifelong Republican, unseated the incumbent [[Buddy Caldwell|James David "Buddy" Caldwell, Sr.]], a Democrat-turned-Republican who reverted to the Democrats in 2019 to contest the office of Madison Parish sheriff. Since his election as attorney general, Landry has been in frequent legal disputes with Democratic Governor [[John Bel Edwards]] (no relation to Edwin Edwards). Early in 2018, Landry announced that an agreement had been reached with the governor's office about control of Louisiana's lawsuit against opioid manufacturers.<ref name=snowboarding/>
Landry scored a comeback to win the office of attorney general in the general election held on November 21, 2015, in which he, a lifelong Republican, unseated the incumbent [[Buddy Caldwell|James David "Buddy" Caldwell, Sr.]], a Democrat-turned-Republican who reverted to the Democrats in 2019 to contest the office of Madison Parish sheriff. Since his election as attorney general, Landry has been in frequent legal disputes with Democratic Governor [[John Bel Edwards]] (no relation to Edwin Edwards). Early in 2018, Landry announced that an agreement had been reached with the governor's office about control of Louisiana's lawsuit against opioid manufacturers.<ref name=snowboarding/>