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Claitor is the third of four sons of Robert Gregory Claitor, Sr., and the former Nancy McLellan (1934-2014), the daughter of the late Archibald Kenneth McLellan and the former Jewel Dean. Mrs. Claitor died of injuries sustained in an automobile accident on October 22, 2014, two weeks before the primary election for Congress. Reared in Boyce in northern Rapides Parish in the home of her maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert McNeely Dean, Mrs. Claitor studied and taught [[ballet]], earned her credentials as a registered [[nurse]] in 1956 from the former Touro Infirmary in [[New Orleans]], and received a degree in psychiatric nursing from Loyola University New Orleans. At the time of her death, having retired from nursing, she was the harbor master and co-owner of Marina del Ray in Madisonville in St. Tammany Parish, and a co-owner and former manager of Claitor's Law Books and Publishing Company in Baton Rouge. An enthusiast of the [[France|French]] French language, she traveled extensively in [[France]] and sat on the board of Friends of French Studies at LSU. She was a [[United Methodist]].<ref name=mrsclaitorobit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=nancy-mclellan-claitor&pid=172917892&fhid=17442|title=Nancy McLellan Claitor|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Morning Advocate''|date=October 25, 2014|accessdate=October 25, 2014}}</ref>​

Claitor is the third of four sons of Robert Gregory Claitor, Sr., and the former Nancy McLellan (1934-2014), the daughter of the late Archibald Kenneth McLellan and the former Jewel Dean. Mrs. Claitor died of injuries sustained in an automobile accident on October 22, 2014, two weeks before the primary election for Congress. Reared in Boyce in northern Rapides Parish in the home of her maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert McNeely Dean, Mrs. Claitor studied and taught [[ballet]], earned her credentials as a registered [[nurse]] in 1956 from the former Touro Infirmary in [[New Orleans]], and received a degree in psychiatric nursing from Loyola University New Orleans. At the time of her death, having retired from nursing, she was the harbor master and co-owner of Marina del Ray in Madisonville in St. Tammany Parish, and a co-owner and former manager of Claitor's Law Books and Publishing Company in Baton Rouge. An enthusiast of the [[France|French]] French language, she traveled extensively in [[France]] and sat on the board of Friends of French Studies at LSU. She was a [[United Methodist]].<ref name=mrsclaitorobit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=nancy-mclellan-claitor&pid=172917892&fhid=17442|title=Nancy McLellan Claitor|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Morning Advocate''|date=October 25, 2014|accessdate=October 25, 2014}}</ref>​

Claitor and his brothers, James Dean Claitor, Robert Claitor, Jr., and John Fleming Claitor,<ref name=mrsclaitorobit/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=james-daniel-claitor&pid=172000449&fhid=17442|title=James Obituary of Daniel Claitor (uncle of Dan Claitor)|publisher=''Baton Rouge Morning Advocate''|accessdate=August 8, 2014}}</ref> were reared within the boundaries of his Baton Rouge senatorial district. The family Claitor's Bookstore has published general works distinct to Louisiana and the memoirs of numerous Louisiana [[politician]]s, such as [[Bill Dodd|William J. "Bill" Dodd]], a former lieutenant governor and state education superintendent who twice lost gubernatorial campaigns in 1952 and 1959.

Claitor and his brothers, James Dean Claitor, Robert Claitor, Jr., and John Fleming Claitor,<ref name=mrsclaitorobit/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=james-daniel-claitor&pid=172000449&fhid=17442|title=James Daniel Claitor (uncle of Dan Claitor)|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Morning Advocate''|accessdate=August 8, 2014}}</ref> were reared within the boundaries of his Baton Rouge senatorial district. The family Claitor's Bookstore has published general works distinct to Louisiana and the memoirs of numerous Louisiana [[politician]]s, such as [[Bill Dodd|William J. "Bill" Dodd]], a former lieutenant governor and state education superintendent who twice lost gubernatorial campaigns in 1952 and 1959.

Claitor's formal schooling began at the age of three in the preschool of the Department of Home Economics at LSU. He graduated in 1979 from Robert E. Lee High School in Baton Rouge and then returned to LSU to complete in 1983 a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance. According to his website, he considers the progress of LSU crucial to the retention and recruitment of business in the Baton Rouge metropolitan area. As a youth, Claitor drove delivery trucks and worked the presses and bindery operations at Claitor's, for which he is still its legal counsel.<ref name=claitor>{{cite web|url=http://www.claitorforsenate.com/|title=''Claitor for Louisiana Senate District 16''|publisher=claitorforsenate.com|accessdate=April 18, 2009}}</ref>​

Claitor's formal schooling began at the age of three in the preschool of the Department of Home Economics at LSU. He graduated in 1979 from Robert E. Lee High School in Baton Rouge and then returned to LSU to complete in 1983 a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance. According to his website, he considers the progress of LSU crucial to the retention and recruitment of business in the Baton Rouge metropolitan area. As a youth, Claitor drove delivery trucks and worked the presses and bindery operations at Claitor's, for which he is still its legal counsel.<ref name=claitor>{{cite web|url=http://www.claitorforsenate.com/|title=''Claitor for Louisiana Senate District 16''|publisher=claitorforsenate.com|accessdate=April 18, 2009}}</ref>​

Claitor obtained his law degree from Loyola University New Orleans School of Law. In 1987, Claitor was named an assistant district attorney at the annual salary of $18,951 for the Orleans Parish District Attorney's office. Claitor claimed that he developed a good record in fighting crime. In 2008, in his first political race, Claitor lost badly in a bid for District Attorney of the 19th Judicial District.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/27981774.html|title=Joe Gyan, Jr., "DA foes experienced in law: Republican Dan Claitor, Democrat Hillar Moore vying for post"|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|accessdate=April 18, 2009}}</ref> Claitor polled 26,880 votes (26 percent) in the district attorney's race to 76,890 ballots (74 percent) for the Democrat Hillar Moore, who carried the backing of two former Republican district attorneys, [[Bryan Bush]], and Douglas Moreau, the outgoing DA who had served since 1991.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 4, 2008.</ref>

Claitor obtained his law degree from Loyola University New Orleans School of Law. In 1987, Claitor was named an assistant district attorney at the annual salary of $18,951 for the Orleans Parish District Attorney's office. Claitor claimed that he developed a good record in fighting crime. In 2008, in his first political race, Claitor lost badly in a bid for District Attorney of the 19th Judicial District.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/27981774.html|title=Joe Gyan, Jr., "DA foes experienced in law: Republican Dan Claitor, Democrat Hillar Moore vying for post"|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|accessdate=April 18, 2009}}</ref> Claitor polled 26,880 votes (26 percent) in the district attorney's race to 76,890 ballots (74 percent) for the Democrat Hillar Moore, who carried the backing of two former Republican district attorneys, [[Bryan Bush]], and Douglas Moreau, the outgoing DA who had served since 1991.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 4, 2008.</ref>

 

Claitor entered private practice in Baton Rouge in 1990. He and his wife, the former Sharmaine Leblanc (also born 1961), have two sons, Sam and James Claitor. They are [[Roman Catholic]]s.<ref name=claitor/>​

Claitor entered private practice in Baton Rouge in 1990. He and his wife, the former Sharmaine Leblanc (also born 1961), have two sons, Sam and James Claitor. They are [[Roman Catholic]]s.<ref name=claitor/>​

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In the first round of special election balloting (not an actual primary but sometimes referred to as such by the media) held on March 7, 2009, a third candidate, Republican health-care consultant Laurinda Lege Calongne (born ca. 1964), polled 4,511 votes (27 percent) to Claitor's 6,509 votes (39 percent) and Domingue's 5,760 votes (34 percent), according to official returns from all 103 precincts.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, March 7, 2009.</ref> Colongne then threw her backing to Claitor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.politicker.com/louisiana/tags/dan-claitor|author=Marsha Shuler|title=Calongne endorses Claitor in runoffpublisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|accessdate=April 18, 2009}}</ref> Despite heavy spending, much of it from his own sources, Domingue scored no inroads in the second race. His campaign had spent $429,709, or nearly three-fourths of its funds, as of March 15, the last day that spending had to be reported to the office of the Louisiana secretary of state. Claitor spent $154,825.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/42484362.html?index=1&c=y|title=Marsha Shuler, "It's Claitor!: Dominigue gains only 34 percent of the vote"|publisher=''Baton Rouge Advocate''|accessdate=April 18, 2009}}</ref>​

In the first round of special election balloting (not an actual primary but sometimes referred to as such by the media) held on March 7, 2009, a third candidate, Republican health-care consultant Laurinda Lege Calongne (born ca. 1964), polled 4,511 votes (27 percent) to Claitor's 6,509 votes (39 percent) and Domingue's 5,760 votes (34 percent), according to official returns from all 103 precincts.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, March 7, 2009.</ref> Colongne then threw her backing to Claitor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.politicker.com/louisiana/tags/dan-claitor|author=Marsha Shuler|title=Calongne endorses Claitor in runoffpublisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|accessdate=April 18, 2009}}</ref> Despite heavy spending, much of it from his own sources, Domingue scored no inroads in the second race. His campaign had spent $429,709, or nearly three-fourths of its funds, as of March 15, the last day that spending had to be reported to the office of the Louisiana secretary of state. Claitor spent $154,825.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/42484362.html?index=1&c=y|title=Marsha Shuler, "It's Claitor!: Dominigue gains only 34 percent of the vote"|publisher=''Baton Rouge Advocate''|accessdate=April 18, 2009}}</ref>​

 

One of the issues in the campaign centered on Dominigue's having missed casting his ballot in nine of the last twenty elections in East Baton Rouge Parish, whereas Claitor had voted in all of the past thirty such contests.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/40602957.html|title=A Look at the Candidates' Voting Record|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Morning Advocate''|accessdate=April 18, 2009}}</ref>​

One of the issues in the campaign centered on Dominigue's having missed casting his ballot in nine of the last twenty elections in East Baton Rouge Parish, whereas Claitor had voted in all of the past thirty such contests.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/40602957.html|title=A Look at the Candidates' Voting Record|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Morning Advocate''|accessdate=April 18, 2009}}</ref>​

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