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'''Gregory John Barro''', known as '''Greg Barro''' (born 1957), is an [[attorney]] in [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]], who served as a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] state senator from 1992 to 1996 for District 37 (Caddo and Bossier parishes) in the far northwestern portion of the state.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://senate.la.gov/Documents/Membership/1880membership.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana State Senate, 1880-Present (Bossier and Caddo parishes)|publisher=Louisiana State Senate|accessdate=March 8, 2020}}</ref>​

'''Gregory John Barro''', known as '''Greg Barro''' (born 1957), is an [[attorney]] in [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]], who served as a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] state senator from 1992 to 1996 for District 37 (Caddo and Bossier parishes) in the far northwestern portion of the state.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://senate.la.gov/Documents/Membership/1880membership.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana State Senate, 1880-Present (Bossier and Caddo parishes)|publisher=Louisiana State Senate|accessdate=March 8, 2020}}</ref>​

Barro is a son of the late Albert Barro, Sr. His paternal grandparents are the late Abe and Pauline Aura Barro. His brother is Albert Barro, Jr., also of Shreveport.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=katherine-barro&pid=161452878|title=Katherine Barro obituary (aunt of Gregory Barro)|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=December 5, 2012|accessdate=December 6, 2012}}</ref>​

Barro is a son of the late Albert Barro, Sr. His paternal grandparents are the late Abe and Pauline Aura Barro. His brother is Albert Barro, Jr., also of Shreveport.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=katherine-barro&pid=161452878|title=Katherine Barro obituary (aunt of Gregory Barro)|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=December 5, 2012|accessdate=March 8, 2020}}</ref>​

In 1987, Barro nearly unseated [[Republican Party|Republican]] State Representative Arthur W. "Art" Sour, Jr. (1924-2000) in House District 6. On November 16, 1991, Barro won his Senate seat in the same election in which the Democrat [[Edwin  Edwards]] defeated former [[Ku Klux Klan]]sman [[David Duke]] for [[governor]].<ref name=lasos>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10191991/10191991_Legislative.html|title=Louisiana primary election returns, October 19, 1991|publisher=staticresults.sos.la.gov|accessdate=December 6, 2012}}</ref> Duke ran as a Republcian without official party support. The incumbent Democratic state senator, Sydney B. Nelson, a Shreveport lawyer, did not seek a fourth term in 1991.

In 1987, Barro nearly unseated [[Republican Party|Republican]] State Representative Arthur W. "Art" Sour, Jr. (1924-2000) in House District 6. On November 16, 1991, Barro won his Senate seat in the same election in which the Democrat [[Edwin  Edwards]] defeated former [[Ku Klux Klan]]sman [[David Duke]] for [[governor]].<ref name=lasos>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10191991/10191991_Legislative.html|title=Louisiana primary election returns, October 19, 1991|publisher=staticresults.sos.la.gov|accessdate=December 6, 2012}}</ref> Duke ran as a Republcian without official party support. The incumbent Democratic state senator, Sydney B. Nelson, a Shreveport lawyer, did not seek a fourth term in 1991.