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|alma_mater=Nicholls State University (Thibodaux)
|alma_mater=Nicholls State University (Thibodaux)
Loyola School of Law ([[New Orleans]])
Loyola School of Law ([[New Orleans]])
|residence=Metairie, Jefferson Parish
|residence=Lockport, Lafourche Parish
|spouse=Veronica Gautreaux Theriot
|spouse=Veronica Gautreaux Theriot
|children=Stuart Theriot
|children=Stuart Theriot
'''Mitchell Theriot''', known as '''Mitch Theriot''', is an [[attorney]] and [[judge]] who also served from 1992 to 2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Historical Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2024|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=April 4, 2020}}</ref> as a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] state representative for two terms for District 54 (Jefferson and Lafourche parishes). In 2007, he switched to [[Republican Party|Republican]] affiliation. and soon lost his bid to return to the state House.
'''Mitchell Theriot''', known as '''Mitch Theriot''', is an [[attorney]] and [[judge]] who also served from 1992 to 2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Historical Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2024|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=April 4, 2020}}</ref> as a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] state representative for two terms for District 54 (Jefferson and Lafourche parishes). In 2007, he switched to [[Republican Party|Republican]] affiliation. and soon lost his bid to return to the state House.
He is the third of four sons of Livingston C. "Budd" Theriot (born 1936) and the former Barbara Peck (1937-2017) of Golden Meadow in Lafourche Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/183794109/barbara-theriot|title=Barbara Peck Theriot|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=April 4, 2020}}</ref> Theriot is married to the former Veronica Gautreaux, a nurse for the Cardiovascular Institute of the South. The couple has three children, Stuart, Tyler, and Emilee Theriot.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121119062709/http://mitchtheriotforjudge.com/endorsements.html|title=Get to Know Mitch|publisher=Mitchtheriotforjudge.com|accessdate=April 4, 2020}}</ref>
He is the third of four sons of Livingston C. "Budd" Theriot (born 1936) and the former Barbara Peck (1937-2017) of Golden Meadow in Lafourche Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/183794109/barbara-theriot|title=Barbara Peck Theriot|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=April 4, 2020}}</ref> Theriot is married to the former Veronica Gautreaux, a nurse for the Cardiovascular Institute of the South. The couple has three children, Stuart, Tyler, and Emilee Theriot. He resides in Lockport in Lafourche Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121119062709/http://mitchtheriotforjudge.com/endorsements.html|title=Get to Know Mitch|publisher=Mitchtheriotforjudge.com|accessdate=April 4, 2020}}</ref>
He elected to the legislature in 1991 to succeed Jessie P. Guidry, a Democrat. He won again in 1995. In the 1999 nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] for the legislature, Theriot was unseated after two terms in office by the Republican (later [[Independent voter|Independent]]) Loulan J. Pitre, Jr., an attorney who was born in 1961 in Cut-Off in Lafourche Parish. Pitre polled, 7,187 votes (51.5 percent) to 6,768 (48.5 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 23, 1999.</ref> In 2003, Pitre again defeated Theriot by nearly the same total as he had in 1999, 7,618 (votes 52 percent) to 7,035 (48 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 4, 2003.</ref> When Pitre declined to seek a third term in 2007, Theriot ran to reclaim the seat after an eight-year absence, but after his party switch, he lost to the Democrat Jerry "Truck" Gisclair of Larose in Lafourche Parish, a businessman and radio station broadcaster.
He elected to the legislature in 1991 to succeed Jessie P. Guidry, a Democrat. He won again in 1995. In the 1999 nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] for the legislature, Theriot was unseated after two terms in office by the Republican (later [[Independent voter|Independent]]) Loulan J. Pitre, Jr., an attorney who was born in 1961 in Cut-Off in Lafourche Parish. Pitre polled, 7,187 votes (51.5 percent) to 6,768 (48.5 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 23, 1999.</ref> In 2003, Pitre again defeated Theriot by nearly the same total as he had in 1999, 7,618 (votes 52 percent) to 7,035 (48 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 4, 2003.</ref> When Pitre declined to seek a third term in 2007, Theriot ran to reclaim the seat after an eight-year absence, but after his party switch, he lost to the Democrat Jerry "Truck" Gisclair of Larose in Lafourche Parish, a businessman and radio station broadcaster.