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In 2007, Landry ran unsuccessfully as a "No Party" candidate for the District 44 seat in the Louisiana House. He finished in third place with 23 percent of the votes cast. Victory went to Democrat Rickey Hardy.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 20, 2007.</ref>

In 2007, Landry ran unsuccessfully as a "No Party" candidate for the District 44 seat in the Louisiana House. He finished in third place with 23 percent of the votes cast. Victory went to Democrat Rickey Hardy.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 20, 2007.</ref>

Landry rebounded in 2011 in District 96, for the seat held since 2005 by Democrat Juan LaFonta. Landry, as a Democrat, finished second in the nonpartisan blanket primary with 2,939 votes (31.8 percent). The top vote-getter was an Independent candidate, Eric Martin, who drew 3,760 votes (40.7 percent). Four other Democratic candidates held the balance of the vote.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 22, 2011.</ref> In the ensuing [[general election]], another low turnout contest, Landry defeated Martin, 4,641 votes (56 percent) to 3,654 (44 percent).<ref>Louisianan Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 19, 2011.</ref>

Landry rebounded in 2011 in District 96, for the seat held since 2005 by Democrat Juan LaFonta. Landry, as a Democrat, finished second in the nonpartisan blanket primary with 2,939 votes (31.8 percent). The top vote-getter was an Independent candidate, Eric Martin, who drew 3,760 votes (40.7 percent). Four other Democratic candidates held the balance of the vote.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 22, 2011.</ref> In the ensuing [[general election]], another low turnout contest, Landry defeated Martin, 4,641 votes (56 percent) to 3,654 (44 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 19, 2011.</ref>

   

   

Representative Landry, an [[African-American]], was a member of the Louisiana Legislative Black Caucus, the Rural Caucus, and the Democratic Caucus. He had an unusually heavy committee schedule, including the vice-chairmanship of the Transportation, Highways, and Public Works Committee. He also sat on (1) Administration of Criminal Justice, (2) Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development, (3) Homeland Security (vice-chair of House select committee and on the joint committee), (4) Joint Capital Outlay, (5) Military and Veterans Affairs, and (6) Atchafalaya Basin Program Oversight Committee.

Representative Landry, an [[African-American]], was a member of the Louisiana Legislative Black Caucus, the Rural Caucus, and the Democratic Caucus. He had an unusually heavy committee schedule, including the vice-chairmanship of the Transportation, Highways, and Public Works Committee. He also sat on (1) Administration of Criminal Justice, (2) Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development, (3) Homeland Security (vice-chair of House select committee and on the joint committee), (4) Joint Capital Outlay, (5) Military and Veterans Affairs, and (6) Atchafalaya Basin Program Oversight Committee.