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|office2=Judge of the First Circuit Court of Appeals, District 1, Division B
|office2=Judge of the First Circuit Court of Appeals, District 1, Division B
|term_start=January 1, 2013
|term_start=January 1, 2013
|birth_date=July 18, 1963
|birth_date=c. 1963
|birth_place=Raceland, Lafourche Parish
|birth_place=
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]-turned-[[Republican Party|Republican]]
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]-turned-[[Republican Party|Republican]]
|occupation=[[Attorney]]
|occupation=[[Attorney]]
|alma_mater=Nicholls State University (Thibodaux)
|alma_mater=Nicholls State University (Thibodaux)
Loyola School of Law ([[New Orleans]]
Loyola School of Law ([[New Orleans]])
|religion=[[Roman Catholic]]}}
|religion=[[Roman Catholic]]}}
'''Mitchell Ray Theriot''', known as '''Mitch Theriot''' (born July 18, 1963), is an [[attorney]] and [[judge]] who 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> served 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.<ref name=mylife>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/mitchell-theriot/mitchell_theriot?valid=true&|title= Mitchell Theriot - Raceland|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=April 4, 2020}}</ref> In 2012, he was elected to the First Circuit Court of Appeals, District 1, Division B for a term of ten years. He led in the primary on November 6, 2012, with 33.66 percent of the vote. Theroit defeated William Dupont in the runoff election on December 8 with 53.1 percent of the ballots cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Mitch_Theriot|title=Mitch Theriot|publisher=Ballotpedia|accessdate=April 4, 2020}}</ref>
'''Mitchell Ray Theriot''', known as '''Mitch Theriot''' (born July 18, 1963), 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.<ref name=mylife>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/mitchell-theriot/mitchell_theriot?valid=true&|title= Mitchell Theriot - Raceland|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=April 4, 2020}}</ref> In 2012, he was elected to the First Circuit Court of Appeals, District 1, Division B for a term of ten years. He led in the primary on November 6, 2012, with 33.66 percent of the vote. Theroit defeated William Dupont in the runoff election on December 8 with 53.1 percent of the ballots cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Mitch_Theriot|title=Mitch Theriot|publisher=Ballotpedia|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.