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|name=Mitchell Ray "Mitch" Theriot​

|name=Mitchell "Mitch" Theriot​

|office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative<br> for District 54 (Jefferson<br> and Lafourche parishes)​

|office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative<br> for District 54 (Jefferson<br> and Lafourche parishes)​

|term_start=1992​

|term_start=1992​

|succeeded=Loulan J. Pitre, Jr.

|succeeded=Loulan J. Pitre, Jr.

|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_start2=January 1, 2013

|birth_date=c. 1963​

|birth_date=October 28, 1963​

|birth_place=​​

|birth_place=​​

|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]-turned-[[Republican Party|Republican]]​​

|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]-turned-[[Republican Party|Republican]]​​

|occupation=[[Attorney]]

|occupation=[[Attorney]] and [[Judge]]

|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 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. Still a Republican, Theriot led in the primary on November 6, 2012, with 33.66 percent of the vote. Theroit then defeated Democrat William Dupont in the runoff election on December 8, 25,793 (53 percent to 22,783 (47 percent). 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><ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, December 8, 2012.</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.  

 

In 2012, he was elected to the First Circuit Court of Appeals, District 1, Division B for a term of ten years. Still a Republican, Theriot led in the primary on November 6, 2012, with 33.66 percent of the vote. Theroit then defeated Democrat William Dupont in the runoff election on December 8, 25,793 (53 percent to 22,783 (47 percent). 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><ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, December 8, 2012.</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.