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|preceded=Jessie P. Guidry ​

|preceded=Jessie P. Guidry ​

|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 (Ascension, Assumption, Iberville, Lafourche, Pointe Coupee, St. Mary, Terrebonne, and West Baton Rouge parishes)

|term_start2=January 1, 2013

|term_start2=January 1, 2013

|preceded2=Edward Gaidry (retired)

|preceded2=Edward Gaidry (retired)

|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]-turned-[[Republican Party|Republican]] (2007)​​

|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]-turned-[[Republican Party|Republican]] (2007)​​

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

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

|alma_mater=South Lafourche High School

|alma_mater=South Lafourche High School (Cut-Off)

Nicholls State University (Thibodaux)<br>

Nicholls State University (Thibodaux)<br>

Loyola School of Law ([[New Orleans]])​

Loyola School of Law ([[New Orleans]])​

Theriot was 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.  

Theriot was 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.  

In 2007, Pitre declined to seek a third term and Gisclair in a runoff defeated newly-minted Republican Theriot. In the preceding primary on October 20, 2007, Theriot led with 4,797 votes (37 percent) to Gisclair 's  4,396 (33.8 percent). The balance was held by a second Democrat, John Melancon, Jr., with 3,821 votes (29.4 percent). In the general election in November 2007, Gisclair defeated Theriot by 121 votes, 4,128 (50.7 percent) to 4,007 (49.3 percent, in still another narrow race in the highly competitive district. Meanwhile, as Pitre completed his eight years in the legislature, [[Governor]]-elect [[Bobby Jindal]] named him to chair the Transition Advisory Group on Coastal Restoration and Flood Control.  

In 2007, Pitre declined to seek a third term and Gisclair in a runoff defeated newly-minted Republican Theriot. In the preceding primary on October 20, 2007, Theriot led with 4,797 votes (37 percent) to Gisclair 's  4,396 (33.8 percent). The balance was held by a second Democrat, John Melancon, Jr., with 3,821 votes (29.4 percent). In the general election in November 2007, Gisclair defeated Theriot by 121 votes, 4,128 (50.7 percent) to 4,007 (49.3 percent, in still another narrow race in the highly competitive district.  

In 2012, Theriot 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, 2012. Theriot polled 25,793 (53 percent) to Dupont's 22,783 (47 percent).<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>

In 2012, Theriot was elected to the First Circuit Court of Appeals, District 1, Division B for a term of ten years though he had trailed in the nonpartisan blanket [[primary]]. The judgeship covers eight parishes. Still a Republican, Theriot polled 33.7 percent of the vote in the primary. He then defeated Democrat William Dupont in the runoff election on December 8, 2012. In that contest Theriot polled 25,793 (53 percent) to Dupont's 22,783 (47 percent).<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>

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