Greg Barro
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| Gregory John Barroâ | |
Louisiana State Senator for District 37 (Caddo and Bossier parishes)â
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| In office 1992â â 1996â | |
| Preceded by | Sydney B. Nelsonâ |
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| Succeeded by | Max T. Maloneâ |
| Born | 1957â Shreveport, Louisiana, USAâ |
| Died | â â |
| Resting place | â |
| Political party | Democrat â |
| Spouse(s) | Karin Barroâ |
| Children | ââ |
| Residence | Shreveport, Louisianaâ |
| Alma mater | Captain Shreve High School â Louisiana State University |
| Occupation | Attorneyâ |
| Religion | Roman Catholicâ |
â Gregory John Barro, known as Greg Barro (born 1957), is an attorney in Shreveport, Louisiana, who served as a Democratic state senator from 1992 to 1996 for District 37 (Caddo and Bossier parishes) in the far northwestern portion of the state.[1]â â Barro is a son of the late Albert Barro, Sr. His paternal grandparents are the late Abe and Pauline Aura Barro. His brother is Albert Barro, Jr., also of Shreveport.[2]â â In 1987, Barro nearly unseated Republican State Representative Arthur W. "Art" Sour, Jr. (1924-2000) in House District 6. On November 16, 1991, Barro won his Senate seat in the same election in which the Democrat Edwin Edwards defeated former Ku Klux Klansman David Duke for governor.[3] Duke ran as a Republcian without official party support. The incumbent Democratic state senator, Sydney B. Nelson, a Shreveport lawyer, did not seek a fourth term in 1991.â â Barro defeated Republican Ronald Bradford "Ron" Fayard (1946â2011), a 1964 graduate of Bossier High School and [4] a Realtor[5] from Bossier City, 59-41 percent.[3] In 1995, Barro ran a strong third in the nonpartisan blanket primary but lost a general election berth to another Democrat, Melissa Flournoy, a state representative who was in turn handily defeated by the Republican Max T. Malone of Shreveport.[6]â â Barro graduated from Captain Shreve High School, where one of his classmates was future Shreveport Mayor Keith Hightower. Barro received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, and procured his legal degree from the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center. He is Roman Catholic.[7][8]â â
References
- â Membership in the Louisiana State Senate, 1880-2012. legis.state.la.us. Retrieved on April 24, 2010.
- â Katherine Barro obituary. The Shreveport Times (December 5, 2012). Retrieved on December 6, 2012.
- â 3.0 3.1 Louisiana primary election returns, October 19, 1991. staticresults.sos.la.gov. Retrieved on December 6, 2012.
- â Ronald Bradfvord Fayard obituary. Shreveport Times, March 11, 2011. Retrieved on March 11, 2011.
- â Real Estate Guide Directory in Bossier City. realproguide.com. Retrieved on April 24, 2010.
- â Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 18, 1995.
- â Senator Gregory J. "Greg" Barro. senate.legis.la.us. Retrieved on April 24, 2010.
- â "Louisiana: Barro, Gregory John", Who's Who in American Politics, 2003-2004, 19th ed., Vol. 1 (Alabama-Montana) (Marquis Who's Who: New Providence, New Jersey, 2003), p. 769.
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