Terry C. Landry Jr. is an American politician from the

Democratic Party of Louisiana The Louisiana Democratic Party (, ) is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the state of Louisiana. Dominated by the conservative planter elite through much of the 19th century, the party was historically prominent in politics since before t ...

. He was elected to the

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in District 67 in a

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. He succeeded

Larry Selders Larry Selders is an American politician serving as a member of the Louisiana Senate from the 14th district since 2025. He previously represented the 67th district in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 2021 to 2025. Education After gr ...

, who filled the state senate seat vacated by

Cleo Fields Cleo C. Fields (born November 22, 1962) is an American attorney and politician who serves in the United States House of Representatives, currently representing . He previously represented from 1993 to 1997 and ran unsuccessfully for governor of L ...

following Fields' election to the

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. Landry worked for the

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. His father

Terry Landry Sr. Terry Clyde Landry Sr. is an American politician from the Democratic Party of Louisiana. He was a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 2012 to 2020. He was the first African-American superintendent of the Louisiana State Police ...

was also a state representative.

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