Nancy Landry

Landry was born in Japan while her father was serving in the United States Navy.[1] She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from Louisiana State University in 1985 and a Juris Doctor from the Paul M. Hebert Law Center in 1990.

Landry was elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives in November 2007 and assumed office in January 2008.[2]

On May 19, 2015, Landry, a former independent, was one of four Republicans on the House Civil Law and Procedure Committee who voted to table on a 10–2 vote the proposed Marriage and Conscience Act, authored by Republican Representative Mike Johnson of Bossier Parish.[3]

Considered a Moderate Republican, Landry was the chair of the House Education Committee in 2017. In that capacity, she supported legislation by African-American State Representative Barbara Norton of Shreveport to ban corporal punishment in all Louisiana public schools, but the measure was defeated by a vote of 61–34..[4]

Landry won reelection in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 24, 2015. She received 10,005 votes (84.7 percent) to Democrat Evan H. Wright's 1,890 ballots (15.3 percent).[5]

Landry resigned from the House seven months prior to the expiration of her third term to become the chief of staff in the office of Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin.[6] She was succeeded by Jonathan Goudeau.[7]

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