Troy Carter (politician)
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Troy Carter | |
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| Minority Leader of the Louisiana Senate | |
| Assumed office January 11, 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Eric LaFleur |
| Member of the Louisiana Senate from the 7th district | |
| Assumed office January 11, 2016 | |
| Preceded by | David Heitmeier |
| Member of the New Orleans City Council from District C | |
| In office 1994–2002 | |
| Preceded by | Jackie Clarkson |
| Succeeded by | Jackie Clarkson |
| Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from the 102nd district | |
| In office January 1992 – January 1994 | |
| Preceded by | Francis C. Heitmeier |
| Succeeded by | Jackie Clarkson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Troy Anthony Carter October 26, 1963 |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education | Xavier University, Louisiana (BA) Carnegie Mellon University |
Troy Anthony "C" Carter (born October 26, 1963) is the District 7 member of the Louisiana State Senate who formerly served on the New Orleans City Council. In the November 21 runoff election, Carter defeated his fellow Democrat, Jeff Arnold, who is a term-limited former state representative for the Algiers neighborhood of New Orleans.
In 1994, he was elected to represent District C on the city council, having become the first African-American to represent that portion of the city since Reconstruction. He served until 2002, when he unsuccessfully sought the office of mayor. Carter was eliminated in the 2002 primary election by Ray Nagin (the final winner) and Richard Pennington. Carter previously represented District 102 in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1992 to 1994, when he was elected to the city council. He was an unsuccessful candidate for Louisiana's 2nd congressional district seat in 2006 against then-incumbent William J. Jefferson.[1][self-published source]
After graduating from Oliver Perry Walker High School in Algiers, Carter attended Xavier University of Louisiana, where he majored in business administration and political science. Carter was initiated into the Beta Iota Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi while a student at Xavier. He embarked on graduate studies in Pittsburgh at Carnegie-Mellon University's School of Urban and Public Affairs. He has been a political science instructor at his alma mater, Xavier.[citation needed]
Carter received 12,935 votes (56.8 percent) in the 2015 runoff election to Arnold's 9,852 (43.2 percent).[2] The position opened with the retirement of the two-term Senator David Heitmeier.
Notes
- ^ "Troy Carter's 2006 campaign bio" Archived 2008-09-19 at the Wayback Machine (accessed 2009 June 08).
- ^ "Results for Election Date: 11/21/2015". Louisiana Secretary of State. Retrieved November 28, 2015.
