Troy Carter (New Orleans)

Troy Anthony Carter

Louisiana State Senator for District 7 (Orleans Parish)
Incumbent
Assumed office January 11, 2016
Preceded by	David Heitmeier
Member of the New Orleans City Council for District C

Preceded by	Jacquelyn Brechtel Clarkson
Succeeded by	Jacquelyn Brechtel Clarkson
Louisiana State Representative for District 102
In office 1992–1994
Preceded by	Francis C. Heitmeier
Succeeded by	Jacquelyn Brechtel Clarkson

Personal details
Born	(1963-10-26) October 26, 1963 (age 54)
Political party	Democratic
Alma mater	Xavier University of Louisiana 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.

Carter is a graduate of 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.