Landry was elected to the
Louisiana House of Representatives in November 2007 and assumed office in January 2008. 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. Considered a
moderate Republican, Landry was the chair of the House Education Committee in 2017. In that capacity, she supported legislation by 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. 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). 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. She was succeeded by
Jonathan Goudeau. She was elected as
Louisiana Secretary of State in the November 18,
2023 election. ==References==