---
type: Person
title: "Gary Carter"
description: "LA Senate District 7 — LA State Senate District 7"
role: "LA Senate District 7"
party: "D"
level: "state"
branch: "legislative"
state: "LA"
district: "LA State Senate District 7"
represents: "us/states/la/districts/senate/7"
tenure:
  start: "2021-06-30"
  current: true
election:
  term_length: 2
  term_limit: "varies"
ids:
  person: "8e365200-2d6c-4ba9-a73f-7b11bead69ef"
  office: "c2ec827d-402a-4f3f-b14b-5a471eed5952"
  tenure: "ca8f2a19-ae8d-4f2b-84f4-27f240688a96"
  jurisdiction: "e6f111eb-9f05-4e40-8f7d-72e653a63eea"
sources:
  - field: tenure
    source: "OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20"
  - field: jurisdiction
    source: "SLDU (Census 2025)"
confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, state, legislative, la]
timestamp: "2026-07-04"
---

# Gary Carter

Current LA Senate District 7 (LA State Senate District 7).

Represents [LA State Senate District 7](/us/states/la/districts/senate/7.md).

## Sources

- tenure: OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20
- jurisdiction: SLDU (Census 2025)

Generated from the Atlas officeholders v3 export (2026-07-04).