Carla Blanchard Dartez is a Democratic

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 former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives

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 from District 51 (Assumption

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, St. Mary

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, and Terrebonne

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 parishes). She was first elected to that office in 1999 and took her seat in January 2000. She resides in Morgan City

Morgan City, Louisiana

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 in St. Mary Parish.

Controversy

In November 2007, Dartez came under fire from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

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 for calling one of her volunteers, Hazel Boykin, "Buckwheat." The local chapter of the NAACP threw its support behind her Republican

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 opponent, Joe Harrison

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 of Napoleonville

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 in Assumption Parish, in the November 17, 2007 general election

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. Harrison still holds the seat.