Dan Claitor

{{short description|American politician}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Dan Claitor

|birth_place = Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.

|state_senate = Louisiana State

|district = 16th

|term_start = April 2009

|term_end = January 13, 2020

|preceded = Bill Cassidy

|succeeded = Franklin Foil

|party = Republican

|alma_mater = Louisiana State University
Loyola University New Orleans

|spouse = Sharmaine Claitor{{Cite web|url=https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/111199/dan-claitor|title=Dan Claitor's Biography|work=Vote Smart|access-date=May 18, 2022}}

|children = 2

}}

Dan Claitor is an American politician.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/stephanie_grace/article_2dfdc6d4-43f7-11e8-adc7-93bd2300e000.html|title=Stephanie Grace: State Sen. Dan Claitor calls on own experience to push unanimous juries|work=Baton Rouge Morning Advocate|first=Stephanie|last=Grace|date=April 19, 2018|access-date=May 18, 2022}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/elections/article_f9507cd8-c5f0-11e9-81f8-13f92ffc85e3.html|title=Where do contenders to replace state Sen. Dan Claitor stand on abortion, St. George?|first=Will|last=Sentell|work=Baton Rouge Morning Advocate|date=August 26, 2019|access-date=May 18, 2022}} He served as a Republican member for the 16th district of the Louisiana State Senate.{{Cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Dan_Claitor|title=Dan Claitor|work=Ballotpedia|access-date=May 18, 2022}}

Claitor was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He attended Louisiana State University, where he earned a bachelor's degree, and then earned a Juris Doctor degree at Loyola University New Orleans. In 2009, Claitor won the election for the 16th district of the Louisiana State Senate. He succeeded Bill Cassidy. In 2014, Claitor was a candidate for the 6th congressional district of the United States House of Representatives,{{Cite web|url=https://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2013/12/baton_rouge_lawmaker_dan_clait.html|title=Baton Rouge lawmaker Dan Claitor will run in Louisiana's 6th Congressional District|work=The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate|first=Lauren|last=McGaughy|date=December 4, 2013|access-date=May 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170530103000/http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2013/12/baton_rouge_lawmaker_dan_clait.html|archive-date=May 30, 2017|url-status=dead|via=Wayback Machine}} but was not elected.{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/2014-election/results/map/house/#.YoXEWXXMI2w|title=2014 House Election Results|work=Politico|date=23 December 2014 |access-date=May 18, 2022}} In 2020, he was succeeded by Franklin Foil for the 16th district.