Danny Martiny

Politician

1951 –

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Who is Danny Martiny?

Daniel R. Martiny, known as Danny Martiny, is a politician and attorney from Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, who has served since January 14, 2008, as a Republican member of the Louisiana State Senate from District 10, based in the New Orleans suburbs.Since 2012, he has been the Senate Majority Leader.

From 1994 to 2008, Martiny held the District 79 seat, also in Jefferson Parish, in the Louisiana House of Representatives. Term-limited in the House, Martiny ran for the Senate in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 20, 2007. Martiny polled 19,414 votes to 8,752 ballots for the "No Party" candidate, Michael Zito. No Democrat filed in the heavily Republican district.

Martiny was born in New Orleans, the second of five children, to the late Wilfred "Wil" E. Martiny who died of natural causes and Doris Rault, who died of Alzheimer's disease. His maternal grandparents were Eugene J. Rault and the former Eva Martin. His older brother, Martin Augustin Martiny, is a Roman Catholic priest and missionary to Kenya. His younger siblings are Brian and Eddie Martiny, and Michelle Martiny Lamb.

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Born
Jun 27, 1951
New Orleans
Religion
  • Catholicism
Profession
Education
  • Loyola University New Orleans
  • Louisiana State University
  • Archbishop Rummel High School
Lived in
  • Kenner

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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