Jacob Landry makes history by winning District 49 race
History was made Saturday night in Erath.
Jacob Landry, a 44-year-old Erath native, became the first Vermilion Parish native to win the District 49 State Representative race.
Since the district’s conception, the district has included a majority of Iberia Parish residents and the east side of Vermilion Parish.
With the new 2020 census, District 49 was redrawn, and the new district lines consist of 30 percent of Iberia Parish, 30 percent of Vermilion Parish and 40 percent of Lafayette Parish.