Gary Carter wins the District 7 senate seat

State Rep. Gary Carter Jr. will replace his uncle, newly-elected Congressman Troy Carter, in the state legislature, according to results in Saturday’s special election for the District 7 seat in the state Senate.

Gary Carter, a Democrat from Algiers, led the pack of four candidates vying for the seat and avoided a July runoff.

He led in Saturday’s balloting with 60 percent of the vote, or 4,137 votes. Republican Patty McCarty trailed with 17 percent, or 1,181 votes.