Background
Barro is a son of the late Albert Barro, Senior His paternal grandparents are the late Abe and Pauline Aura Barro.
Barro is a son of the late Albert Barro, Senior His paternal grandparents are the late Abe and Pauline Aura Barro.
Captain Shreve High School. Paul M. Hebert Law Center. Louisiana State University.
He represented District 37, which covers parts of Caddo and Bossier parishes in the far northwestern portion of the state. In 1987, Barro nearly unseated Republican State Representative Art Sour in District 6. Duke ran as a Republican without official party support.
The incumbent Democratic state senator, Sydney B. Nelson, a Shreveport lawyer, did not seek a fourth term.
Barro defeated Republican Ronald Bradford "Ron" Fayard (1946–2011), a 1964 graduate of Bossier High School and a Realtor from Bossier City, 59-41 percent. In 1995, Barro ran a strong third in the nonpartisan blanket primary but lost a general election berth to another Democrat, Melissa Flournoy, a state representative who was in turn handily defeated by the Republican Max T. Malone of Shreveport.
Barro received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, and procured his legal degree from the Louisiana State University Law Center. He is Roman Catholic.
