Bret Allain
| Robert LeBreton "Bret" Allain, II | |
 | |
Louisiana State Senator for District 21 (Iberia, St. Mary, and
Terrebonne parishes) | |
| In office January 2012 – January 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Troy Hebert |
|---|---|
| Succeeded by | Robert Allain |
| Born | November 18, 1958 Jeanerette, Iberia Parish, Louisiana |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Kimberly M. Allain |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Robert LeBreton Allain, II, known as Bret Allain (born November 18, 1958), is a sugar cane farmer and businessman from Jeanerette in Iberia Parish in south Louisiana, who is a Republican departing member of the Louisiana State Senate for District 21, which encompasses all of St. Mary and portions of Iberia, Lafourche, and Terrebonne parishes.[1]
Allain graduated in 1980 with a degree in agricultural engineering from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.[2]
He was elected outright in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 22, 2011, for the right to succeed the term-limited Democratic Senator Butch Gautreaux of Morgan City. Allain received 14,618 votes (51.4 percent) in the contest with another Republican, Darrin Guidry, a newspaper publisher from Houma in Terrebonne Parish,[1] who polled 13,846 votes (48.6 percent). No Democrat sought the position in the revised district.[3]
Allain lists flood protection at the top his legislative priorities: "It's important we protect people from hurricanes and back-water flooding. One project that proved itself during the Mississippi River flooding is the sinking of the barge in Bayou Chene. That probably saved hundreds of homes in Terrebonne and St. Mary parishes. I also want to move the Morganza-to-the-Gulf levee system along."[1]"We will continue to fight for as much money as we can for funding for levees and the Bayou Chene project. That's first and foremost — to make sure we push forward our agenda for those operations," Allain added.[1]
Allain also is committed to completing Interstate 49, the Shreveport to Lafayette, Louisiana, superhighway. A pending plan would upgrade U.S. Highway 90 between New Orleans and Lafayette into an interstate-quality highway.[1]
Allain ran unopposed for his third term in the state Senate in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 12, 2019. Term-limited in 2023, Allain's son, Robert Allain, with 44 percent of the primary vote, led another Republican candidate, Henry "Bo" LaGrange, who held 31 percent of the ballots cast. The remaining 25 percent of the vote was held by Republican Stephen Swiber.[4]In the general election on November 18, Robert Allain defeated Henry LaGrange, 59 to 41 percent, in a low turnout contest in which only 23 percent of registered voters participated.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Nate Monroe, "Ten Questions for state Sen. Bret Allain," houmatoday.com, November 28, 2011.
- ↑ Jackie Bartkiewicz (December 1, 2011). Getting Much More than Just a Senior Ring. lsualumni.org. Retrieved on May 19, 2012; information no longer accessible.
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, Primary election returns, October 22, 2011.
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 14, 2023.
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 18, 2023.
