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In 1975 and 1976, Breaux unsuccessfully sought election as a Republican for [[sheriff]] of East Baton Rouge Parish and for the Baton Rouge mayor-president position, a combined municipal-parish office. In the sheriff's race, Breaux, who was opposing Democratic incumbent J. Al Amiss (pronounced AIM ISS), ran third with 19.6 percent and narrowly missed a [[general election]] berth. Amiss led the field with 31.9 percent, and another Democrat, D.P. "Skip" D'Amico trailed with 22.9 percent in the primary.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, [[Baton Rouge]], Election returns, November 1, 1975.</ref> Amiss defeated D'Amico and served from 1972 until his death early in 1983. A Republican, Elmer Litchfield, was subsequently the East Baton Rouge Parish sheriff from 1983 until his retirement in 2006 because of health problems and subsequent death.
In 1975 and 1976, Breaux unsuccessfully sought election as a Republican for [[sheriff]] of East Baton Rouge Parish and for the Baton Rouge mayor-president position, a combined municipal-parish office. In the sheriff's race, Breaux, who was opposing Democratic incumbent J. Al Amiss (pronounced AIM ISS), ran third with 19.6 percent and narrowly missed a [[general election]] berth. Amiss led the field with 31.9 percent, and another Democrat, D.P. "Skip" D'Amico trailed with 22.9 percent in the primary.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, [[Baton Rouge]], Election returns, November 1, 1975.</ref> Amiss defeated D'Amico and served from 1972 until his death early in 1983. A Republican, Elmer Litchfield, was subsequently the East Baton Rouge Parish sheriff from 1983 until his retirement in 2006 because of health problems and subsequent death.
Breaux ran third again in the 1976 primary for the mayor-presidency, having finished with 21.7 percent to the incumbent Democratic Mayor-President [[Woodrow Wilson Dumas]], who nearly prevailed outright with 47.3 percent of the ballots. The second-place candidate was the outgoing Democratic mayor of neighboring Baker, [[Pete Heine]], who polled 27 percent in the primary.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election returns for August 14, 1976.</ref> While he was seeking the Republican presidential nomination in 1976, former [[California]] [[Governor]] [[Ronald W. Reagan]] came to Baton Rouge to campaign for Breaux. In that campaign stop, Reagan likened himself to an "honorary Cajun coonass." Breaux was of [[Cajun]] descent.<ref>"Reagan hits nerve with 'coonass' comment", ''Minden Press-Herald'', May 7, 1976, p. 1.</ref>
Breaux ran third again in the 1976 primary for the mayor-presidency, having finished with 21.7 percent to the incumbent Democratic Mayor-President [[Woodrow Wilson Dumas]], who nearly prevailed outright with 47.3 percent of the ballots. The second-place candidate was the outgoing Democratic mayor of neighboring Baker, [[Pete Heine]], who polled 27 percent in the primary.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election returns for August 14, 1976.</ref>
While he was seeking the Republican presidential nomination in 1976, former [[California]] [[Governor]] [[Ronald W. Reagan]] came to Baton Rouge to campaign for Breaux. In that campaign stop, Reagan likened himself to an "honorary Cajun coonass." Breaux was of [[Cajun]] descent.<ref>"Reagan hits nerve with 'coonass' comment", ''Minden Press-Herald'', May 7, 1976, p. 1.</ref>
In 2001, a Baker Republican, Bobby Simpson, became mayor-president, but he was unseated after one term in 2004 by the [[African American]] Democrat Kip Holden, a former state representative. Simpson had succeeded a Democrat-turned-Republican Tom Ed McHugh, in office for three terms as mayor-president from 1989 to 2001 and later the executive director of the Louisiana Municipal Association.
In 2001, a Baker Republican, Bobby Simpson, became mayor-president, but he was unseated after one term in 2004 by the [[African American]] Democrat Kip Holden, a former state representative. Simpson had succeeded a Democrat-turned-Republican Tom Ed McHugh, in office for three terms as mayor-president from 1989 to 2001 and later the executive director of the Louisiana Municipal Association.