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Upon taking office as senator, Peacock cast the only vote against Republican Governor Jindal's choice of [[John Alario]], a [[Democrat]]-turned-[[Moderate Republican] from Westwego in Jefferson Parish, to become the new president of the state Senate, succeeding the term-limited former Senator Joel Chaisson of Destrehan. In the campaign against Jane Smith, Peacock had voiced his opposition to Alario because the veteran lawmaker had been a key legislative ally in the state House during the four administrations of Democratic former Governor [[Edwin Edwards]] and had seemed unenthusiastic when he switched parties after so many years as a Democrat. Alario in turn gave Peacock the least-desired assignments in the chamber — on the Retirement and Labor committees. "We'll have our differences, but we can still be colleagues and be sociable," said Peacock, who then hitched a ride with Alario's son from Baton Rouge to [[New Orleans]] for the LSU Tigers football game against the [[University of Alabama]] Crimson Tide.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businessreport.com/article/20120123/BUSINESSREPORT0203/301239986|title=John Maginnis, "Standing Up to Jindal", January 23, 2012|publisher=businessreport.com|accessdate=January 31, 2012}}</ref>
Upon taking office as senator, Peacock cast the only vote against Republican Governor Jindal's choice of [[John Alario]], a [[Democrat]]-turned-[[Moderate Republican] from Westwego in Jefferson Parish, to become the new president of the state Senate, succeeding the term-limited former Senator Joel Chaisson of Destrehan. In the campaign against Jane Smith, Peacock had voiced his opposition to Alario because the veteran lawmaker had been a key legislative ally in the state House during the four administrations of Democratic former Governor [[Edwin Edwards]] and had seemed unenthusiastic when he switched parties after so many years as a Democrat. Alario in turn gave Peacock the least-desired assignments in the chamber — on the Retirement and Labor committees. "We'll have our differences, but we can still be colleagues and be sociable," said Peacock, who then hitched a ride with Alario's son from Baton Rouge to [[New Orleans]] for the LSU Tigers football game against the [[University of Alabama]] Crimson Tide.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businessreport.com/article/20120123/BUSINESSREPORT0203/301239986|title=John Maginnis, "Standing Up to Jindal", January 23, 2012|publisher=businessreport.com|accessdate=January 31, 2012}}</ref>
In April 2019, Peacock proposed that the state earmark certain [[sales tax]] revenues for needed highway construction.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://710keel.com/peacock-bill-would-move-sales-tax-money-to-roads-video/|title=Peacock bill would move sales tax money to roads|publisher=KEEL Radio in Shreveport|author=Robert J. Wright|date=April 22, 2019}}</ref>
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