Lambert began his political career as the Gonzales town attorney. Then in the 1971-1972 election cycle, he won a state Senate seat which then included Ascension, Livingston, and St. James parishes. At the age of thirty-one, he succeeded by state Senator George T. Oubre, who ran unsuccessfully for [[attorney general]] in the Democratic primary. The position instead went to [[William J. Guste]], of New Orleans. | Lambert began his political career as the Gonzales town attorney. Then in the 1971-1972 election cycle, he won a state Senate seat which then included Ascension, Livingston, and St. James parishes. At the age of thirty-one, he succeeded by state Senator George T. Oubre, who ran unsuccessfully for [[attorney general]] in the Democratic primary. The position instead went to [[William J. Guste]], of New Orleans. |