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Roemer selected Bares as Senate President in 1988 though Sydney B. Nelson of [[Shreveport]] had actively sought the position and had urged Bares to run for the lesser position of Senate pro-tem. In Louisiana, the Senate president is normally chosen by the governor, but legislators in 1990 returned Nunez to the presidency in a slap at Roemer. The resolution to replace Bares with Nunez, authored by later [[U.S. Representative]] [[William J. Jefferson]] of Louisiana's 2nd congressional district, was twenty-eight to twenty-one. Roemer referred to the removal of Bares as an example of "what's wrong with this state."<ref>"Bares ousted as President of Louisiana Senate," ''Minden Press-Herald,'' May 10, 1990, p. 1.</ref>​

Roemer selected Bares as Senate President in 1988 though Sydney B. Nelson of [[Shreveport]] had actively sought the position and had urged Bares to run for the lesser position of Senate pro-tem. In Louisiana, the Senate president is normally chosen by the governor, but legislators in 1990 returned Nunez to the presidency in a slap at Roemer. The resolution to replace Bares with Nunez, authored by later [[U.S. Representative]] [[William J. Jefferson]] of Louisiana's 2nd congressional district, was twenty-eight to twenty-one. Roemer referred to the removal of Bares as an example of "what's wrong with this state."<ref>"Bares ousted as President of Louisiana Senate," ''Minden Press-Herald,'' May 10, 1990, p. 1.</ref>​

Bares' obituary describes him as "a passionate leader in the pro-life movement [who] authored historic legislation to protect the precious lives of the unborn in Louisiana."<ref name=obit/> In 1991, Bares authored a measure in the Senate, co-sponsored in the House by Representative Sam H. Theriot of Abbeville, which would have outlawed most abortions in Louisiana, including impregnations which resulted from [[incest]]. The legislature approved the bill, but it was vetoed by Governor Roemer on the grounds that it went beyond the scope of the [[United States Supreme Court]] opinion,  ''[[Roe v. Wade]].''<ref>{{cite news|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE2D61639F933A15755C0A967958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all|title=Louisiana Abortion Law Is Delayed |author=Ronald Smothers|date=June 20, 1991|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''|accessdate=September 13, 2008}}</ref>​ Such [[feminist]] groups as the [[National Organization for Women]], subsequently headed by the Louisiana native Kim Gandy, formerly of [[Bossier City]], successfully targeted Bares and a pro-life House member, fellow Democrat Carl Newton Gunter, Jr. (1938-1999) of Rapides Parish, for defeat. The controversy worked to Jordan's advantage though he too took the pro-life position. In the end, Bares and Gunter were defeated in what Louisiana feminists hailed as a great success.<ref>''The Feminist Chronicles — 1991 — Political,'' Feminist Majority Foundation, accessed August 20, 2008.</ref>

Bares' obituary describes him as "a passionate leader in the pro-life movement [who] authored historic legislation to protect the precious lives of the unborn in Louisiana."<ref name=obit/> In 1991, Bares authored a measure in the Senate, co-sponsored in the House by Representative Sam H. Theriot of Abbeville, which would have outlawed most abortions in Louisiana, including impregnations which resulted from [[incest]]. The legislature approved the bill, but it was vetoed by Governor Roemer on the grounds that it went beyond the scope of the [[United States Supreme Court]] opinion,  ''[[Roe v. Wade]].''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE2D61639F933A15755C0A967958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all|title=Louisiana Abortion Law Is Delayed |author=Ronald Smothers|date=June 20, 1991|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''|accessdate=September 13, 2008}}</ref>​ Such [[feminist]] groups as the [[National Organization for Women]], subsequently headed by the Louisiana native Kim Gandy, formerly of [[Bossier City]], successfully targeted Bares and a pro-life House member, fellow Democrat Carl Newton Gunter, Jr. (1938-1999) of Rapides Parish, for defeat. The controversy worked to Jordan's advantage though he too took the pro-life position. In the end, Bares and Gunter were defeated in what Louisiana feminists hailed as a great success.<ref>''The Feminist Chronicles — 1991 — Political,'' Feminist Majority Foundation, accessed August 20, 2008.</ref>

Bares led Jordan in the 1991 primary with 13,409 votes (40 percent) to 9,313 ballots (28 percent). Two other Republicans, Carl W. Tritschler (born 1964) and Max A. Menard received a critical 6,713 (20 percent) and 3,921 votes (12 percent), respectively. The three Republican candidates, in what was otherwise a heavily Democratic year in Louisiana politics, polled a combined 60 percent in the state Senate primary.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 19, 1991.</ref> In the runoff, technically the [[general election]] on November 16, 1991, Jordan received 22,224 (60 percent) to Bares' 14,730 (again 40 percent). In that same election, [[Edwin Edwards]] returned for a fourth nonconsecutive term as governor in the showdown with former [[Ku Klux Klan]] figure [[David Duke]].<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, General election returns, November 16, 1991.</ref>​

Bares led Jordan in the 1991 primary with 13,409 votes (40 percent) to 9,313 ballots (28 percent). Two other Republicans, Carl W. Tritschler (born 1964) and Max A. Menard received a critical 6,713 (20 percent) and 3,921 votes (12 percent), respectively. The three Republican candidates, in what was otherwise a heavily Democratic year in Louisiana politics, polled a combined 60 percent in the state Senate primary.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 19, 1991.</ref> In the runoff, technically the [[general election]] on November 16, 1991, Jordan received 22,224 (60 percent) to Bares' 14,730 (again 40 percent). In that same election, [[Edwin Edwards]] returned for a fourth nonconsecutive term as governor in the showdown with former [[Ku Klux Klan]] figure [[David Duke]].<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, General election returns, November 16, 1991.</ref>​