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{{Infobox officeholder
{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Gillis James "Gil" Pinac
|name=Gillis James "Gil" Pinac
|office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative<br> for District 42 (Acadia Parish)
|office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative<br> for District 42 (Acadia Parish)
|term_start=1996
|term_start=January 1996
|term_end=January 14, 2008
|term_end=January 14, 2008
|preceded=Christopher Charles John
|preceded=Christopher Charles John
Kelli Pinac<br>
Kelli Pinac<br>
Mary Catherine Pinac
Mary Catherine Pinac
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]] turned [[Republican Party|Republican]] (2008)
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]-turned-[[Republican Party|Republican]] (2008)
|occupation=[[Hospital]] administrator
|occupation=[[Hospital]] administrator
|religion=[[Roman Catholic]]
|religion=[[Roman Catholic]]
* A [[hospital]] administrator, Pinac previously served on the Crowley City Council for eight years and as mayor pro-tempore.
* A [[hospital]] administrator, Pinac previously served on the Crowley City Council for eight years and as mayor pro-tempore.
}}
}}
'''Gillis James Pinac''', known as '''Gil Pinac''' (born November 29, 1957),<ref>"Louisiana: Gil Pinac", ''Who's Who in American Politics, 2007-2008'' (Marquis Who's Who: [[New Providence, New Jersey]], 2007), p. 668.</ref> is a former 12-year [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] state representative for Acadia Parish in south Louisiana. He resides in Crowly, where he formerly served on the city council. In 2008, he switched his affiliation to [[Republican Party|Republican]] a week before announcing his candidacy for the Louisiana Public Service Commission]in the [[special election]] held on April 4, 2009.<ref name=adtt>"Gil Pinac in race for PSC seat," ''The Alexandria Town Talk,'' accessed December 24, 2008.</ref>
'''Gillis James Pinac''', known as '''Gil Pinac''' (born November 29, 1957),<ref>"Louisiana: Gil Pinac", ''Who's Who in American Politics, 2007-2008'' (Marquis Who's Who: [[New Providence, New Jersey]], 2007), p. 668.</ref> is a former 12-year [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] state representative for Acadia Parish in south Louisiana. He resides in Crowly, where he formerly served on the city council. In 2008, he switched his affiliation to [[Republican Party|Republican]] a week before announcing his candidacy for the Louisiana Public Service Commission]in the [[special election]] held on April 4, 2009.<ref name=adtt>"Gil Pinac in race for PSC seat," ''The Alexandria Town Talk,'' accessed December 24, 2008.</ref>
==Background==
==Background==
Pinac is a [[hospital]] administrator, the chief executive officer of Pin Mark Enterprises in [[Lafayette]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pinmarkenterprises.com/management.htm|title=Pin Market Enterprises|publisher=pinmarkenterprises.com|accessdate=December 24, 2008}}</ref>
Pinac is a [[hospital]] administrator, the chief executive officer of Pin Mark Enterprises in [[Lafayette]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pinmarkenterprises.com/management.htm|title=Pin Market Enterprises|publisher=pinmarkenterprises.com|accessdate=December 24, 2008}}</ref>
Holloway led narrowly in the initial balloting with 32,258 votes (43.50 percent) to Democrat former state Senator [[Joe McPherson]] of Woodworth, also in Rapides Parish, who received 31,610 votes (42.63 percent). Pinac trailed with 10,280 ballots (13.86 percent), but he won his home parish of Acadia and polled four votes more than Holloway and McPherson, who tied with 120 votes each, in the small in population Cameron Parish on the [[Gulf of Mexico]]. McPherson's greatest strength was in Calcasieu Parish ([[Lake Charles]]), where he led 11,178 (50.40 percent) to Holloway's 7,873 (35.50 percent), and Pinac's 3,127 (14.10 percent). Holloway's total in Calcasieu was also his single largest parish total. The home of both runoff candidates, Rapides Parish, in a low turnout cast 6,527 ballots for Holloway, 5,327 for McPherson, and 791 for Pinac.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, April 4, 2009.</ref>
Holloway led narrowly in the initial balloting with 32,258 votes (43.50 percent) to Democrat former state Senator [[Joe McPherson]] of Woodworth, also in Rapides Parish, who received 31,610 votes (42.63 percent). Pinac trailed with 10,280 ballots (13.86 percent), but he won his home parish of Acadia and polled four votes more than Holloway and McPherson, who tied with 120 votes each, in the small in population Cameron Parish on the [[Gulf of Mexico]]. McPherson's greatest strength was in Calcasieu Parish ([[Lake Charles]]), where he led 11,178 (50.40 percent) to Holloway's 7,873 (35.50 percent), and Pinac's 3,127 (14.10 percent). Holloway's total in Calcasieu was also his single largest parish total. The home of both runoff candidates, Rapides Parish, in a low turnout cast 6,527 ballots for Holloway, 5,327 for McPherson, and 791 for Pinac.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, April 4, 2009.</ref>
In the PSC special election, Pinac sought to succeed the Democrat [[Dale Sittig]] of Eunice on the PSC, who served from 1995 to 2008, when he resigned to accept the directorship of the Louisiana Offshore Port Authority, known by the acronym LOOP. Sittig is also a former member of the Louisiana House from neighboring District 41.<ref name=adtt/> A runoff election for the PSC seat was cancelled, when Democrat Joe McPherson, who lost to Sittig in a previous special election in 1995, withdrew from the race.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lapolitics.com/|title=Gil Pinac|author=John McGinnis|publisher=lapolitics.com|accessdate=December 24, 2008; no longer on-line}}</ref> McPherson was reelected in his District 29 Senate seat in 2007 with 69 percent of the vote in the primary against another Democrat.<ref name=lsos/>
In the PSC special election, Pinac sought to succeed the Democrat [[Dale Sittig]] of Eunice on the PSC, who served from 1995 to 2008, when he resigned to accept the directorship of the Louisiana Offshore Port Authority, known by the acronym LOOP. Sittig is also a former member of the Louisiana House from neighboring District 41.<ref name=adtt/> A runoff election for the PSC seat was cancelled, when Democrat Joe McPherson, who lost to Sittig in a previous special election in 1995, withdrew from the race.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lapolitics.com/|title=Gil Pinac|author=John McGinnis|publisher=lapolitics.com|accessdate=December 24, 2008; no longer on-line}}</ref> McPherson was reelected in his District 29 Senate seat in 2007 with 69 percent of the vote in the primary against another Democrat.<ref name=lsos/>