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==Lieutenant governor==
==Lieutenant governor==
Fournet was elected lieutenant governor within the [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] primary on the Long-backed ticket led by Oscar Kelly Allen(1882-1936) of Winnfield, considered a "yes-man" to Huey Long. Ironically, his chief party rival was [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]], whom Huey Long refused to support. Most Long family members, however, generally rallied behind Earl Long, who would thereafter be elected lieutenant governor in the 1936 Democratic [[primary]].
Fournet was elected lieutenant governor within the [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] primary on the Long-backed ticket led by Oscar Kelly Allen (1882-1936) of Winnfield, considered a "yes-man" to Huey Long. Ironically, his chief party rival was [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]], whom Huey Long refused to support. Most Long family members, however, generally rallied behind Earl Long, who would thereafter be elected lieutenant governor in the 1936 Democratic [[primary]].
Fournet's elected predecessor was [[Paul Cyr]], a [[dentist]] from Jeanerette in Iberia Parish. Long succeeded in removing his rival Cyr from the lieutenant governorship in 1931 and replacing him with Alvin Olin King (1890-1958) of [[Lake Charles]], a Long loyalist from [[Lake Charles]] in Calcasieu Parish in southwestern Louisiana.
Fournet's elected predecessor was [[Paul Cyr]], a [[dentist]] from Jeanerette in Iberia Parish. Long succeeded in removing his rival Cyr from the lieutenant governorship in 1931 and replacing him with Alvin Olin King (1890-1958) of [[Lake Charles]], a Long loyalist from [[Lake Charles]] in Calcasieu Parish in southwestern Louisiana.