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|birth_place=[[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]], USA​

|birth_place=[[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]], USA​

|spouse=Kimberly Bourgeois Brun​

|spouse=Kimberly Bourgeois Brun​

|children=Andrew Louis Brun (born 1985)<br>​

|children=Andrew Louis Brun​

Blaine MacGregor Brun (born 1987)​

Blaine MacGregor Brun  

|party= [[Republican Party|Republican]]​

|party= [[Republican Party|Republican]]​

|religion=[[Episcopalian]]

|religion=[[Episcopalian]]

Brun is married to the former Kimberly Bourgeois (born 1962), and they have two sons, Andrew Louis Brun (born 1985), and Blaine MacGregor Brun (born 1987). Until he began his judicial service, Brun was a member of the Caddo Parish Republican Executive Committee and the Caddo Parish Board of Election Supervisors. He also served for six years as the [[Republican National Committee|Republican national committeeman]] from Louisiana.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zoominfo.com/#!search/profile/person?personId=135888894&targetid=profile|title=Roy L. Brun|publisher=zoominfo.com|accessdate=February 8, 2013}}</ref>​

Brun is married to the former Kimberly Bourgeois (born 1962), and they have two sons, Andrew Louis Brun (born 1985), and Blaine MacGregor Brun (born 1987). Until he began his judicial service, Brun was a member of the Caddo Parish Republican Executive Committee and the Caddo Parish Board of Election Supervisors. He also served for six years as the [[Republican National Committee|Republican national committeeman]] from Louisiana.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zoominfo.com/#!search/profile/person?personId=135888894&targetid=profile|title=Roy L. Brun|publisher=zoominfo.com|accessdate=February 8, 2013}}</ref>​

In 1982, Brun was a member of the Caddo Parish Home Rule Study Commission, which laid the groundwork for the establishment in 1984 of the Caddo Parish Commission, the parish governing body that replaced the previous police jury. Brun is a member of the Caddo-Bossier Association of Retarded Children. He is a past president of the Ark-La-Tex Gun Collectors. He is a member of Kiwanis International. The Bruns are members of the Holy Cross [[Episcopal]] Church in downtown Shreveport.​

In 1982, Brun was a member of the Caddo Parish Home Rule Study Commission, which laid the groundwork for the establishment in 1984 of the Caddo Parish Commission, the parish governing body that replaced the previous police jury. Brun is a member of the Caddo-Bossier Association of Retarded Children. He is a past president of the Ark-La-Tex Gun Collectors. He is a member of Kiwanis International. The Bruns are members of the Holy Cross [[Episcopal]] Church in downtown Shreveport.

==Early political activities==​

==Early political activities==​

In 1975, at the age of twenty-two, Brun ran unsuccessfully for state senator. At twenty-three and still in law school, Brun was one of the youngest delegates to the 1976 [[Republican National Convention]], which met in the Kemper Arena in [[Kansas City]], [[Missouri]]. Like the majority of the Louisiana delegatees, Brun was committed to the insurgent challenge of former [[Governor]] [[Ronald W. Reagan]] of [[California]]. When Reagan's intraparty rival, [[U.S. President]] [[Gerald Ford|Gerald R. Ford, Jr.]], narrowly won the [[Republican Party (United States)|GOP]] nomination, Brun with little enthusiasm at the time agreed to support the party ticket. In 1984, Brun was a Louisiana elector for Reagan and [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[George Herbert Walker Bush]].

In 1975, at the age of twenty-two, Brun ran unsuccessfully for state senator. At twenty-three and still in law school, Brun was one of the youngest delegates to the 1976 [[Republican National Convention]], which met in the Kemper Arena in [[Kansas City]], [[Missouri]]. Like the majority of the Louisiana delegatees, Brun was committed to the insurgent challenge of former [[Governor]] [[Ronald W. Reagan]] of [[California]]. When Reagan's intraparty rival, [[U.S. President]] [[Gerald Ford|Gerald R. Ford, Jr.]], narrowly won the [[Republican Party (United States)|GOP]] nomination, Brun with little enthusiasm at the time agreed to support the party ticket. In 1984, Brun was a Louisiana elector for Reagan and [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[George Herbert Walker Bush]]. ​

 

Louisiana's key Republican leader, then [[U.S. Representative]] [[David C. Treen]], then of Jefferson Parishin [[suburb]]an [[New Orleans]], supported Ford, though he had voted for Reagan at the 1968  convention]] held in Miami Beach,  [[Florida]]. Treen had been unable to convince many of his fellow Louisiana delegates of the merits of a Ford nomination. Brun told ''The Shreveport Times,'' his hometown newspaper, after Ford's nomination that he would support the "dumb collectivist," meaning Ford, rather than the "smart collectivist," referring to Ford'ssuccessful  [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] challenger, former [[Georgia]] Governor [[Jimmy Carter]].<ref>''The Shreveport Times,'' August 20, 1976.</ref>​

Louisiana's key Republican leader, then [[U.S. Representative]] [[David C. Treen]], then of Jefferson Parishin [[suburb]]an [[New Orleans]], supported Ford, though he had voted for Reagan at the 1968  convention]] held in Miami Beach,  [[Florida]]. Treen had been unable to convince many of his fellow Louisiana delegates of the merits of a Ford nomination. Brun told ''The Shreveport Times,'' his hometown newspaper, after Ford's nomination that he would support the "dumb collectivist," meaning Ford, rather than the "smart collectivist," referring to Ford'ssuccessful  [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] challenger, former [[Georgia]] Governor [[Jimmy Carter]].<ref>''The Shreveport Times,'' August 20, 1976.</ref>​

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==The 1987 legislative election==

 

==The 1987 legislative election==​

Brun ran for the legislature when his political mentor, State Representative [[B .F. O'Neal, Jr.]], announced his retirement, effective in 1988. Brun therefore entered the  1987 nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] for O'Neal's District 5 seat in the Louisiana House. He was one of eight candidates, four from each major party. He ran second with 3,542 votes (20 percent) to Democrat Walter F. Clawson, who drew 4,128 ballots (23 percent). The majority actually voted for the combined six other candidates, none of whom exceeded 14 percent of the vote.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 24, 1987.</ref>​

Brun ran for the legislature when his political mentor, State Representative [[B .F. O'Neal, Jr.]], announced his retirement, effective in 1988. Brun therefore entered the  1987 nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] for O'Neal's District 5 seat in the Louisiana House. He was one of eight candidates, four from each major party. He ran second with 3,542 votes (20 percent) to Democrat Walter F. Clawson, who drew 4,128 ballots (23 percent). The majority actually voted for the combined six other candidates, none of whom exceeded 14 percent of the vote.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 24, 1987.</ref>​

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In the November 1987 [[general election]], Brun defeated Clawson, 5,547 votes (54 percent) to 4,656 (46 percent). Clawson gained only five hundred votes between the primary and the general election, but Brun increased his raw vote by some two thousand ballots.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 24, 1987.</ref>​ Though his initial election margin was not overwhelming, no candidates opposed Brun when he sought reelection in the primaries of 1991 and 1995.​

In the November 1987 [[general election]], Brun defeated Clawson, 5,547 votes (54 percent) to 4,656 (46 percent). Clawson gained only five hundred votes between the primary and the general election, but Brun increased his raw vote by some two thousand ballots.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 24, 1987.</ref>​ Though his initial election margin was not overwhelming, no candidates opposed Brun when he sought reelection in the primaries of 1991 and 1995.

 

==Brun's legislative record==​

==Legislative record==

 

Representative Brun introduced legislation called the "Justifiable Murder of an AIDS Carrier" bill. The legislation, had it been approved, would have made the killing of an AIDS carrier fall under "justifiable homicide" if a person had to fight off an attacker that he knew was carrying the deadly virus or even believed that the assailant was infected by the virus.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.qrd.org/qrd/usa/louisiana/LEGAL/1995/house.bill.290-action.alert-04.28.95|title=ATTENTION!​

Representative Brun introduced legislation called the "Justifiable Murder of an AIDS Carrier" bill. The legislation, had it been approved, would have made the killing of an AIDS carrier fall under "justifiable homicide" if a person had to fight off an attacker that he knew was carrying the deadly virus or even believed that the assailant was infected by the virus.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.qrd.org/qrd/usa/louisiana/LEGAL/1995/house.bill.290-action.alert-04.28.95|title=ATTENTION!​

House Bill 290|publisher=qrd.org|accessdate=February 9, 2013}}</ref> ​

House Bill 290|publisher=qrd.org|accessdate=February 9, 2013}}</ref>

 

Brun worked with Democratic Representative [[Everett Doerge]] of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] to repeal the Louisiana forced heirship law.<ref>''[[Minden Press-Herald]], December 16, 1993, p. 1.</ref>​

Brun worked with Democratic Representative [[Everett Doerge]] of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] to repeal the Louisiana forced heirship law.<ref>''[[Minden Press-Herald]], December 16, 1993, p. 1.</ref>​

 

In 1996, as his legislative career was winding down, Brun argued for raising the Louisiana speed limit to 70 miles per hour, comparable to the limits in much of neighboring [[Texas]]. That same year, he also worked in the unsuccessful presidential nomination bid waged by [[U.S. Senator]] [[Phil Gramm]] of Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.questia.com/library/1G1-56832644/caucus-port-mortem-arrogance-cost-gramm-buchanan|author=Ralph Z. Hallow|title=Caucus Port-Mortem: Arrogance Cost Gramm: Buchanan Didn't Take Right for Granted|publisher=Questia.com|accessdate=February 8, 2013}}</ref>Gramm had been in a Democrat in 1976, when he ran unsuccessfully in the party primary election against U.S. Senator [[Lloyd Bentsen]] at the time Brun was a delegate to the Republican National Convention. In 1983, however, Gramm switched to Republican affiliation.​

In 1996, as his legislative career was winding down, Brun argued for raising the Louisiana speed limit to 70 miles per hour, comparable to the limits in much of neighboring [[Texas]]. That same year, he also worked in the unsuccessful presidential nomination bid waged by [[U.S. Senator]] [[Phil Gramm]] of Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.questia.com/library/1G1-56832644/caucus-port-mortem-arrogance-cost-gramm-buchanan|author=Ralph Z. Hallow|title=Caucus Port-Mortem: Arrogance Cost Gramm: Buchanan Didn't Take Right for Granted|publisher=Questia.com|accessdate=February 8, 2013}}</ref>Gramm had been in a Democrat in 1976, when he ran unsuccessfully in the party primary election against U.S. Senator [[Lloyd Bentsen]] at the time Brun was a delegate to the Republican National Convention. In 1983, however, Gramm switched to Republican affiliation.​

 

In 1996, Brun was elected to the first of his six-year terms as a state district judge. He was reelected in 2002 and 2008. He resigned his legislative seat in 1997. He was succeeded by a fellow Republican, Leo Wayne Waddell, who won a general election contest over another Republican, Judy Gayle Dawson Boykin (born 1952), a member of the Caddo Parish School Board and a visible figure in the [[Religious Right]] in Shreveport, outspoken in support of [[school prayer]], traditional values, and opposition to [[abortion]], [[evolution]], and [[homosexual]] preferences.​

In 1996, Brun was elected to the first of his six-year terms as a state district judge. He was reelected in 2002 and 2008. He resigned his legislative seat in 1997. He was succeeded by a fellow Republican, Leo Wayne Waddell, who won a general election contest over another Republican, Judy Gayle Dawson Boykin (born 1952), a member of the Caddo Parish School Board and a visible figure in the [[Religious Right]] in Shreveport, outspoken in support of [[school prayer]], traditional values, and opposition to [[abortion]], [[evolution]], and [[homosexual]] preferences.​

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