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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=May 15, 2020}}</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.