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While he was still a principal in Vermilion Parish, Picard unseated a state House member in District 47 in the first ever nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] held in Louisiana on November 1, 1975.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2024 (Vermilion Parish)|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=February 7, 2020}}</ref>
While he was still a principal in Vermilion Parish, Picard unseated a state House member in District 47 in the first ever nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] held in Louisiana on November 1, 1975.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2024 (Vermilion Parish)|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=February 7, 2020}}</ref>
After three years in the state House, he won a [[special election]] to complete the term of state Senator Ned Doucet, Jr., in District 25, which encompasses all or parts of Acadia, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, and Vermilion parishes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://senate.la.gov/Documents/Membership/1880membership.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana Senate, 1880-2024 (Vermilion Parish)|publisher=Louisiana State Senate|accessdate=February 7, 2020}}</ref> As Picard went to the Senate, he was succeeded in the house by Sam H. Theriot of Abbeville, son of the late Louisiana Comptroller Roy R. Theriot, Sr. (1914-1973).
After three years in the state House, he won a [[special election]] to complete the term of state Senator Ned Doucet, Jr., in District 25, which encompasses all or parts of Acadia, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, and Vermilion parishes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://senate.la.gov/Documents/Membership/1880membership.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana Senate, 1880-2024 (Vermilion Parish)|publisher=Louisiana State Senate|accessdate=February 7, 2020}}</ref> As Picard went to the Senate, he was succeeded in the house by Sam H. Theriot of Abbeville, son of Louisiana Comptroller [[Roy Theriot]].
Picard retired as principal in 1980 when he entered the state Senate, but his interest in education continued. Picard was elected to his first full term as senator in the fall of 1979 and again in 1983, and 1987, when he defeated fellow Democrat Wade Vincent, 16,933 votes (73 percent) to 6,203 (27 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 24, 1987.</ref> In the primaries of 1991 and 1995, Picard ran unopposed. He left early in his last elected term to assume the superintendency.
Picard retired as principal in 1980 when he entered the state Senate, but his interest in education continued. Picard was elected to his first full term as senator in the fall of 1979 and again in 1983, and 1987, when he defeated fellow Democrat Wade Vincent, 16,933 votes (73 percent) to 6,203 (27 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 24, 1987.</ref> In the primaries of 1991 and 1995, Picard ran unopposed. He left early in his last elected term to assume the superintendency.