'''John A. Alario, Jr.''' (born September 15, 1943), is a former president of the [[Louisiana]] State Senate. A three-term state senator from Westwego in Jefferson Parish in [[suburb]]an [[New Orleans]], Alario from 1972 to 2008 was a member of the state House of Representatives and was twice the House Speaker. His successor as Senate president is [[Page Cortez]] of [[Lafayette]], who carried the support of all Republicans in the state Senate. | '''John A. Alario, Jr.''' (born September 15, 1943), is a former president of the [[Louisiana]] State Senate. A three-term state senator from Westwego in Jefferson Parish in [[suburb]]an [[New Orleans]], Alario from 1972 to 2008 was a member of the state House of Representatives and was twice the House Speaker. His successor as Senate president is [[Page Cortez]] of [[Lafayette]], who carried the support of all Republicans in the state Senate. |