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==A colorful lawmaker==
==A colorful lawmaker==
With his front-row seat in the chamber, Hainkel was one of the legislature's most colorful figures. He wound up his career as a "bridge-building" Republican who put the interests of his state ahead of party. His Senate district encompassed only a sliver of his original Uptown base but included portions of Jefferson, [[St. Tammany Parish|St. Tammany]], and [[Tangipahoa Parish|Tangipahoa]] parishes, including [[Hammond, Louisiana|Hammond]]'s [[Southeastern Louisiana University]] for which he became a legislative champion.
With his front-row seat in the chamber, Hainkel was one of the legislature's most colorful figures. He wound up his career as a "bridge-building" Republican who put the interests of his state ahead of party. His Senate district encompassed only a sliver of his original Uptown base but included portions of Jefferson, St. Tammany, and Tangipahoa parishes, including Hammond's Southeastern Louisiana University for which he became a legislative champion.
"A New Orleanian by birth, demeanor, appearance and conduct, he was really a good ol' boy in lifelong disguise," recalled then State Senator [[Jay Dardenne]], a [[Baton Rouge]] [[Rockefeller Republican|Moderate Republican]], another of Hainkel's close legislative allies.
"A New Orleanian by birth, demeanor, appearance and conduct, he was really a good ol' boy in lifelong disguise," recalled then State Senator [[Jay Dardenne]], a [[Baton Rouge]] [[Rockefeller Republican|Moderate Republican]], another of Hainkel's close legislative allies.