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LeBlanc won a [[special election]] in February 1989 for the state House seat vacated by [[Kathleen Blanco]], the future [[governor]] of Louisiana, who had been elected in November 1988 to the Louisiana Public Service Commission. LeBlanc received 5,705 votes (71.9 percent) to 2,232 (28.1 percent) for the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] candidate,  

LeBlanc won a [[special election]] in February 1989 for the state House seat vacated by [[Kathleen Blanco]], the future [[governor]] of Louisiana, who had been elected in November 1988 to the Louisiana Public Service Commission. LeBlanc received 5,705 votes (71.9 percent) to 2,232 (28.1 percent) for the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] candidate,  

Leslie Schilling. In that same special election, [[David Duke]] had narrowly defeated fellow Republican [[John S. Treen]] to fill another legislative vacancy.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, February 18, 1989.</ref>LeBlanc never again faced an opponent in either party for his District 45 House seat.  

Leslie Schilling. In that same special election, [[David Duke]] had narrowly defeated fellow Republican [[John Treen]] to fill another legislative vacancy.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, February 18, 1989.</ref>LeBlanc never again faced an opponent in either party for his District 45 House seat.  

LeBlanc is the only person in Lafayette Parish to have been elected to five consecutive terms as state representative though he served just a few days of his fifth term.<ref name=ull/> His father, Democrat J. Luke LeBlanc, was elected to four nonconsecutive House terms from 1964 to 1972 and 1976 to 1984. In the two later terms, Jerry Luke LeBlanc was a legislative assistant to his father.<ref name=votesmart/><ref name=house/> LeBlanc is the first House member in state history to have chaired the Louisiana Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget. As chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations, LeBlanc sponsored legislation in 1996 that established performance-based budgeting, a method designed to gauge the value produced by public services and programs.<ref name=ull>{{cite web|url=http://www.louisiana.edu/about-us/offices|title=Vice President for Administration & Finance|publisher=Louisiana.edu|accessdate=April 23, 2014}}</ref>

LeBlanc is the only person in Lafayette Parish to have been elected to five consecutive terms as state representative though he served just a few days of his fifth term.<ref name=ull/> His father, Democrat J. Luke LeBlanc, was elected to four nonconsecutive House terms from 1964 to 1972 and 1976 to 1984. In the two later terms, Jerry Luke LeBlanc was a legislative assistant to his father.<ref name=votesmart/><ref name=house/> LeBlanc is the first House member in state history to have chaired the Louisiana Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget. As chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations, LeBlanc sponsored legislation in 1996 that established performance-based budgeting, a method designed to gauge the value produced by public services and programs.<ref name=ull>{{cite web|url=http://www.louisiana.edu/about-us/offices|title=Vice President for Administration & Finance|publisher=Louisiana.edu|accessdate=April 23, 2014}}</ref>