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→Winning re-election, 1995 and 1999
In 1999, Bean overwhelmed fellow Republican Daniel Eugene "Dan" Perkins (born 1953), another candidate of the Religious Right, backed by the Shreveport pastor [[Billy McCormack]], one of the national directors of the Christian Coalition. Bean polled 17,866 ballots (71 percent) to Perkins's 7,368 (29 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 23, 1999.</ref> The defeat of Perkins was Bean's last victory and by far his most convincing. Health problems forbade his running again in 2003, when he was succeeded by his legislative aide and fellow Republican, Sherri Smith Cheek Buffington, another Moderate Republican long opposed by the "Religious Right" but never defeated.
In 1999, Bean overwhelmed fellow Republican Daniel Eugene "Dan" Perkins (born 1953), another candidate of the Religious Right, backed by the Shreveport pastor [[Billy McCormack]], one of the national directors of the Christian Coalition. Bean polled 17,866 ballots (71 percent) to Perkins's 7,368 (29 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 23, 1999.</ref> The defeat of Perkins was Bean's last victory and by far his most convincing. Health problems forbade his running again in 2003, when he was succeeded by his legislative aide and fellow Republican, Sherri Smith Cheek Buffington, another Moderate Republican long opposed by the "Religious Right" but never defeated.
"He's got an 'R' behind his name and I've got a 'D' behind mine, but that didn't mean a thing," said Don Kelly, whose apartment was next to Bean's in the Pentagon, which houses legislators in Baton Rouge not far from the Capitol. "Ron was out to do what was right. He didn't follow this philosophy or that; he'd look at something, analyze it, and then do what's best for his constituents and what's best for Louisiana."
"He's got an 'R' behind his name and I've got a 'D' behind mine, but that didn't mean a thing," said [[Don Kelly]], whose apartment was next to Bean's in the Pentagon, which houses legislators in Baton Rouge not far from the Capitol. "Ron was out to do what was right. He didn't follow this philosophy or that; he'd look at something, analyze it, and then do what's best for his constituents and what's best for Louisiana."
===Senate President pro tempore===
===Senate President pro tempore===