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==Both houses of the state legislature==
==Both houses of the state legislature==
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=https://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdff|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 Samuel Houston "Sam" Theriot of Abbeville, son of Louisiana Comptroller [[Roy Theriot]].
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 Samuel Houston "Sam" Theriot of Abbeville, son of Louisiana Comptroller [[Roy Theriot]].