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Milligan was born in Rayne in Acadia Parish, where he spent time as boy with a grandmother who founded the Louisiana Frog Festival. He moved with his family to [[Shreveport]] in 1982 and graduated in 1988 from Captain Shreve High School and then obtained a bachelor's degree in business management from Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond in Tangipahoa Parish. He then received a [[Master of Business Administration]] from Centenary College in Shreveport. He is a [[bank]]er and [[business]]man. Milligan and his wife, the former Kristin Crew, an [[educator]] whom he married in 1994, have two living daughters, Madison Oliver and Chandler Milligan. A third daughter, Katherine, is deceased. They are affiliated with Southwood Baptist Church, an Independent congregation in Shreveport.<ref name=milliganforsenate>{{cite web|url=https://www.milliganforsenate.com/|title=Barry Milligan for Senate|publisher=milliganforsenate.com|accessdate=November 26, 2019}}</ref>

Milligan was born in Rayne in Acadia Parish, where he spent time as boy with a grandmother who founded the Louisiana Frog Festival. He moved with his family to [[Shreveport]] in 1982 and graduated in 1988 from Captain Shreve High School and then obtained a bachelor's degree in business management from Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond in Tangipahoa Parish. He then received a [[Master of Business Administration]] from Centenary College in Shreveport. He is a [[bank]]er and [[business]]man. Milligan and his wife, the former Kristin Crew, an [[educator]] whom he married in 1994, have two living daughters, Madison Oliver and Chandler Milligan. A third daughter, Katherine, is deceased. They are affiliated with Southwood Baptist Church, an Independent congregation in Shreveport.<ref name=milliganforsenate>{{cite web|url=https://www.milliganforsenate.com/|title=Barry Milligan for Senate|publisher=milliganforsenate.com|accessdate=November 26, 2019}}</ref>

Milligan campaigned as a strong [[conservative]], [[pro-life]], pro-[[Second Amendment]], and "not a career [[politician]]." He also called for the state to gain control over its spending of limited taxpayer resources.<ref name=milliganforsenate/>

Milligan campaigned as a strong [[conservative]], [[pro-life]], pro-[[Second Amendment]], and "not a career [[politician]]." He also called for the state to gain control over its spending of limited taxpayer resources.<ref name=milliganforsenate/> In May 2021, Milligan joined four other North Louisiana state senators previously considered conservatives, [[Barrow Peacock]], [[Jay Morris]], [[Robert Mills]], and [[Stewart Cathey]], in voting to extend a $400 million temporary state sales tax even though the state is awaiting a windfall in federal [[coronavirus]] stimulus funding. Milligan's vote was even in contrast to the Democratic Senator [[Greg Tarver]], who opposed the tax extension.<ref>''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]],'' May 28, 2021.</ref>

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