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'''Robert LeBreton Allain, II''', known as '''Bret Allain''' (born November 18, 1958), is a sugar cane [[farmer]] and [[business]]man from Jeanerette in Iberia  Parish in south [[Louisiana]], who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] member of the Louisiana State Senate for District 21, which encompasses all of St. Mary and portions of Iberia, Lafourche, and Terrebonne parishes.<ref name=allain>{{cite web|url=http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20111127/articles/111129789?p=1&tc=pg&tc=ar|title=Nate Monroe, "10 questions for state Sen. Bret Allain", November 28, 2011|publisher=houmatoday.com|accessdate=May 19, 2012}}</ref>

'''Robert LeBreton Allain, II''', known as '''Bret Allain''' (born November 18, 1958), is a sugar cane [[farmer]] and [[business]]man from Jeanerette in Iberia  Parish in south [[Louisiana]], who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] member of the Louisiana State Senate for District 21, which encompasses all of St. Mary and portions of Iberia, Lafourche, and Terrebonne parishes.<ref name=allain>{{cite web|url=http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20111127/articles/111129789?p=1&tc=pg&tc=ar|title=Nate Monroe, "10 questions for state Sen. Bret Allain", November 28, 2011|publisher=houmatoday.com|accessdate=May 19, 2012}}</ref>

   

   

Allain graduated in 1980 with a degree in agricultural engineering from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lsualumni.org/?p=7213|title=Jackie Bartkiewicz, "Getting Much More than Just a Senior Ring," December 1, 2011|publisher=lsualumni.org|accessdate=May 19, 2012}}</ref>

Allain graduated in 1980 with a degree in agricultural engineering from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lsualumni.org/?p=7213|author=Jackie Bartkiewicz|title=Getting Much More than Just a Senior Ring|date=December 1, 2011|publisher=lsualumni.org|accessdate=May 19, 2012; information no longer accessible}}</ref>

   

   

He was elected outright in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 22, 2011 for the right to succeed the term-limited [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] Senator Butch Gautreaux of Morgan City. Allain received 14,618 votes (51.4 percent) in the contest with another Republican, Darrin Guidry, a newspaper publisher from Houma in Terrebonne Parish,<ref name=allain/> who polled 13,846 votes (48.6 percent). No Democrat sought the position in the revised district.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10222011/10222011_Legislative.html|title=Louisiana primary election returns, October 22, 2011|publisher=staticresults.sos.la.gov|accessdate=May 18, 2012}}</ref>

He was elected outright in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 22, 2011 for the right to succeed the term-limited [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] Senator Butch Gautreaux of Morgan City. Allain received 14,618 votes (51.4 percent) in the contest with another Republican, Darrin Guidry, a newspaper publisher from Houma in Terrebonne Parish,<ref name=allain/> who polled 13,846 votes (48.6 percent). No Democrat sought the position in the revised district.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10222011/10222011_Legislative.html|title=Louisiana primary election returns, October 22, 2011|publisher=staticresults.sos.la.gov|accessdate=May 18, 2012}}</ref>