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| term_start=1976

| term_start=1976

| term_end=1994

| term_end=1994

| preceded=Ralph Falsetta

| preceded=[[Ralph Falsetta]]

| succeeded=[[Louis Lambert]]

| succeeded=[[Louis Lambert]]

| birth_date=September 18, 1944

| birth_date=September 18, 1944

In 1986, Sevario was an unsuccessful candidate for the [[United States House of Representatives]] for Louisiana's 8th congressional district. Victory went to Republican [[Clyde Holloway]] of south Rapides Parish, the last person to hold the seat before the district was disbanded, effective January 3, 1993. Sevario finished in fourth place in that race with 34,847 votes (19 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, September 27, 1986</ref> Among Sevario's contributors was Ascension Parish attorney [[Eddie Lambert]], now a Republican member of the state Senate.

In 1986, Sevario was an unsuccessful candidate for the [[United States House of Representatives]] for Louisiana's 8th congressional district. Victory went to Republican [[Clyde Holloway]] of south Rapides Parish, the last person to hold the seat before the district was disbanded, effective January 3, 1993. Sevario finished in fourth place in that race with 34,847 votes (19 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, September 27, 1986</ref> Among Sevario's contributors was Ascension Parish attorney [[Eddie Lambert]], now a Republican member of the state Senate.

   

   

In his last state Senate campaign, Sevario defeated an Independent in the [[general election]] held on November 16, 1991. Sevario polled 27,666 votes (52.1 percent) to Jeffery "Jeff" Diez's 25,436 (47.9 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 16, 1991.</ref> In that same election, Edwin Edwards returned again to reclaim the governorship with victory over [[Buddy Roemer]] and [[David Duke]].

In his last state Senate campaign, Sevario defeated an [[Independent voter|Independent]] in the [[general election]] held on November 16, 1991. Sevario polled 27,666 votes (52.1 percent) t[[Jeff Diez|Jeffery "Jeff" Diez]]'s 25,436 (47.9 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 16, 1991.</ref> In that same election, Edwin Edwards returned again to reclaim the governorship with victory over [[Buddy Roemer]] and [[David Duke]].

Sevario resigned from the state Senate after eighteen years in office<ref name=senate/> and was succeeded by former Senator [[Louis Lambert]], who had also served on the  Louisiana Public Service Commission and was the unsuccessful Democratic gubernatorial candidate in the 1979 [[general election]] against Republican David Treen.

Sevario resigned from the state Senate after eighteen years in office<ref name=senate/> and was succeeded by former Senator [[Louis Lambert]], who had also served on the  Louisiana Public Service Commission and was the unsuccessful Democratic gubernatorial candidate in the 1979 [[general election]] against Republican David Treen.