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In 1975, at the age of twenty-two, Brun ran unsuccessfully for state senator. At twenty-three and still in law school, Brun was one of the youngest delegates to the 1976 [[Republican National Convention]], which met in the Kemper Arena in [[Kansas City]], [[Missouri]]. Like the majority of the Louisiana delegatees, Brun was committed to the insurgent challenge of former [[Governor]] [[Ronald W. Reagan]] of [[California]]. When Reagan's intraparty rival, [[U.S. President]] [[Gerald Ford|Gerald R. Ford, Jr.]], narrowly won the [[Republican Party (United States)|GOP]] nomination, Brun with little enthusiasm at the time agreed to support the party ticket. In 1984, Brun was a Louisiana elector for Reagan and [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[George Herbert Walker Bush]].

In 1975, at the age of twenty-two, Brun ran unsuccessfully for state senator. At twenty-three and still in law school, Brun was one of the youngest delegates to the 1976 [[Republican National Convention]], which met in the Kemper Arena in [[Kansas City]], [[Missouri]]. Like the majority of the Louisiana delegatees, Brun was committed to the insurgent challenge of former [[Governor]] [[Ronald W. Reagan]] of [[California]]. When Reagan's intraparty rival, [[U.S. President]] [[Gerald Ford|Gerald R. Ford, Jr.]], narrowly won the [[Republican Party (United States)|GOP]] nomination, Brun with little enthusiasm at the time agreed to support the party ticket. In 1984, Brun was a Louisiana elector for Reagan and [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[George Herbert Walker Bush]].

Louisiana's key Republican leader, then [[U.S. Representative]] [[David C. Treen]], then of Jefferson Parishin [[suburb]]an [[New Orleans]], supported Ford, though he had voted for Reagan at the 1968 convention]] held in Miami Beach, [[Florida]]. Treen had been unable to convince many of his fellow Louisiana delegates of the merits of a Ford nomination. Brun told ''The Shreveport Times,'' his hometown newspaper, after Ford's nomination that he would support the "dumb collectivist," meaning Ford, rather than the "smart collectivist," referring to Ford'ssuccessful  [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] challenger, former [[Georgia]] Governor [[Jimmy Carter]].<ref>''The Shreveport Times,'' August 20, 1976.</ref>​

Louisiana's key Republican leader, then [[U.S. Representative]] [[David C. Treen]], then of Jefferson Parishin [[suburb]]an [[New Orleans]], supported Ford, though he had voted for Reagan at the 1968 convention held in Miami Beach, [[Florida]]. Treen had been unable to convince many of his fellow Louisiana delegates of the merits of a Ford nomination. Brun told ''The Shreveport Times,'' his hometown newspaper, after Ford's nomination that he would support the "dumb collectivist," meaning Ford, rather than the "smart collectivist," referring to Ford'ssuccessful  [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] challenger, former [[Georgia]] Governor [[Jimmy Carter]].<ref>''The Shreveport Times,'' August 20, 1976.</ref>​

In 1978, Brun, the head of the Republican ballot security program, reported alleged vote-buying in Louisiana's 4th congressional district race between Republican [[Jimmy Wilson]] of Vivian in north Caddo Parish and the Democrat Anthony Claude "Buddy" Leach, then of Leesville in Vernon Parish. Leach defeated Wilson by 266 disputed votes in that race to succeed the retiring Democrat [[Joe Waggonner]].​ In 1979, Brun uncovered a problem with seals on voting machines in Opelousas in St. Landry Parish in south Louisiana during the gubernatorial election. The serial numbers on the seals did not correspond with the tallies on the seals when the polls closed the Saturday night of the election, in which the Republican David Treen defeated the Democrat [[Louis Lambert]].<ref>''[[Shreveport Journal]],'' December 10–11, 1979.</ref>​

In 1978, Brun, the head of the Republican ballot security program, reported alleged vote-buying in Louisiana's 4th congressional district race between Republican [[Jimmy Wilson]] of Vivian in north Caddo Parish and the Democrat [[Buddy Leach|Anthony Claude "Buddy" Leach, Jr.]], then of Leesville in Vernon Parish. Leach defeated Wilson by 266 disputed votes in that race to succeed the retiring Democrat [[Joe Waggonner]].​ In 1979, Brun uncovered a problem with seals on voting machines in Opelousas in St. Landry Parish in south Louisiana during the gubernatorial election. The serial numbers on the seals did not correspond with the tallies on the seals when the polls closed the Saturday night of the election, in which the Republican David Treen defeated the Democrat [[Louis Lambert]].<ref>''[[Shreveport Journal]],'' December 10–11, 1979.</ref>​

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